Tips for new collectors, and reminders for the veterans

A professional collector's day is a grueling one. It's eight hours of listening to debtors' problems, complaints, and excuses; dealing with management's demands for "faster and more"; and essentially, asking everyone you talk to for money. What collections does offer is a potentially lucrative bonus check at the end of the month (depending on the employer), a job that is always in high demand, and a position that doesn't usually require a college degree.