Jennifer Taich works on content for Party411, a party-planning Web site in Cleveland. The 26-year-old Ohio State University graduate designs parties, writes custom poems, organizes candlelightings and more for a fee. She also fields email party-planning questions from visitors and serves as the outside party pro for Sweet16.com.

Monster.com: How did you get your job at Party411.com?

Jennifer Taich: I learned of the job opening from a close family friend. She knew I was very interested in a writing career and helped me get my foot in the door by submitting a sample of my writing to Party411 founder Sherri Foxman. She then gave me Sherri's phone number, so I could set up a meeting to discuss possible employment.

Mc: What do you do?

JT: My position as it is listed on my business card is creative writer. My duties include, but are never limited to, writing content for Party411.com and responding to email for Gamegirl, one of our site's personalities, writing the monthly Gamegirl, or game of the month, column, and designing custom parties and events. I also write for our content licensing program, which provides custom party-related content to other sites and businesses. I also staff the toll-free party help line for one of our private-label clients.

Mc: What is your background?

JT: I graduated with a BA in arts and sciences. Interpersonal communication was my major. Before and during college, I worked for The Gap for six years. When I graduated from OSU, I went to work as a sales supervisor for the Victoria's Secret catalog. Retail has always been a passion of mine. I like it so much that I continue to expand my party-planning knowledge by working part-time for Williams-Sonoma. Both jobs really complement each other.

My years of working in retail have given me a great background for entertaining. I have worked through every season and experienced just about every special occasion through the eyes of both a customer and a merchant. Also, my job at Victoria's Secret catalog required me to find innovative ways to build my sales team into a cohesive group. That is where many of my game ideas came from.

Mc: What did you think when you first walked into Party411.com?

JT: My initial impressions of Party411.com were that it was a free-flowing center for creativity. It is a family-like atmosphere, where each person has a variety of different talents that work together to make the site.

Mc: What's it like to work for a party dotcom?

JT: It's a lot of hard work as well as a lot of fun. To say the least, it is ever-changing, and there is never a dull moment. I have learned that you never know what all of your talents are until you work for a dotcom. I have become good at many jobs that I otherwise never would have tried. This job has helped me develop my writing skills and has given me invaluable working knowledge of the Internet and computers in general.

Mc: What should job seekers keep in mind when they consider party-oriented dotcoms?

JT: The market is saturated, and only the ultra creative survive. Beware of the flashy sites that lack content.

Mc: What would you like to do down the road?

JT: We have so much fun here that it is quite difficult to ever think about doing anything else. If I wasn't working for Party411.com I would probably be writing or working in some capacity for a fashion dotcom in a city other than Cleveland. With my love of writing and my background in fashion, those are future career possibilities.

Mc: What rules have you set for your own career?

JT: A few years ago when I started job-hunting, my dad gave me some great advice that I try to live by. He said to figure out what I like to do and then find a way to get paid to do it. That's what I have done.