I have had every job ever.
This is a list of real paying jobs- if you are too young to work you can tell us things you've studied or schools you attended...


I was:
a cook at Burger King
a worker at a record store
a window dresser
a school bus driver
an audio designer and engineer for theater and music
a carpenter
a plant care specialist
an ESL teacher
an ESL curriculum designer
the director of an ESL school
a German reading and writing teacher
a back-up singer
a special effects and make up tech in film
a props artisan
a scenery painter
an actor
a clothing retail associate
a personal assistant
a financial clerk
a telemarketer selling dance lessons
a direct mail worker
a x-country ski instructor
a gymnastics instructor

I think that's it.

^wow...you've had lots of neat experiences! :)

I haven't had as many...but here they are:


I was:

a papergirl (delivered newspapers when I was in jr. high)
babysitter
pizza maker/cook
assistant manager of a bookstore
medical biller
receptionist for a chiropractic office
restaurant server/waitress
retail associate
self-employed auction specialist/sales

I think that's about it...so far. :)

i really want to learn to make pizza. and not that fake stuff; the in the pizza place pie.

i really want to learn to make pizza. and not that fake stuff; the in the pizza place pie.


I never learned how to throw it or anything...but the guy I worked for could do that.

Babysitter
Telecommunications (USAF)
Training Manager (USAF)
Data Entry
Substitute Teacher
Volunteer at local Food Shelf
eBayer (?  :-\\ )



Yup-that's it.



Cat

I have had every job ever.
This is a list of real paying jobs- if you are too young to work you can tell us things you've studied or schools you attended...


I was:
a cook at Burger King
a worker at a record store
a window dresser
a school bus driver
an audio designer and engineer for theater and music
a carpenter
a plant care specialist
an ESL teacher
an ESL curriculum designer
the director of an ESL school
a German reading and writing teacher
a back-up singer
a special effects and make up tech in film
a props artisan
a scenery painter
an actor
a clothing retail associate
a personal assistant
a financial clerk
a telemarketer selling dance lessons
a direct mail worker
a x-country ski instructor
a gymnastics instructor

I think that's it.


Holy Smokes!  :o

I have had every job ever.
This is a list of real paying jobs- if you are too young to work you can tell us things you've studied or schools you attended...


I was:
a cook at Burger King
a worker at a record store
a window dresser
a school bus driver
an audio designer and engineer for theater and music
a carpenter
a plant care specialist
an ESL teacher
an ESL curriculum designer
the director of an ESL school
a German reading and writing teacher
a back-up singer
a special effects and make up tech in film
a props artisan
a scenery painter
an actor
a clothing retail associate
a personal assistant
a financial clerk
a telemarketer selling dance lessons
a direct mail worker
a x-country ski instructor
a gymnastics instructor

I think that's it.
What, no under water basket weaving?  ;D

I've been a babysitter (although I didn't actually sit on any babies) :D
I've been a cashier at Shop-Rite
I've worked in commodities
for the American Institute of Physics
an insurance firm
and finally, an Architecture firm (where I've been for 7 years).

I've been:

porter maintainence guy
cart collector
Au Bon Pain
volunteer person

I'll take up underwater basket weaving in my retirement.


yeah, it's a long list.  but i'm 42 so...i had time.

I've worked as a:
bookstore clerk
rollerblade girl
nanny
waitress
barmaid
barista
maid
kitchen apprentice
receptionist
hairdresser assistant
model
shop assistant
office worker
dance teacher

I'm at an art gallery,but hope to go back to dance teaching one day :-\\

I'll take up underwater basket weaving in my retirement.


yeah, it's a long list.  but i'm 42 so...i had time.


Well, I'm two years younger, but I've only had three jobs in my life...You make me feel like I've been wasting time. :-\\

I've worked as an actuarial assistent at an actuarial firm (if you don't know what that is...please ask someone who does! ;D)
Subsequently I was employed as a corrector for the same actuarial firm.
And for the past seven years I've been working as a corrector for an accountancy firm.

Started off fresh out of school in a bank...lasted nine years before redundancy got a-hold of me!

Then a three-year stint doing night security...(No matter how desperate for work you are, DO NOT pick this as an occupation...it'll be the ruin of you!)

(Okay, I appreciate some people HAVE picked it as an occupation...they must be made of stronger stuff than I!)

Thankfully escaped from that into the job I'm in now...working as a print/despatch/administrative 'gofer' in the legal trade...

I never seemed to be able to stay at one job for very long... :-\\


~ department store clerk (first job - worked in the fabrics department in the summer between my junior and senior year of high school)
~ record store clerk (in senior year of high school)
~ bookstore clerk (in senior year of high school)
~ hostess at ribs joint
~ waitress/bartender at Mexican restaurant
~ waitress at Italian restaurant
~ travel agency clerk (I think I only worked here for two weeks!)
~ production assistant for a stained-glass overlay company (great job - hated my boss!)
~ bookstore clerk (different bookstore than the first one - fun job, but the pay was poor!)
~ assistant manager at record store  (again, different store than the first one I mentioned)
~ visual merchandiser for a high-end clothing retailer
~ babysitter and full-time homemaker
 

I never seemed to be able to stay at one job for very long... :-\\


You've had a long-term job of being a very good parent...the hardest job of all, I'd say!

And that goes for all you Mums and/or Dads out there!  :)

I have had every job ever.
This is a list of real paying jobs- if you are too young to work you can tell us things you've studied or schools you attended...


I was:

a special effects and make up tech in film


Do you remember who you worked with?

My father is a make-up artist and my uncle used to make make-up used in movies.  I worked (for free) with John Caglione Jr.  on the make-up effects for My Demon Lover.


I haven't had too many jobs...

Baby sitter
Retail Associate
Worked at a dry cleaner.
Bank teller.
Retail (Automotive store)
Receptionist at a photography studio
Bank teller (then promoted to the manager of credit card department)
Department store associate.

Hmm, let's see, quite a few. Double  ~ means jobs were held concurrently with the above listing.

~mowing lawns
~busboy
~cook at the same restaurant
~shoe sales at Kmart (spare the Al Bundy jokes please!  :D)
~auto parts sales
~diesel mechanic intern
~~cook at McDonalds
~auto mechanic assistant
~military, machinist mate nuclear field
~motorcyle parts salesman
~operator assistant in wastewater treatment
~operator in wastewater treatment (both wet and dry sides, 3 different facilities)
~7-11 evening shift
~Taco Bell closer
~Subway (for 4 hours!  :D)
~hotel houseman
~hotel laundry
~hotel maintenance

~currently I'm a "wire jockey", but I prefer the term "communications installation specialist".  ;D

I get tired of most places after two years or so. I'm hoping my latest job will turn into a career - I'm sick of "jobs".

Ant

I'll take up underwater basket weaving in my retirement.


yeah, it's a long list.  but i'm 42 so...i had time.
It's all good. Can I ask how the window dressing job was?

Lessee...


grocery bagger
bakery/deli clerk
paperboy
nightclub DJ (x8 )
mobile DJ (x eleventeen)
Underwriter clerk for insurance company
Retail associate
housekeeper/custodian
office clerk
machine operator for sheet metal fabrication (also did some spot & MIG welding)
customer service associate (call center) - promoted to manager
inside sales associate
production supervisor for operating room sterilization products
cold calling "in the bullpen" for investment business
Retirement Plan Services associate (liaison between plan sponsor and administrator)
Processor/work distributor for investment firm

Paperboy
School Janitor's Assistant, (summer job when I was 14)
Summer Activities Counselor, (summer job when I was 15)
Welder
Machinist
Stagehand - L.U. #8
Sheet Metal Worker - L.U. #19
Certified Welding Inspector
Bartender (side job)

I've been welding since I was 14 years old but I didn't get my first paying job as a welder until I was 17.
Since the I've always been a welder, everything else was secondary work.

Err... not many. And a few gaps here and there

- Paperboy *most of my high school career up to 2003*
- Fast Food worker *after school job*
- took a break for study *2004-2005*
- Fast Food Worker (again!) *summer job mostly: 2006-2007*
- took a break for study *2007-now*

- Paperboy
- Catalogue boy (same as a paper boy, but delivering back and shoulder breaking Sears catalogues)
- Collision Coding Clerk for the Ministry of Transportation (a fancy way to say Data Entry Operator)

and what I do now .. I am a 'Customer Care Representive' for T-Mobile (which is also a fancy way to say Data Entry Operator).  Though I am still in the training portion, my duty will eventually be to activate cellphone accounts

I'm loving reading this.  You know, now that I'm in my VERY EARLY 40s (40 is the new 30 by the way) I am finally making decisions and I have found soemthing to stick with.  I think it's great to take your time.

I'm loving reading this.  You know, now that I'm in my VERY EARLY 40s (40 is the new 30 by the way) I am finally making decisions and I have found soemthing to stick with.  I think it's great to take your time.


You're always 39 until you reach your 50s.  ;)

Ant

You're always 39 until you reach your 50s.  ;)

Ant


Thanks, Whippersnapper!

Thanks, Whippersnapper!


LOL!

I'm 32...  :D

Ant

Babysitter
Garden Maintenance
Worked at a Garden Centre/Nursery as a general dogsbody
Thrift shop assistant
Office worker at Blackwells, a book publishers

Then began my career at the library as a temporary Library Assistant and 18 years later I am still there onjly now I'm a senoir!  ;D

Sandwich maker.
Hotel Clerk.
Database Analyst. (Fancy name for fact checker)
Roofer
Sports Writer (small local newspaper)
Loss Speculation Analyst (figure out what losses have occurred and what should be acceptable in a store of 'x' size.)
Disc Jockey
Audio Tech


I'm pretty sure I've had other jobs, but of these, 3 were temporary just for a couple of weeks (first three) and I just started the second two.

Modified to add - I worked in a grocery store one time over Christmas, I actually ended up with pneumonia about 4 days before Christmas and kept going in to work, then I coughed so much that I puked and they sent me home.. I had a great Christmas and totally forgot to call them and thus, just.. never said anything.

Sandwich maker.
Hotel Clerk.



I can't imagine you a hotel clerk.  But i bet you're still making sammiches.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/15/thumbsup.gif

(your favorite food, correct?)

Let's see..

Local paper deliverer
Ad hoc duties at a hat manufacturer's
Cashier at a supermarket
Wardrobe Co-ordinator
Customer Service rep.
Visual Merchandiser (window dresser)
Customer Service rep.
Account Manager for an ad. agency

I can't imagine you a hotel clerk.  But i bet you're still making sammiches.  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/15/thumbsup.gif

(your favorite food, correct?)


My favorite food I can actually make.



I couldn't imagine me as a hotel clerk either, I did the 10pm - 8am deal so I really didn't have much to do, just check out a few people who left early, by then I was generally too tired to be obnoxious.

I just remembered a job that I didn't list in my first post on this thread: An Apprentice for Summer Stock (at one point my "job title" was "Production Assistant" but in reality, I was the gofer for the stage manager.  ;D ;D). It wasn't a paid position which is probably why I forgot about it, yesterday.



Cat

movie theater 1984-86
Toys R Us  1986-88
Clerk at a small but upscale Toy store 1990-95
Barnes & Noble (Childrens books Dept Head) 92-94
UPS 30 days....it sucked
Intergenerational Community service position 94-96
Grocery store bagger & graveyard shift stock person 2/96 - 12/97
Campus Security 96-2000
Research Assistant for film prof 97-99
Police Dispatcher 99-pres

Some my stuff overlaps because I worked multple jobs at once.

WORST JOB EVER? I had it for one day.... I delivered phone books. I quit on the first day because someone pointed a shotgun at me and told me to get the F off his porch. It was gang territory.  I did the math and figured out I was getting paid 13 cents a book. I decided it wasn't worth getting shot over and took the books back the next day.

Trainee Site Engineer
Road Labourer
Cinema Doorman
Receptionist
Film Distributor
Postman
Postman Higher Grade
Admin Officer

This sums up my life

I've been volunteering for quite a long time so I haven't had a good job in over 14 years and the first one was Genovese now called Eckerd back in 1993 and 13 years later,my job coach got me the job at Au Bon Pain back in February 2006 then the next job after that was supposed to be Babies R Us but that never panned out so cart collecting at Pathmark was my last hope.

- Remodeling helper
- 1 day stint working at department store
- Classified Ad Sales Consultant (5 years and going...)


Now training for ... medical assisting.

I must be getting old because I keep remembering about jobs that I forgot.  :D ;D ;D  One of my best friends used to work at a jewelry store. Every year they did inventory and were told bring a friend. She brought me so it was basically 2 days work and I did that two years in a row.

Another one I just remember, in my old apartment, one summer I helped our maintenance dude put a new roof on the building. My job was basically cleaning up the old shingles that he threw down, cutting some things (my first and only time using a power saw) and holding the ladder as he climbed up & down. Did that for about 3 weeks-until the roof was done.



Cat

I must be getting old because I keep remembering about jobs that I forgot.  :D ;D ;D  One of my best friends used to work at a jewelry store. Every year they did inventory and were told bring a friend. She brought me so it was basically 2 days work and I did that two years in a row.

Another one I just remember, in my old apartment, one summer I helped our maintenance dude put a new roof on the building. My job was basically cleaning up the old shingles that he threw down, cutting some things (my first and only time using a power saw) and holding the ladder as he climbed up & down. Did that for about 3 weeks-until the roof was done.



Cat


That's actually what I did for my 1-day stint at a department store. I worked in my brother's jewelry department helping with inventory and actually got a few sales for him (and watched him deal with a difficult customer). He was assistant manager at the time.

Another little job I did was help my Aunt edit video for our local cable access channel some ten years ago. She was making a video for the class of '97's prom and graduation ceremonies to show on TV.

I must be getting old because I keep remembering about jobs that I forgot.  :D ;D ;D  One of my best friends used to work at a jewelry store. Every year they did inventory and were told bring a friend. She brought me so it was basically 2 days work and I did that two years in a row.

Another one I just remember, in my old apartment, one summer I helped our maintenance dude put a new roof on the building. My job was basically cleaning up the old shingles that he threw down, cutting some things (my first and only time using a power saw) and holding the ladder as he climbed up & down. Did that for about 3 weeks-until the roof was done.



Cat


Ahhh, shingle clean up. I did that once for a site my dad was on. Not fun, but better than carrying shingles up a ladder!

I forgot my shortest job - I was there literally 10 minutes. Again, helping my dad put insulation in a garage. I had no idea how to do it, so I wound up putting a staple through my pointer finger. Blood was all over the place. My nail fell off at the end of the week and took a few months to grow back in.

I also worked at Stein Mart for a few days rearranging thier displays. The manager wanted them PERFECT, so getting the heavy units into exact placement meant kicking the bases. I thought steel toe boots and heavy socks would be sufficient protection -- they weren't. By the end of the week, both of my big toenails fell off.

It's interesting to see all the jobs everyone has had so far!

Ant

Ahhh, shingle clean up. I did that once for a site my dad was on. Not fun, but better than carrying shingles up a ladder!

I forgot my shortest job - I was there literally 10 minutes. Again, helping my dad put insulation in a garage. I had no idea how to do it, so I wound up putting a staple through my pointer finger. Blood was all over the place. My nail fell off at the end of the week and took a few months to grow back in.

I also worked at Stein Mart for a few days rearranging thier displays. The manager wanted them PERFECT, so getting the heavy units into exact placement meant kicking the bases. I thought steel toe boots and heavy would be sufficient protection -- they weren't. By the end of the week, both of my big toenails fell off.

It's interesting to see all the jobs everyone has had so far!

Ant


Ouch - your poor finger and toe nails - That had to hurt!!

You're right, all these different jobs everyone has had sure says a lot about us.

Well, looking back at other posts, I guess babysitter applies, and yes, I've been one of those. So add that.

Ouch - your poor finger and toe nails - That had to hurt!!

You're right, all these different jobs everyone has had sure says a lot about us.


Not as much as you would think. I've had several worse OTJ injuries... I think I'll start a new thread on that.

Older board members might have had fewer jobs in their lifetimes. I know my family has had very few jobs.

My uncle, who is 47, has only had three jobs in his life: janitor, military and now he works at a plant that manufactures fuel rods for nuclear reactors.

My mom, who will be 60 in two weeks, has had two jobs: hairstylist (44 years, 38 of them at the same address and same boss) and transportation (5 years). She owns the hair salon now.

And my aunt has been a paralegal since she graduated high school... 49 years ago. She's only had three different employers, and never had another job.

Ant

I forgot one job, I worked at Wendy's for a day.  ;D

-  Office clerk, at my dad's place of work
-  cleaning and sweeping at a pet store
-  janitor training at Goodwill
-  cleaning and sweeping at a hardware store

and currently produce clekr at a grocery store.

I forgot one job, I worked at Wendy's for a day.   ;D


Just one day?  Did you quit or did you get fired? lol

Just one day?  Did you quit or did you get fired? lol


Not even one day...4 hours.  I suppose you could say I quit, I just never went back.  ;D

It was nasty, I just couldn't handle the smell. 

I just remembered that spent (as my first ever job) a week in a kitchen in a hotel of my old home town, it was free food all week.

Starting from age 16:

Grocery bagger/cashier
Video Clerk
Short Order Cook at a casino
Receptionist at a Newspaper
Staffing Coordinator at a temp agency
Secretary at my mom's insurance company
Data Entry Clerk
Data Control/Financial Reporting clerk
Customer Service Rep for Verizon
StoreTrainer (hired and trained all employees at a grocery store)
Front End/Operations Manager of the same grocery store
Secretary at a school district

I just remembered..

Does Lord High Imperial Grand Master of the Western Hemisphere count as a job or would that full under assumed positions?

One day at a dog kennel (couldn't picture myself getting in and cleaning out the dog kennels, some of those dogs were large)
Office clerk/runner
Office Clerk
Video Store Clerk
Waitress at the same Mexican Restaurant as CF
One week at Subway
Receptionist
Waitress/cashier for a couple more places
Graveyard Stocker
Retail Sales
and I am still in Retail (different company)

Graveyard Stocker




Um...that sounds... http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/grim.gif



Cat

Yes, it's hard to avoid any injury no matter where you're at. Sometimes they're just inevitable.

I believe there are a lot of older members who have stuck to the same jobs for many years. I suppose back in the day when they started working, retirement plans were better than what we get to look forward to.  ;D



Not as much as you would think. I've had several worse OTJ injuries... I think I'll start a new thread on that.

Older board members might have had fewer jobs in their lifetimes. I know my family has had very few jobs.

My uncle, who is 47, has only had three jobs in his life: janitor, military and now he works at a plant that manufactures fuel rods for nuclear reactors.

My mom, who will be 60 in two weeks, has had two jobs: hairstylist (44 years, 38 of them at the same address and same boss) and transportation (5 years). She owns the hair salon now.

And my aunt has been a paralegal since she graduated high school... 49 years ago. She's only had three different employers, and never had another job.

Ant

I just remembered..

Does Lord High Imperial Grand Master of the Western Hemisphere count as a job or would that full under assumed positions?


Neither - it's an honorary degree (but it doesn't pay, so it doesn't count  :P).

Um...that sounds... http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/05/grim.gif



Cat


Ha, Ha!  You are right.  How about graveyard shift stocker (11 p.m. - 8 a.m)

Ha, Ha!  You are right.  How about graveyard shift stocker (11 p.m. - 8 a.m)



Yeah, the "shift" does give it a different meaning.  ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Neither - it's an honorary degree (but it doesn't pay, so it doesn't count  :P).


Dosen't pay yet, soon my proposed tax on existence will be approved, then you'll all be coming to me for money!!

Dosen't pay yet, soon my proposed tax on existence will be approved, then you'll all be coming to me for money!!


You've got me shaking in my shoes... ::)

You've got me shaking in my shoes... ::)


Your neighbors must be annoyed.


Ya know.. that joke didn't even make any sense unless you're in my head.

I'm going to go ahead and associate you with Clogs.  ;) ;D

I wrote performance reviews for a LensCrafter manager who was too lazy to do so. Actually, I expanded on his ideas and made his writing coherent.

I was a babysitter for three of the most hellacious spoiled rich kids to ever grace the planet.

I was a data entry/order processor for eight months, until they decided I was no longer of value to them, even though my mom and I did most of the work.

I worked the front desk at a Best Western for awhile. Then I got fed up with taking the blame for all the owner's mistakes.

My last job was at Target. NEVER AGAIN. Actually, I was banned from ever working at another Target because I blew up at HR and the manager, laughed in her face when she told me I wouldn't be allowed to come back, and stormed out during the height of the busy evening, taking two more cashiers with me because they were pissed at the front end manager. Whoops.

Now I'm a stay at home mom.

Your neighbors must be annoyed.


Ya know.. that joke didn't even make any sense unless you're in my head.


Neighbors...Clogs...Shaking...


...Brilliant! Thanks Andy. ;D


I'm going to go ahead and associate you with Clogs.  ;) ;D


You know I look damn HAWT in clogs. 8)

Neighbors...Clogs...Shaking...


...Brilliant! Thanks Andy. ;D

You know I look damn HAWT in clogs. 8)


"Do you like clogging?"
'I'm totally in to clogging.'