babysitter
gopher at insurance agency
mcdonalds
general office work
receptionist
secretary
grounds crew at college
clean new houses before the first owners move in
sell sodas at the circus
typist
house cleaning
pet store clerk
deliver flowers
mcdonalds again
substitute teacher
secretary
office manager
office manager again
receptionist
data entry
switchboard operator
general office work
legal secretary
administrative assistant
psychiatrict tech
substitute teacher again
clerk at a video store
store manager
door to door sales
retail sales
telemarketing
mailroom
light laborer
light construction
front desk clerk
night auditor
volunteer work:
big sister
rape crisis center crisis line worker
teen talkline crisis line
i’m sure i’m forgetting something but not sure what.
Door to door saleman (pet rocks, puppets etc <10yo)
Working in my folk’s shop (<10yo)
Babysitter (>10yo)
Car washer/secretary/Spanish translator/security for Repo agency (12-18)
Lawn mower (12-15)
Pie/pizza maker (13/14)
Telemarketing ( lasted 2 hours
Wendy’s (cashier, team leader - 14-18)
Subway (sandwich maker/cashier - 16-17)
K-Mart (ran deli - 17)
Nanny (18)
Crater Lake NP (cashier/info booth - 18)
Grand Teton NP (cashier/info booth - 18-19)
Kelly Girl (various temp jobs - 19-21)
Care Giver (judge referred school for tough kids)
K-Mart (cash cage - 19-21)
Sierra Trading Post (catalogue CSR - 20-21)
State Wy (processing Medical claims - 21-24)
Cheyenne Outfitters (catalogue CSR - 23-24)
Certified Nursing Asst (geriatric and psychiatric - 24 to date)
Tutor (maths, English, medical terminology, nursing, marine biology, Spanish, IT - 24-28)
Teaching Asst (Spanish, IT, see above - 28)
Campground Assistant Manager (25-29)
Gas Specialist (29-31)
Teacher (32-32)
As you can see I’ve always been a very busy person, often holding more than one job at a time. It was drilled into me from a young age that if I wanted anything, I had to work for it. So, I did.
When in university not only was my typical load 18-24 units, but worked 1-2 jobs and raised my sister’s two kids she dumped on me and my folks.
Am currently unemployed an it is driving me up the wall. I should be enjoying the time with hubby, well I do, but… My mind is not being challenged and it is turning to mush.
babysitter (jr. high and high school)
roast beast slinger at Rax (3 mos. in h.s.)
public library page (2 years in h.s.)
college library staff (music/dance library not the main branch – summer and freshman year)
nursing home nurses’ aide (summer after freshman year in college)
solicitor/telemarketing – begged for donations for the Alumni Association (sophomore year in college)
games hostess at an amusement park (Cedar Point – summer after soph. yr.)
public relations intern for the VP office at my alma mater (Ohio Univ. - jr. and sr. yrs. in college)
public relations intern for Cleveland Fox TV afilliate (WOIO-Fox Nineteen at the time – summer after jr. year)
sales chick at The Limited (six weeks’ winter break somewhere in there)
wrapped test tubes in tissue paper for a Scientific Warehouse company (winter break again)
marketing intern for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (summer after jr. year)
inspected steel mufflers in a factory (after college for three weeks)
data entry/ ink inventory for BASF (after college for six months)
temp for RR Donnelly – mostly in HR (after college for six months)
Customer Service Representative for Value Rent a Car (1 year)
Associate Editor of Florida Keys Magazine and the Gibbons-Humms Guide to the Florida Keys and Key West (2 years)
Editor in Chief of Predictions Magazine (now way defunct – 3 mos.)
teacher of Creative Writing for Palm Beach County Adult Education (one term)
Temp for Interim Personnel, assignments included: telecommunications coordinator, legal secretary, training admin. asst., marketing assistant (year and a half)
Operations Standards Manager for industrial cleaning company, located within a BMW plant (2 years)
Communications Team Leader, then Manager for current employer (last 5 and a half)
-Angry, bitter laid off person with a chip on her shoulder
-Bartender who was sick of being unemployed with an anti-competition clause from last employer that was going to last for another 18 months.
Currently:
ass player in a blues band
Drummer in a rock band.
Frightening fact:
Current job pays slightly more than the last, wait, all of them now that I think about it.
Advice to today’s youth:
Skip college and graduate school and practice your music. No really. It worked for me. I could stand to do without the student loan debt from 9 years of post HS education, though.
Paperboy
Lawn Mower - I had 5 or 6 regular customers
Kiddie Bowling League Secretary - the alley paid me 3 free games per league per week
Dishwasher
Factory Worker - we made SuperPretzel ovens
Games Host - Six Flags Great Adventure
Soft Pretzel Sales
Programmer
Ages 13 - 17: Babysitter
Ages 15 - 18: Assistant choir director
Ages 17 - 18: Lifeguard
Ages 18 - 24: Tutor
Ages 21 - 42: Choir director (note the overlap, this wasn’t a full time job)
Ages 25 - 28: Middle school teacher
Ages 29 - 35: Staff attorney
Ages 34 - 38: College Instructor (again, note overlap)
Ages 36 - 42: Director of Human Resources
Ages 42 - Present: Vice President in charge of Human Resources
Traffic controller
Bouncer
Computer technician
Service manager at another computer joint
Technical support engineer/network admin at another computer joint
Desktop rollout for Optus (small contract)
Self-employed computer nerd - providing network and desktop support to small-to-medium businesses as well as doing onsite support for HP/Compaq.
Pre- High School:
Kool-Aid/Popcorn Stand - 8-10yrs old
Snow Cone/ Candy Stand - 10-12 yrs old
Paper route - Local Paper 12-15 yrs old
Paper route - Regional Paper - 13-15 yrs old
High School:
Sales Ass. (Radio Shack) - 15-22 yrs old
Paper route: 17yrs old
Walgreens Warehouse slave - 18-19 yrs old
Walmart night stocker - 20 yrs old
College (Valparaiso U.)
Temp- Data entry -20 yrs old
Chemical Plant Painter - 20yrs old
Blast Furnace Laborer - 20 yrs old
Dairy Queen Ice Cream boy - 20 yrs old
Procurement Clerk - 20-22 yrs old
Library Help Purdue U. 22 yrs old
College (Purdue)
CD store sales ass. -22 yrs old
Grocery stocker - 22 - yrs old
Technical Writer (part time college) 22-25 yrs old
Real Life (Silicon Valley)
Technical Writer (California!) 26 yrs old
Senior Technical Writer /Illustrator/Graphic Designer - 26yrs old
Real Life (Los Angeles)
Senior Technical Writer/ Marketing Info guy- 26-28
I have been at this job for over a year and a half…it’s getting time to move on.
Tony
My jobs were:
Babysitter
Paper Route
Park maintenace worker
Cafeteria Worker
Political canvasser
Data Entry Guy
Network manager
Computer Operator
Grant writer
Web Designer
ISO Documentation Specialist
Computer Programmer
Skating rink attendant (13-14 yrs old - no pay, but all the free skating I could stand. I could stand a lot.)
Dishwasher at truck stop.
Dishwasher & general kitchen slave at steakhouse.
Dishwasher at mid-scale burger joint.
Cook at said mid-scale burger joint.
Grounds maintenance at city cemetary.
Delivery driver for auto parts house.
Machine shop flunky for auto parts house.
Manager of game room at mall.
Hospital orderly.
Manufacturing - shear, punch press, roller forming machine for grain bin manufacturer.
USAF - Aerospace Defense & Warning Systems Operator - the tail end of the SAGE system.
Bouncer/doorman.
Air Traffic Controller - washed out of phase I traning - just as well, I’d have never made it through phase II
Body shop labor in daytime/Pinsetter attendant at bowling alley at night.
Bureau of Reclamation - irrigation canal construction surveyor.
Private engineering co. - land surveyor.
State Natural Resources Commission - land surveyor.
Helpdesk consultant at state uni.
Computer operator at uni.
Sysadmin/manage nameserver/DHCP servers for the same uni - longest I’ve been with one employer, coming up on 7 years.
Gardener/yard maintenance person (on irregular basis since mid-1960)
Dishwasher, two restaurants
McDonald’s geek (toastng buns, frying burgers, steaming fish patties… :rolleyes:
Postal clerk, twice
Mill worker, slotting ceiling screws
Fuller Brush person
Custodian
Carpenter’s helper
Substitute parent (looking after my younger brother for years after my Mom divorced his father)
Security guard
Exam proctor
Tutor
Census enumerator
Volunteer legal intern (two locations)
Data entry operator
Data entry clerk
Day camp counselor
Pizza Hut #1
Pet Store
Supermarket Cashier
Papa John’s Pizza
Wendy’s
Pizza Hut #2
Pizza Hut #3
Telemarketer
Children’s Book & Toy Store
Barnes & Noble (my longest job, I had it more than 2 years)
Pharmacy Cashier (my shortest job, 1 week. I tried that and b&n at the same time but the 2 jobs were too much.)
Employee of miitary store
