I’ve held a lot of jobs. I’ve worked almost continuously since I turned 16, and have worked a pretty wide variety of jobs. My friends and family tend to joke about the fact that I have held a great quantity of jobs in a relatively short time span. So here’s my list: (I’ll try not to forget any)
Stocking decorator/Ornament Engraver
K-Mart Food Counter
McDonalds Schlub
AAFES Hot Dog stand
Telemarketer (a few times, and no, I’m not proud)
Teacher’s Assistant
Cleaner Demonstrator
Nintendo Demonstrator (that was a fun job)
Sam’s Club Demonstrator
Wal-Mart Associate
Data Entry Clerk
Document Prep (Document scanning company)
Production Log Assistant (whatever that means)
Legal Secretary
Legal Assistant
Office Manager/Cell Phone Sales
Help Desk Administrator
Database Developer
SAP BW Reporting Specialist
Business Analyst
Project Manager
'Salotta jobs (some were held simultaneously). Thankfully, I can at least point to the list and show some definite upward progression - I take some pride in saying I really did work my way up, building on each previous job and getting something better with it. And my longest period of unemployment was 3 months, which felt like an eternity.
Target puller at a two-day rifle competition
Ski and binding technician
Clerk at Magic Mountain
Magician (in the same store) at Magic Mountain
Cashier at K-Mart
Data processor at Edwards Air Force Base
Data Processor with a defence contractor
CAD artist with Lockheed
Data Management Analyst with credit company
CAD artist for a gate company
Videographer (not a steady job – becoming a partner in the business)
In addition I’ve worked on a lot of films in various capacities.
hoo boy. I’ve been continuously employed since age 14, and have often held 2-3 jobs at a time. I’ve just gone over this for my law school applications so its fresh in my mind. In almost-chronilogical order:
Babysitter
Office intern/fileclerk
Summer camp food service drone
Summer camp counsellor
Bank teller
Worked in a University Library, in Aquisitions
Worked in an archaeological Conservation lab (cleaning up the place, still photography, some elementary lab tasks)
Follow-spot operator
Theatrical production assistant (mostly lighting and props, but also carpentry, electric, scenic painting as needed)
Toy store clerk
Temp
Telephone interviewer (academic research, not telemarketing, thank Og)
Customer service rep
Public relations/press release writer
Internet Boom Jack-of-All Internet Person (writing, QA, updating site, etc etc etc)
Fulltime writer & editor for Fortune 500 retailer
Horseback riding instructor
Telephone interviewer again (this time market research with recruited calls)
Copyeditor
I’ve never been unemployed (except by choice) since the age of 14. I turned 30 this year.
Worked in a video store
Various restaurant jobs
Alamo Rent A Car reservation agent
American Express Customer Service
Marriott Reservation Agent
Yamaha Motors Customer Service
some short term customer service temp jobs
went back to Alamo for a year as a supervisor
The past 5 years have been spent with two standardizing companies, working my way up to trainer/supervisor
I’ve had quite a few different jobs myself. Here’s my list in a somewhat chronological order:
Dishwasher for restaurant
Assistant camp counselor
Camp Counselor
Janitor
Stock person for a toy store
Grocery store check out clerk
Mowed and trimmed parks for a municipality parks dept
Park ranger
Telemarketer (Sorry)
Waiter
Store clerk at mall electronics store
Student teacher
Freezer warehouse order clerk
Data entry clerk
Computer help desk tech
Webmaster
Computer technician
Part time professional magician
Assistant systems administrator
Systems Administrator
A few of these were concurrent jobs I held while in college, and the magician listing is one I am currently doing on the side.
lawn mowing
burger flipper
owned a high-pressure water cleaning system, and cleaned semis and gas stations
general maintainance for a chain of drive-thru photo-shops, which I also helped build
general manager of a chain of such shops in Anchorage
camper shell manufacturer
(“herb” sales part-time)
photographer
record store clerk
general manager of a courier service
automotive maintainence for cars for same
high school teacher
Been doing the last for going on 20 years now. How time flies…
Cashier at McDonalds
Assistant English teacher at a French high school
Teaching Assistant in French at a US university
Short stint as a salesperson/engraver for Things Remembered
Teaching Assistant in English at a French university
Working at a retail computer store (cashier, stock, assistant manager)
Teaching computer science courses at a private university
I taught French for more than ten years, and I just started my fifth year teaching computer science courses.
Oh man, I could be here all night. I spent a lot of time as a musician, not working in the cement beehive, so when there was no music gig, I couldn’t get hired anywhere for lack of experience. So I worked a lot of temp jobs. I might forget some, let’s see what I remember about jobs which were non-music (of those, I’ve been a bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, sound engineer, roadie, techncian, Chief Engineer of Herbal Technology, and other stuff):
TV Guide delivery
New car detailing
Dishwasher (a couple of places)
Short Order Cook (two or three places)
Mover (dozens of places)
Warehouse worker (dozens of places)
Club DJ (off and on for a decade)
Radio DJ and Productions Manager
Record store stock clerk (three places)
Factory worker (dozens of places)
Telemarketer (for maybe three days? I walked out.)
Lifted frozen sides of beef off a transport truck. For one day. ::cringes at the memory::
Bank filing clerk
Operated a jackhammer (for half an hour. I didn’t weigh enough to dig into concrete with it)
Office cleaning crew
Parking attendant (three years, year-round, Exhibition Stadium, Toronto)
Guard, Prince’s Gates (same as above, three different years)
Hardware dept. replenishment, Sears
and back to
Radio announcer, sound engineer, assistant Operations Director
I’ve been on the last one for 4 1/2 years. If I can stay until I drop, I will. I haven’t been unemployed since the same week I got my Green Card, and I’m in a good place now. Coming to the USA was a good thing.
-Parking lot sweeper
-After-hours cleaner for a hair salon
-Security guard
-Delivery driver for a potato chip company
-Semi-Pro Football Player
-Summer Camp Counsellor
-Magician/Juggler
-Drummer for a few rock bands
-Civilian contractor on a military base
-Airline ramp agent
-Airline station manager
-Hotel front-desk clerk
-Travel Agent/Coordinator/Manager
Babysitter (should this count?)
Waitress at a diner
Walmart “associate”
Bookkeeper/receptionist in a garage
Data entry clerk
Cashier in a craft store (part-time)
Bagger in a university book store (temporary, ended yesterday)
I’m still in school so my resume is not so impressive.
Maintenance Technician (janitor!)
Youth Leader for Summer Youth Program
Assistant Teacher at Alternative High School (amazing job btw)
Crew Scheduler for an International Airline (stressful job btw)
Data Entry Drone (lots of these)
Piano player
Seasonal department store worker
Historical museum tour guide
Writing tutor
Proofreader
Composition teacher
Secretary
Website coordinator
Copyeditor
Technical writer
librarian
lawn maintenance
fast food worker (various locations)
deli clerk
cashier at a liquor store
cashier at Hallmark
sewing factory (various jobs)
administrative assistant
Doesn’t sound like a lot, but I worked at a LOT of fast food joints.
I’ve been working since I was 16 pretty steadily. Even when unemployed, I seem to have been employed, if only part time or as a temp . . .
Apple picker & worked in the store at Grandpa’s orchard
Librarian’s assistant 2 years at college I attended
Computer lab assistant (another college job)
Editor of literary magazine (college English Dept.)
Newspaper reporter and compositor
Flea market sales
Retail at a gourmet popcorn shop
CBI, CBT program editor (the Great Leap Forward, jobwise)
Freelance script editor, CBT programmer
Ghostwriter for publishing co.
Publications director for nonprofit arts organization
Temp admin. assist positions
Proofreader (both freelance and in-house)
Business owner of aromatherapy products company (current)
Newspaper editor, reporter, chief watergirl (current)
I’ve also had odd jobs doing literary magazine editing and layout
Full- and part-time jobs, in mostly-chronological order:[ul][li]Snoball stand employee (my very first “job,” for $1/hr)[/li][li]Personnel assistant[/li][li]Telemarketer (neither proud nor ashamed, it was a job like any other)[/li][li]Receptionist[/li][li]Babysitter[/li][li]Hallmark store employee[/li][li]PIRG canvasser (again, neither proud nor ashamed)[/li][li]Radio board operator [/li][li]Lechter’s store employee[/li][li]Pianist (a couple of wine and cheese receptions)[/li][li]Secretary[/li][li]Statewide operations center dispatcher[/li][li]Public information specialist[/li][li]Marketing/promotions manager[/li][li]Marketing assistant[/li][li]HR assistant[/li][li]Facilities maintenance assistant[/li][li]System administrator[/li][li]Technical writer (for the past 7 years, and counting)[/ul][/li]Unpaid internships:[ul][li]WQSR radio promotions intern[/li][li]East/West Records promotions intern (for all of one week)[/ul][/li]With my college radio station:[ul][li]DJ[/li][li]Assistant program director[/li][li]Station manager[/ul][/li]Volunteer work:[ul][li]Special events volunteer[/li][li]Candy striper[/li][li]Special events coordinator[/ul][/li]I almost created a separate category for “musician,” but aside from a couple of piano-playing gigs in college I’ve only ever made $0.50 doing that (a percentage of the door, split among everyone who performed in that evening’s showcase). Someday, though, I’ll get to count it among the jobs that I’ve held.
