Babysitter
Paper route
Janitor at small airport business (sweeping hangars mostly)
Office work at the airport business
Bakery counter
Miniature golf park–mostly snack bar
Pizza driver
Dorms’ food service
Nanny
Upscale bakery counter
Fabric store
TA at elementary school–plus yard duty, after-school care, etc.
Various small special libraries–biotech, R&D, etc.
Public libraries, subbing
Now: Public library, running children’s program and subbing
Paperboy
Retail Clerk in my father’s store
Assistant in a medical office
OTB betting parlor assistant manager
TV station technician
Host of TV sports talk show (on cable)
Assistant Manager at Spencer Gifts
Radio advertising salesman
Information and Referral Agency – answered phones & edited publications.
Editorial assistant at an energy newsletter
Assistant at a Volunteer Center
Technical writer for Enable Software
Freelance technical writer
Technical writer at GE
Administrative assistant for a power plant project run out of GE
Technical writer/computer graphics specialist
Freelance technical writer, editor, and teacher
Desktop publisher for an investment firm (also became a supervisory stock analyst there).
User services specialist/webmaster/instructional technologist at a college.
Science fiction author
I ran through jobs a lot until about 92-- had only two since then.
OH!
I forgot Ticketbastard, I mean Ticketmaster phone person. Hated that job.
Salesperson for Regis faux hair at a kiosk in the mall. Had to wear the wigs too, ick.
My very first job was sweeping up sheetrock for my dad’s company.
My first paid job was milking goats for our neighbor, a Doctor who took long vacations.
Then:…
Babysitter
McDonalds
Other various fast foods
Receptionist
Parts Runner (oooooh FUN that one)
Jet aircraft refueler (did that for five years, fun and good pay back then, but BooooooOOORing)
Bartender/fulltime student/bookkeeper/University workstudy…etc
Environmental secretary
Enviro-technician
Enviro Project Manager
Now Enviro Construction mgmt
along with a few interim jobs as Substitute teacher, shift manager at a chain gym and temp agency worker.
Lawn Mower/Snow Shoveler.
Produce assitant/gofer. (in supermarket)
Soft-serve ice cream server. (Think DQ)
Assistant manager of same.
College library staffer
Warehouse worker. (shipping dept of auto parts manufacturer)
Chemproc (ran U of I computer site. got good at early 1980’s MUD/other games)
Security guard
Wordstar (early word processing software) instructor
Law firm research clerk
Lawyer.
In sort of chronological order, but without repeating job titles I’ve had more than once:
Yard work
Paperboy
Usher
Bartender (at a theatre, not a real bar)
Grounds maintenance (mowing, painting, basic plumbing and electrical)
Guy who stands in the parking lot with the flashlight cone things and tells you where to park.
Theatrical Carpenter
Rigger
Head Electrician (theatrical)
Lighting Designer
Technical Director
Light Board Op
Touring Electrician
Touring Head Electrician
Production Manager
Paid employment:
*“Sandwich artist” at Subway
*Marketing intern at a publishing company
*Movie theater employee
Unpaid (volunteer, etc)
*Sorting donated clothes in a charity warehouse
*Seceratary of sorts in the township clerk’s office
*Trail crew volunteer
*Editorial intern at an alternative newsweekly
*Assistant TKD instructor
Not much, but in my defense, A) I’m only 19, and B) I put a metric crapload of hours into the volunteer positions.
Modelling for a brochure for a treatment center for “at-risk” youth
An assistant (file/type/fax/print) at an escrow company
A grocery store checkout clerk
General IT/database/copy/fax/mail/print/plan assistant at a non-profit
Salesperson in a teeny-tiny software store
Hardware support/repair at IBM
Deliver Wall St. Journal and Investor’s Business Daily
Computer Programming
Bigger Computer Programming
Managing Computer Programmers
Football Officiating
landscaper/lawn mower
babysitter
holiday weekend sausage sandwich maker
KFC fry cook
college dining hall dishwasher
hospital security guard
airport x-ray screener
army cadet
army officer (USAR, Corps of Engineers)
surveyor
shipment coordinator, chemical plant
office manager, a bigger chemical plant
bigger office manager, a few chemical plants
inventory manager, a few more chemical plants
logistics manager, a whole bunch of chemical plants
/insert career change here/
NOC Technician (for a whole month)
Telecom project manager
non profit program manager
telecom project engineer (for the past 1.5 years)
Wendy’s Grill Guy
Friendly’s Grill Guy (Big step up, extra $.60/hr)
Driver/stock boy/emergency cashier at Pharmacy
College Math Tutor
Navy Electrician Mate of USS Ranger
Guard at a warehouse
Helper for HVAC at a Hospital
HVAC Mechanic at same hospital
Crew on the Clearwater (Environmental group on the Hudson River)
Jr Programmer/Analyst at RX distributor
Programmer/Analyst at Paint Company
Programmer/Analyst then MIS Director (2 person shop ) Fragrance Manufacturer
Sr Programmer/Analyst at Fragrance company
Sr Programmer/Analyst at a Molded plastics, metal stamping hose extruding company.
This covers the last forty years or so. In alphabetical order…
Babysitter
Data Collection Manager
Demonstrator (demo products in stores)
Employment Placement Counselor (“Headhunter”)
Estimator/Sales Rep for a Painting Contractor
In Store Security at a Department Store/chasing thieves through Mall Parking Lots
Inside Sales Rep at a Health Club
Inside Sales Rep/Asst. Manager at a Men’s Clothing Store
Instructor/Counselor/Sales Rep at Weight Loss Center
Insurance Claims Adjuster
Interviewer
Janitor
Loading Dock Worker
“Model/Actor/Performer”
Outside Sales Rep/Office Supplies
Outside Sales Rep/Food Service
Outside Sales/Grocery
Package Delivery/Messenger
Paperboy
Rental Car Office Manager
Research Assistant
Security at a Warehouse
Stock Boy at a Variety Store
Storeroom Clerk at a Factory
Telemarketer (about a half a dozen times)
Truck Driver (small trucks)/Mover
Yard Maintenance
