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[Kathianne]

I saw this topic in my readings, thought it might be fun to see all the 'jobs' we've held. For some of us, very long, others may well be short, due to ages.

1. Paper route for local grocery-I was 8 and did it for 2 years. Got paid a penny a paper, 200 papers, twice a week.

2. Sold Christmas cards door to door, with a friend. Saw the ad in the back of a comic book, I think was probably when we were 9 or 10.

3. Took orders for homebaked bread, after making 10 loaves, we were bored, kept the money. (not something I'd list). :laugh2: PS, same friend was with me as the Christmas cards.

4. First 'real job'-waitress 14-16

5. Customer service Sear's remodeling-16-17. (Still waitressing too!)

6. Overlapping with the two above, worked in car wash one summer. Only girl and I got good tips! Hot & sticky though. Only physical labor job, until I worked in grocery story.

7. 17-21 College years, Kroch's & Brentano's, bookseller. Eventually became juvenile book buyer for the store I worked in.

8. 21-25 Illinois Bell/SBC divestiture specialist/commercial communications consultant.

9. 25-39 Full-time mom. Well also did lots of volunteer work, picked up my real estate license, waitressed for a bit. Went back to Kroch's & Brentano's a couple times, went back for temporary consult with SBC/AT&T to help with some MSA stuff. From 36-37 full-time student. Picked up teaching credentials.

10. Picked up insurance producer license. 39-41 full time at State Farm; also part-time at grocery in meat cutters union; also teaching night school classes for at-risk high school students. Averaged about 78 hours work a week, not counting paper grading. :eek:

11. 43-44 Full-time substituting, still working grocery, part-time insurance writing for Allstate agent, still teaching night classes.

12. 44- Full time teaching, (with benefits). Sometimes part-time work in bank, Talbot's, Penny's, tutoring.

[Noir]

Tis a good idea for a thread methinks, but I fear that mine isn't to vast at the mo.

1- 14 to present, volentering at my local British red cross a few hours each week.

2- 15 to present, working in a chip shop, Chips ahoy, started of just on tills but I am now a full fryer and supervisor, which is about as far as I can go.

But it's all change next year when I head off to uni...

[jimnyc]

1- Paper route - probably like 12-14yrs old. Only about 30 people on my route.

2- Roy Rogers - 16-17yrs old. Had to wear the gay cowboy hat and apron. And even worse, I worked the register because I was good with numbers. I was the only guy on the register with the girls.

3- Bagel King - 17-19. Mix, roll and bake the bagels. Had to be there by 4am and to this day I've been an early bird as a result.

4- Courier Express - 19-21. Delivered supplies as a courier. Not time sensitive but large groups of packages that got split up and delivered (usually like free samples for doctors offices. Got myself 1,000 free bottles of visine this way!)

5- Clean Air Company - 21-23. Installed, fixed and maintained clean air machines (smokeeaters). Clients were bars and office buildings in the tri-state area.

6- AIS Corporation - 23-27. My first real job in the corporate world out of school. This was a medical billing company. I was a field service engineer fixing computer equipment and clients sites (hospitals and doctors offices)

7- Sony Corporation - 27-28. Hardware technician at their headquarters in NYC.

8- Law Firm - 28-34. Hardware technician & Network Analyst. Had about 2,000 employees.

9- Cadbury Schweppes - 35-38. Desktop Analyst. Desktop hardware and software support for their corporate headquarters in NY, about 400 employees.

[darin]

Age 15, worked at Burger King. I placed the burgers in the broiler. Next time you eat at BK, you might notice the grill marks are only on the TOP of the patty. Worked there for two weeks, had 3 hrs, so quit.

Age 16, McDonalds. Worked there for 6 months as a Cashier.

Age 17, Winkel Wheels. Spoked and shipped Bicyle and bike trailer wheels.

Age 18, Temp employee for Boeing, QC'ing scanned blue prints for conversion to an electronic database. Also worked at Dominos, delivering goodness.

Age 19, US Army STINGER Man-Portable Air Defense System. Worked as a gunner, responsible for user-level maintenance on team equipment (HMMWV + Basic Issue Items, Stinger Training Sets, Personal Weapon, Personal Protective equipment, etc). Germany.

Age 19, Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant. Server Mainz, Germany.

Age 20, Stinger Team Chief. Supervised and trained Stinger Gunner. Germany.

Age 21, Division Army Airspace Command and Control team. Worked as soldier in A2C2 cell - missions was to keep Division Cdr apprised on status of Air Defense systems, and Aviation Assets.

Age 22, Jewelry salesman. Sold pretty, shiny things

Age 23, Youth Pastor

Age 24-26, Admin Specialist, US Army. Korea and Fort Lewis, WA. In Korea, I was the Unit administrator for a Military Police Company. Myself and 3 folks who worked for me handled Personnel actions, evaluations, reports, leaves, and what-not. At Fort Lewis, I worked in the Ops Cell, handing same type of stuff but for an Army Corps. We were the "Go to the Field" side.

Age 27, Anteon Corp. Programs and Graphics Specialist. I published, edited, and illustrated various Command initiatives for an Army Corps budget office.

Age 28-35, Same thing but as an army civilian. Also dipped into Strategic Planning Initiatives. Moved from the budget group to the Corps Training and Tactics group.

Age 35-present, Strategic Planning Specialist. Responsible for installation-wide initiatives, ensuring the broadest-range of installation participation and input on programs generally thrust-upon the post by Higher HQ, and some locally-ground initiatives touching a wide variety of subject areas. These areas include Hazardous Material management, IT programs, Training programs and facilities, installation population reporting, Geo spacial mapping, etc.

:)

[5stringJeff]

16-17 (1.5 years): Little Caesar's Pizza.

17-20: College

21-26: Army Officer

26-Present: Financial Analyst for the Army (with a short stint at grad school)

[LiberalNation]

worked at a horse race track one summer, and a nursing home the other. Don't put the nursing home on a real resume tho cuz i walked out and it wouldn't be a good reference.

currently, college/nursing school and I strongly predict my next and last real job will be as a RN.

[emmett]

Cool Thread


8 - 11 Paper Boy in my apt complex. two routes, 150 papers or so. (Also worked pt at local store, stocking shelves and unloading trucks.

11 - 14 worked at gas station / car wash, also worked flea markets w / my uncle and helped him repair cars for auto dealers, pinsetter, swimming instructor

14 - 16 General hellian, got in tons of trouble, still worked, cook at western sizzlin, bowling machine mechanic, semi- professional bowler AJBC National champion runner up. Varsity Baseball pitcher in 9th and 10th grade.

16 - 17 Ran away from home, went to california, Worked for Salvation Army driving truck under fake name and idenity, Also a lifeguard (LA county)

17 - 20 Got my ass caught, went into Navy under the old either or program! If I told you what I did there I'd have to kill you!

21 - 25 Drove trucks OTR, Mover for United Van Lines

25 - 28 Dispatcher, North American Van Lines. Also O / I mover. Plotted and supervised entire commercial relocation of Delta Air Lines to current location at Hartsfield. During this time became single dad.

28 - 29 Worked as field man for attorney, research, house bugging, paper serving, investigation, lying , cheating, manipulating and so forth. pt repoman

29 - 31 Bounty Hunter, still did side work for attorneys in North Ga, part time repoman

31 - 45 Repoman ft, worked at a few diff companies, eventually ended up starting Auto Investigators of Ga which became the fastest growing repo company in the United States 99 - 03. PT Bounty Hunter

45 - 49 After being sued, lost company, bought a truck and became a car hauler traveling all over the country again.

49 - present , Back to the family repo business which while I was gone had rebuilt itself from the ashes with my son at the helm, currently full time repoman.

Also writing a book "The Take Back Man" which one of these years may be actually finished, I hope it will supply you all a laugh or two!


Officially I have a ninth grade education, got GED, took some correspondance courses, even a few actual classes when in Navy.

[dan]

18-22: College
22-24: UPS Store, Customer Assistant
24-present: Editor, Best Lawyers in America

But, just between you and me, there's a bit more than that on my resume. Gotta beef it up, y'know?

[Yurt]

18-22: College
22-24: UPS Store, Customer Assistant
24-present: Editor, Best Lawyers in America

But, just between you and me, there's a bit more than that on my resume. Gotta beef it up, y'know?

that publication is not accurate, Yurt is not to be found in there, please contact me ASAP to resolve any potential legal ramifications regarding this, i am sure, accidental, oversight...:laugh2:


manwhore to the female stars - 16 to present

[Abbey Marie]

Shampoo girl
Worker in film development factory
Hostess at Jersey shore restaurant
Swim instructor at school for summer school kids and learning disabled
BA degree (Political Science, haha)
Juris Doctor degree
Attorney
Trust Officer for bank in NYC
Wifey & Mommy
Writer & software tester for a software publication/tech firm
Head of legal department for tech firm (staff of 1.5, lol)
Moderator for DP :)
Helped run the school choice program for our school district
Still Wifey & Mommy...

[Abbey Marie]

Kath, what's it like to be a book buyer? I think I would love that, but I suppose like many things, it may not be as great as I think it is. Dish!

[Kathianne]

Kath, what's it like to be a book buyer? I think I would love that, but I suppose like many things, it may not be as great as I think it is. Dish!

It was fun, though it was departmental at one store, not like being a buyer for the main items, each store was unique. I think I got a $.75 raise and a few hours a month to go through publisher magazines for new releases and reviews. I'm pretty sure the chain had always been limited to Chicago area, I miss it. They had an out of print search, first edition club, book restoration...

Pretty much I could order up to 5 copies of any book I thought might go over at our store, beyond what would already be sent by the main juvenile manager. Same type of store ordering went on for fiction, non-fiction, technology. Truth is, I think working in a bookstore of that calibre may have been my most fun job, if not most interesting. Bonus, we could check out books to read, but if the 'spine broke' had to buy it, with a 35% discount. ;)

[Abbey Marie]

It was fun, though it was departmental at one store, not like being a buyer for the main items, each store was unique. I think I got a $.75 raise and a few hours a month to go through publisher magazines for new releases and reviews. I'm pretty sure the chain had always been limited to Chicago area, I miss it. They had an out of print search, first edition club, book restoration...

Pretty much I could order up to 5 copies of any book I thought might go over at our store, beyond what would already be sent by the main juvenile manager. Same type of store ordering went on for fiction, non-fiction, technology. Truth is, I think working in a bookstore of that calibre may have been my most fun job, if not most interesting. Bonus, we could check out books to read, but if the 'spine broke' had to buy it, with a 35% discount. ;)


So it is fun! Are there any repercussions if you buy books, and they don't sell?

[Kathianne]

So it is fun! Are there any repercussions if you buy books, and they don't sell?

It's been a long time, but as long as the book was in print, not a special order, can return it to the publisher for credit.

[manu1959]

lets see......

10-24
paperboy
life guard
dishwasher
construction laborer
apprentice carpenter
soccer coach

24-present
architect

[Noir]

Shampoo girl
Worker in film development factory
Hostess at Jersey shore restaurant
Swim instructor at school for summer school kids and learning disabled
BA degree (Political Science, haha)
Juris Doctor degree
Attorney
Trust Officer for bank in NYC
Wifey & Mommy
Writer & software tester for a software publication/tech firm
Head of legal department for tech firm (staff of 1.5, lol)
Moderator for DP :)
Helped run the school choice program for our school district
Still Wifey & Mommy...

Tell me more ;) ...

[emmett]

Shampoo girl
Worker in film development factory
Hostess at Jersey shore restaurant
Swim instructor at school for summer school kids and learning disabled
BA degree (Political Science, haha)
Juris Doctor degree
Attorney
Trust Officer for bank in NYC
Wifey & Mommy
Writer & software tester for a software publication/tech firm
Head of legal department for tech firm (staff of 1.5, lol)
Moderator for DP :)
Helped run the school choice program for our school district
Still Wifey & Mommy...



Here... I'll help her Noir! She is also about to be the fourth person to elipse the 600,000 point for reputation on the well known, world respected debate policy website! :clap:

[Psychoblues]

Anyone can pad a resume' even as personally pitiful as the one presented.

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

:beer::cheers2::beer:

Psychoblues

[Kathianne]

lets see......

10-24
paperboy
life guard
dishwasher
construction laborer
apprentice carpenter
soccer coach

24-present
architect

Hey don't you still coach soccer? ;)

[manu1959]

Hey don't you still coach soccer? ;)

not for money..

[Kathianne]

not for money..

Ok, it's probably more fun w/o the money and your little players. One of my son's friends is now coaching soccer for farm type team, a couple have tried out for the Fire. He seems to like it well enough, but I think he'd rather be playing.

[manu1959]

Ok, it's probably more fun w/o the money and your little players. One of my son's friends is now coaching soccer for farm type team, a couple have tried out for the Fire. He seems to like it well enough, but I think he'd rather be playing.

i will tell you...there is nothing like coaching......it will teach you more about yourself and your ability to manage people than any management book or management class you can take.....

[April15]

lets see......

10-24
paperboy
life guard
dishwasher
construction laborer
apprentice carpenter
soccer coach

24-present
architect

Do you use ticks or arrows in you drawings, and do you use autocad? Which release? I like 11 but that is so old.

[Abbey Marie]

Anyone can pad a resume' even as personally pitiful as the one presented.

:laugh2::laugh2::laugh2:

:beer::cheers2::beer:

Psychoblues

Which resume' might that be?

[manu1959]

Do you use ticks or arrows in you drawings, and do you use autocad? Which release? I like 11 but that is so old.

ticks....yes we use acad...moving to revit....we get a new release every few years....not sure what number we are up to now....

[emmett]

i will tell you...there is nothing like coaching......it will teach you more about yourself and your ability to manage people than any management book or management class you can take.....


I remember coaching football my first year. Looking down at all those little faces and thinking.... Oh shit! Somehow AI pulled it off though. It's like I just became someone else and being "Coach" was an identity. Stepping out of your world for a little while each week, 2 to 3 times, to become the all knowing God of football that is looked up to by 25 or so kids is AWESOME!!!!

The challenge of taking on 25 little eight year old kids who don't know what a "down" is and by the end of the year producing a team that not only snaps up in unison after "down" and are set at the same time, can run a three back offense and tackle like steamrollers....... but they are all team players. They've participated and are usually better for it. I miss coaching!!!!!!!!!!!