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What jobs have you held?

17 years ago

Kind of a slow day today. Here's my contribution:

What jobs have you worked at over the course of your life? Hopefully some will be more interesting than I think mine were, most of them anyway.

1 - paper route

2 - summer job in supply department of an office building during HS summer vacation (Dad got it for me)

3 - worked in a shoe store

4 - Bell of Pa / Verizon (still)

5 - assisted in surgery during Vietnam War passing instruments, threading suture, holding retractors

6 - delivered pizza part time for 10 years

7 - delivered flowers a few (part) times

Yours?

Comments (37)

  • 17 years ago

    Legal Secretary
    Secretary for food distributor
    Writer/ad layout for newspaper
    Co-owner public relations/advertising agency
    Secretary computer company
    Office mgr. photographer's studio
    Secretary/front desk at country club

  • 17 years ago

    Librarian's assistant
    Counter sales in candy department at Strawbridge&Clothier
    Keypunch operator
    Computer operator
    Programmer
    Database Administrator
    Systems Analyst
    Pre-sales technical Support Analyst
    Systems Installation and support consultant
    Systems Instructor
    Technical Education Consultant
    Technical Education Developer

    Social Security and Pension check spender !

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  • 17 years ago

    Detasselling sweet corn
    Hoeing soy beans
    Driving tractors to do farm work
    working in a gas station
    Waitress
    Cook
    Meat Wrapper in a locker plant
    Data entry
    Computer programmer
    MIS director at a small hospital
    Software Support for IBM iSeries

    Maybe a few others I've forgotten.

    I envy Monica_PA. She has the job I'd like to have..... "Social Security and Pension check spender !"

  • 17 years ago

    Cashier in my Dad's restaurant for many years KY
    Sales clerk in a Department store..KY
    QA for General Medical Richmond, VA
    Machine operator in Virgina Beach, VA
    GE in Columbia, MD
    QA in Columbia, MD
    Blood Gas Tech HCGH in Columbia, MD
    Sleep Tech HCGH in Columbia, MD (Retired)

  • 17 years ago

    Miscellaneous farm chores (milking cows, baling hay, driving tractor, etc.)
    Tutoring chemistry and genetics in college
    Retail sales in nurseries and garden centers
    Landscape maintenance
    Collecting soil samples
    Occular procurement technician (Harvesting donor eyes for research and transplants)
    Classroom assistant

    Ron

  • 17 years ago

    Button girl at dry cleaner
    Waitress
    Cashier
    Halloween store manager
    Theatrical costumer (volunteer)
    Receiving at Joann Fabrics
    Mom of 4
    Wife of 1
    Retired and loving it! and yes, I'm spending his pension!

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter
    Salesgirl
    Bank Teller
    Day Care Assistant
    Waitress
    Office Manager for Printing Company
    Secretary for Newspaper
    Teacher's Assistant for handicapped children
    Floral Designer
    Organizer
    Child Care Provider
    Secretary at large Corporation
    Office Manager at my brother's company (Still there)

  • 17 years ago

    grocery store stock clerk
    clerk in a dry cleaners
    waitress
    sitting for an elderly woman
    federal employee- lasted 31 years
    next???

  • 17 years ago

    During summers while I was at university, I worked in a drugstore ($26.75 take home a week) or at my father's service station as a cashier ($10 a day).

    Then I taught for 30 years.

    For about a year and a half after I retired I worked at Chapters.

    Now I am a lady of leisure and enjoying every minute.

  • 17 years ago

    Wrangler at a dude ranch.
    Read to the blind.
    Employee at a fish & chip shop.
    Electronics assembler.
    Draftsman.
    Night club disc jockey.
    Fingerprinter at local police department.
    Electro-mechanical designer.
    Regional marketing communications specialist.
    Owner of graphic design business.
    Graphic designer.

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter ($1. an hour for watching 4 bratty kids!)
    Supervisor for corn detasseling (I was made supervisor the first day cause I was the only girl)
    Waitress
    Nurse aide
    Live-in nurse aide
    Supervisor for a housekeeping crew at a big department store
    Walmart
    Several retail positions at a outlet mall (jewelry store, toy store, card shop)
    Home health aide (lasted 2 weeks.. I hated that job!)

    I've did craft work too and sold things in local craft malls, also have done a lot of eBay sales IF those can count as jobs.

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter
    Mother's helper
    Convenience store clerk
    Cafeteria worker
    Counsellor at Community Living
    Cake decorator in a specialty store and a bakery
    Driver for a mother's support group
    Receptionist for a real estate company
    Counsellor at a women's shelter
    Counsellor at an anti violence shelter
    Social services administrator

  • 17 years ago

    Busgirl, which later turned into waitress at same job
    Assistant manager of a Laura Secord Candy Shop
    Cashier/supervisor
    Administrative assistant
    Accounts recievable
    manufacturer
    babysitter
    Foster parent
    Merchandiser(stocking shelves)

  • 17 years ago

    Newspaper delivery
    Sewed back corners of mens pants at a clothing factory
    Switchboard Operator at an telephone answering service
    Switchboard operator at a medical clinic
    Sales person at Sears
    Cooridinator in Custom Decorating Dept at Sears
    Custom bra and breast prosthisis fitter

  • 17 years ago

    baby sitter
    door to door cosmetic sales
    solderer on a tv assembly line
    grocery store cashier
    grocery store stock person
    grocery store courtesy counter attendant
    raisin counter
    bottom maker
    filler girl
    additives blender operator
    tail off operator
    corn flake cooker
    rice krispie cooker
    corn flake miller
    rice krispie miller
    journeyman electrician
    boxcar loader/unloader
    truck loader/unloader

    happily retired for just over 13 months

  • 17 years ago

    Summer jobs/part-time jobs while a student:

    -babysitter
    -library assistant
    -drugstore clerk
    -local strawberry festival organizer

    Full-time/part-time jobs as an adult:

    -elementary/junior high/high school French & English teacher
    -substitute teacher
    -small business owner (retail store)
    -librarian
    -government registry clerk

    Currently not working (my choice) and happy.

  • 17 years ago

    as a teenager
    LA times and Bakersfield paper tier/stacker
    worked in a family gas/market shop
    retail store work BORING

    First job (lots of schooling in between)
    Hairstylist for 10 years. very allergic to perms and finally quit
    LPN, great pay, terrible hours in this small town. Worked for a quad for several years. Didn't work so well as I was having children. Front heavy, holding a quad equals a problem! Enjoyed elderly home health very much.
    NOW a substitute teacher in elementary schools. Now that's an adventure. Good hours, sorta good pay.
    Also work in a greenhouse January to June. There I love the sloppy clothes I can work in, most of all!

    Dh taught me lots of stuff. Farming, home building, to much to type.

    I've helped do some strange stuff though. One time my vet friend asked me to assist in exploratory surgery on a dog. We found the infection in the dogs intestines. We put all the stuff back in and the dog took some meds to heal. That was fun!

    I think being a mom has been the most trying and greatest job I've ever held.

  • 17 years ago

    Water girl at a fancy restaurant when I was 12
    School cafeteria manager
    School secretary
    And all time favorite:
    Optometric Assistant until I retired 15 years ago.....

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter
    Mcdonalds
    Kentucky Fried
    Waitress

    Hairdresser
    Bowling alley bartender
    Electronic Component Sales (23 years & retired)
    Nuclear Logistics (current)

    Trin

  • 17 years ago

    In order:
    Picked fruit - strawberries, peaches, apples
    Worked in the fabric and sewing dept of Dept. store
    Worked at a record store
    Managed a shoe store (liked this one 26 years with same company)
    Cleaned homes
    Administrative Assistant for a Sanitation Supply Company

  • 17 years ago

    Assistant Manager, County Youth Center
    Credit Assistant, Sears
    Customer Service Representative, Sears
    Clerk-Stenographer
    Pathology Lab Assistant
    Tupperware Dealer (part-time)
    Secretary
    Staff Assistant
    Administrative Officer
    Management Analyst
    Executive Officer
    Personnel Director

    Happily retired since the age of 46.....

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter
    Computer graphics artist
    Business owner/manager
    Accountant
    Medical biller
    Accounting manager
    Controller
    IT manager

  • 17 years ago

    Picked fruit, strawberries, other berries, oranges, olives.
    Dishwasher in restaurant, lasted one week, they found out I was underage to work where beer was being served.
    Psychiatric Technician at hospital for developmentally disabled for over 15 years
    Nurse aide on weekends while going thru RN training. Also, worked at snack bar at skating rink in trade for kid's skating lessons, 2 evenings a week during the time I was going to school
    RN in two different hospitals.
    Home Health RN
    RN administrator of local public health department, helped to get it up and running, no health dept. prior to this in this county.
    Retired from above but have a thrift shop that I run 4 days a week.

  • 17 years ago

    Worked as a Physical Therapist Asst. (included doing Functional Capacity Assessments, some visits to MD's to "sell" the FCA program, running the Back School). Enjoyed working with well known atheletes (some real big names) but, the part I really enjoyed was working with the older jewish population in South Beach when I did home health visits. The geriatric population was, by far, my favorite. Soo many delightful stories and they're so appreciative of your help (unlike some of the athletes).

    After my DD was born, I switched over to Teacher's Asst. so that my hrs. would be more flexible and I could have summers off.

    The pay was definitely better as a PTA!!!

  • 17 years ago

    babysitter

    drink girl (one month)

    bus girl

    waitress (one month)

    food inspector at an onion dehydration plant

    maintence scheduler (Air Force)

    data entry person

    Target (data entry/clerical)

    assistant claims manager for worker's comp

    Avon rep (not long)

    Tupperware rep (not long)

    market gardner

    certified nursing assistant (six weeks)

    registered nurse-currently

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter

    Open House Sitter (Mom was a Broker)

    Print and Fashion Show Model

    Girl of All Work at Weekly Newspaper: reception, social editor, classified ad taker, copy editor, proof reader, billing. I laid out pages and headlines and covered for the alcoholic display ad manager, and the editor who arrived shortly before breaking for lunch and left at three. (Editor famously huffed into the office one a.m., complaining about the traffic in town, having failed to notice that a huge car dealership was burning down a block off his route.)

    Emergency Room Volunteer - 300 bed hospital

    15 years volunteer co-leader of Truth Seekers, an adoption search and support group in Chicago. (I'm an adoptive mom and spouse of an adoptee.)

    Truth Seekers and some League of Women Voters campaigns were parts of my 'cause lady' life. I also organized and helped lead a successful two-year battle of homeowners against over-development of a 20-acre mall in our suburb.

    Overseer of custom build of our present home

    Vacation rental manager for Maui condo

  • 17 years ago

    Worked in a furniture factory right after high school. Filthy work.Lasted 2 weeks.
    Another factory job working midnite shift. 4 years
    Girl Friday in farm-related business 3 years
    Worked in poultry barns 10 years
    Welder in factory 10 years
    In sales currently 10 years..

  • 17 years ago

    I have been lucky....I have had 2....one summer I worked 2 months at the OU medical college in Tulsa with my mom. And then I cut hair for 20 years.....worked for one lady and then myself....so lucky....Stacy

  • 17 years ago

    When I was in high school I worked at the library and right out of high school I got a job with the government as an HR assistant. I have been here ever since. I am now a wildlife biologist (they put me through school)I have been here for 16 years and I just opened a part time catering business.

  • 17 years ago

    Picked beans as a teen

    Worked for the local school district in several depts (my old principal was my boss..we were both let go at the same time)

    Copy writer and host/personality at the local TV station (14 years)

    Small business operator (failed miserably)

    Admin Assistant to the Nursing Director at a regional hopital (hated it)

    Multi-purpose person for a very small (personnel-wise) nation-wide radon testing lab. Retired from there. 20+ years.

  • 17 years ago

    Cashier in the lunch line during high school
    Receptionist for travel agency
    Gift Wrapper at a pharmacy, then a cashier for same
    Sales clerk/order taker for a bikini company
    Loan Servicing for Mortgage Company
    Bank Teller
    Last and the best by far- Office Manager for a rose nursery

    Trish

  • 17 years ago

    Worked as a trainer/re-schooler for a fellow who bought horses cheap at auction and then re-sold them. Many had been abused and became unrideable...in fact, un-saddleable and un-bridleable. It took a LONG time to earn their trust, and teach them to trust humans again.

    The hardest job I ever had, and unpaid to boot, with several injuries included..but the most fulfilling.

  • 17 years ago

    1. Speech and hearing therapist.

    2. Pre-kindergarten teacher.

    3. Wife, mother, grandmother (the best!)

  • 17 years ago

    Sears clerk at Christmas while in college
    Teacher
    Teacher
    Teacher
    Teacher
    Retired!!

  • 17 years ago

    God grief..this is taxing my 64 Yr old brain! LOL!

    Teen years:
    Babysitting
    short order cook in mom's restaurant
    waitress
    Library volunteer
    Hospital volunteer

    In my 20's & 30's
    Sarah Coventry Consultant/home parties
    International Decor Consultant/home parties
    Raising 3 kids under 8 yrs old & 2 teen stepsons
    Cook at area eateries
    Nightclub, hotel owner/cook
    Restaurant owner/cook
    Bridal consultant, hostess, cake decorater
    Event planner

    40's & 50's
    Food & Beverage Mgr at Mimslyn Inn, Luray,VA

    Office work, menu planning, hostess @ Victorian hotel in PA

    Part time corsage & boutineer maker @ florist shop (prom times)

    News Director & Airstaff at radio station
    Outsidec Biz sales @ radio station

    Ad sales in 4 neighboring towns for newspaper
    Front office receptionist, ad design & pasteup for 2 publications @ newspaper company

    Caregiver for a blind amputee ex hubby of 13 yrs
    Supervisor for RCN Telecom

    60 yrs to now
    Software sales
    Hostess, dining & lounge mgr @ beach restaurant
    event planner, cook at social club

    WHEW! No wonder I'm tired & on social security!!

  • 17 years ago

    What versatile, multi-talented people we have!

    Secretary at Exxon
    Secretary at Lever Brothers
    Admin. Assistant at Lincoln Center (other than mothering, the best job EVER)
    Full-time mother (and unpaid La Leche League Leader)
    Telemarketer for symphony orchestra (didn't last long . . . I hate to sell and wasn't good at it)
    Part-time office manager at insurance agency (ugh--another short stint)
    Copy editor for publishing company
    Author for publishing company
    Homeschooling consultant (that was very cool, too)
    Freelance writing and editing
    Full-time newspaper reporter-photographer
    Office manager at a domestic violence agency
    Freelance newspaper reporter-photographer
    Occasional poetry contest judge
    University library assistant

  • 17 years ago

    Babysitter
    worked in a hair salon washing towels and brushes at 14
    fast food clerk for a week..hated it!
    Rold gold as a pretzel packer for 3 years...where I met DH
    Xerox for 5 years
    Housekeeper in a handicapped children's home for 2 years, heartbreaking job, but I loved it. Got prgenant with DS #1 and couldn't handle it anymore, had to quit, it terrified me.
    Pharmacy clerk for 6 years, then quit after DS#2 was born.
    Started my in home daycare and worked night and weekends at Toys R US for 5 years until DS #3 was born.
    Quit Toys R us and have had my daycare for the last 28 years! This has been my most rewarding job!