What jobs have you had...?

[millwright01]

Grew up on the farm so farming/ranching with dad. 14 years old started working for the dairy down the road and different farmers/ranchers till 18. Went to University for one year and developed a taste for all things fermented LOL! Came home for one year to help Dad after he had some health problems.At 20 went to work pulling wrenches and travelled through the US with custom harvesters and spent winters with a Millwright contractor and going to school to get my ticket. Bought Dads small farm at 24 and raised cattle till 28 while wrenching when I could to pay bills and finished school with my red seal. Sold out when I met my wife and moved to the city for her job and had a small maintenance company there for 2 years. Moved to Alberta 6 years ago for the big bucks in the oil and gas boom. Got a job with the city as a pump tech. for water and sewer division (never did get in oil and gas, which turned out good since it completely crashed around here 2 years ago) That should be where my list stops, god willing.

Jason

 

[Julie]

Cashier in a dept store
clerk in a dept store
checker for a ceramic manufacturer
waitress
service supervisor/restaurant asst manager
Mother (this is the hardest job)
cub scout master
boy scout organizer
church secretary
receptionist
purchasing & inventory manager - current

 

[winemaker_3352]

Was a lifeguard for 3 summers, worked in physical therapy for 2 years, after graduating college got a job as a computer programmer developing online shopping carts and catalogs.

 

[arcticsid]

Oh Boy

Subsistence Lifestyle living in the wikderness
Bag Boy
Dishwasher
Cook
Lots of General Labor
Advertising Sales
Festival/Concert Promotions
Commercial Fisherman
Seafood Sales
Carpenter
Expediter for a General Contractor
Executive Chef
Some seafood Cannery work
College Student
Donut Maker
Rebuild big truck brakes
Beer/wine taster (still hoping to make money on this one! LOL
Some I can't remeber and some I won't admit or refuse to mention. LOL



This winter mostly unemployed. Like most Alaskans we refer to this as our (semi-retirement_ period.)

 

[Mud]

Past jobs in this order:
Paperboy
dishwasher
supermarket cashier
millwork monkey
furniture builder
carpenter

Currently:
cabinetshop engineer / part time self-employed contractor/furniture builder

 

[Julie]

Oh Boy

Subsistence Lifestyle living in the wikderness
Bag Boy
Dishwasher
Cook
Lots of General Labor
Advertising Sales
Festival/Concert Promotions
Commercial Fisherman
Seafood Sales
Carpenter
Expediter for a General Contractor
Executive Chef
Some seafood Cannery work
College Student
Donut Maker
Rebuild big truck brakes
Beer/wine taster (still hoping to make money on this one! LOL
Some I can't remeber and some I won't admit or refuse to mention. LOL



This winter mostly unemployed. Like most Alaskans we refer to this as our (semi-retirement_ period.)

Wow Troy, I'm impressed, an Executive Chef, you better start giving up some reicpes

 

[RadarLuv]

Shade tobacco picker
Convience store clerk
Shuttled rental cars between NYC and Boston
School bus driver
Computer programer
Auto parts delivery
Turned 21
Air traffic controller for FAA
Retired
Air traffic controller for govt contractor

 

[Runningwolf]

Shade tobacco picker
Convience store clerk
Shuttled rental cars between NYC and Boston
School bus driver
Computer programer
Auto parts delivery
Turned 21
Air traffic controller for FAA
Retired
Air traffic controller for govt contractor

Now I get the Name...I thought maybe you just liked the song.

 

[mxsteve625]

High School
Car washer for VW's goming from overseas
Clerk at Revco Pharmacy
Dish Washer
Seafood cook

Jorneyman Ironworker
Superintendent for a Construction Company
President of a Construction Company
Vice President of a Construction Company
Project manager for a construction Company
Senior PM for a construction Company
Area Manager for a construction Company

CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYEED

 

[Jbuck]

Grew up on farm
Army
Truck driver
Deputy Sheriff
State Trooper
Retired as State Police Master Sgt.
Back to the Sheriff's Dept. as Jail Administrator
Retiring again the last day of this month and don't think I'll jump back in this time

 

[ffemt128]

I've actually only had 3 jobs,

Started out doing home remodeling with my step-father.
Started with my current company 20 years ago and held various positions at the bank, currently in RIsk Management.
Finally I worked P/T for 2 different EMS companies as an EMT mainly to keep my skills up.

 

[myakkagldwngr]

Here in our little town there was not much to do when young.
Early on I picked oranges with a friend and his mom to make some spending money.
Finally around 15 I started pumping gas at the only station in town. Actually the only store in town, grocery, meat, food, feed, gas and until the original owners sold it, no beer!
That changed with the new owners, they also added more things like tire repair, oil changes and misc. repairs.
Move to farming tomatoes for almost 20 year till the guy I worked for got in serious money problems. Payroll checks bouncing, not able to buy supplies and the such.
Then tried construction for a couple years, move to aluminum work and pool cage screening when the first construction job started asking me to do things that was out right dangerous.
When work got slow I got laid off with one weeks notice.
Decided to start my own business, doing screening, aluminum construction.
Then with a contractor I got the chance to start designing and drawing house plans. I gradually moved totally to that, being it was easier on my 40+ year old body and alot nicer working at home.
Finally as we all know, the building recession came.
Now I'm 54 trying to find work along with the millions of others, younger than me.
Not any success in the past 1 1/2 years.
Seems the one strike I have against me 20 years ago will haunt me forever.
We've become a very unforgiving people now that all the applications are mostly online.
If I could sit down with someone who had the power to hire a person without having upper management in a far distant town approve of their paper work, I'ld already be working.
Most people don't realize just how bad our economy is right now.
Thank God my wife was able to get a job making a little bit in the Walmart bakery.
My income for this year to date has been Jan. $0 Feb. $50 Mar. $0

 

[nursejohn]

I flipped burgers at McDonald's as a kid, spent 4 years in the Air Force as a medical records clerk, ran a front end loader (loading coal trucks) at a coal mine in WV, drove an 18 wheeler for a few years cross country, finally went to college here in Texas and have been a registered nurse for several years.

 

[Torch404]

PaperBoy
Computer Instructor
Disability technology assistant/monitor
Student enrollment counselor
Internet tech support (a few times)
Glassblower
Customer Support for roof rack manufacturer
Credit card terminal support
Getting laid off in 3 weeks.

 

[deboardfam]

Had all your basic fast food jobs as a teenager...
Then Office Depot..
Then I was at AT&T wireless in tech for 6 years...
Just recently moved to a level II IT Analyst for a national financial group.