How many Jobs have you ever had?

[hbk4894]

I have had 2 , one at a garden centre and one at in study support at Runshaw College (both work experience)

 

[Joe McKenzie]

Local Newspaper Reporter (3 different papers)
Barman
Marketing Officer (2 different companies)
Janitor (while travelling. did it for free accommodation.)
Sales Assistant (2 different shops)
Sub-editor then Managing Editor of a Magazine

Not in that order. That was the order of what I remembered.

 

[MikeJ]

it would help if people indicated their age, or how many years this covers.

I'm on my third and last, at the age of 49.

 

[Joe McKenzie]

All the jobs in my previous post has covered the last 11 years. (I am 27)

 

[Anna Chandley]

Between the ages of 16 and 26

Catering assistant at leisure centre
Catering assistant hospital staff restaurant
Playleader
Changing room attendant at leisure centre
Casual stocktaker
Researcher at Atomic Energy Authority (I year uni placement)
Post office sorting office
Shop assistant
Betting shop cashier
Betting shop manager
(plus a few more other temp jobs)

Ages 27-43 (now)
Chartered accountant

 

[MikeJ]

Casual stocktaker? You went around saying "some paper", "a few boxes of pens".

 

[Billmccallum]

Left school at 16 - trainee butcher
Butcher, driver, slaughterman - HM Forces 3 years
HGV driver
Damp-proofing Operative
Landscape Gardener
Driver/Salesman Industrial Bearing Distribution
Entertainments Agent - First business
Youth enterprise advisor/Finance Officer (Enterprise Agency)
Management Consultant (grant applications) Second Business
Sales Manager for furniture manufacturer
Sales Director high street furniture outlet
Landscape gardener third business
General Manager scaffolding company
Managing Director another scaffolding company
Director/Finance Officer Community Regeneration Organisation (Not for profit)
Development Manager for rural development trust
project manager for national charity
consultant ppi claims, small business advisor fourth business
now 57 and looking to go back into employment with a national charity.

 

[Hedgie]

Car salesman
Off licence counter assistant
Petrol station assistant
Bar manager
Bar staff
Surveyor
Architectural technician
Cycle courier
Leaflet distributor
Cleaner
Handyman (currently)

 

[JEREMY HAWKE]

Before I did this I was a courier
Before that I had a paper round

I did city & guilds part 1 2 3 4 in sport and leisure for 2 years at East Devon college

 

[noo81]

Car wash attendant (15-17yrs old)
wine store sales assistant (18yrs old)
Bank cashier(18yrs old)
Post Office cashier(18yrs old - 20yrs old)
PA and book keeper/accounts (20yrs old - present day (now 32yrs old)
Online support for CRM (part time since last yr)

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Worked in a clothes shop (15-16)
Customer Sales Rep at Blockbuster Video (16-18)
Hardware Engineer at a bank (18-20)
Various IT support roles for 4 firms (20-30)
Network Manager including some IT forensic work, IT security etc. (30-35)
R&D Consultant (35-37)
Director of an R&D firm (37-39)

 

[maxine]

Office Junior
Credit Controller x 4 different companies approx
Credit Team Leader, Credit Supervisor, Credit Manager, x 4 co's
Head of Customer Accounts x 3 co's
IT Project and Programme Manager x 3 (they were a laugh!)
General Manager x 2 (getting better)
Own boss since 2006 with bit of interim contacts thrown in.

= about 15 perm employment jobs in 20 years but some promotions with same companies so about 10 employers

 

[Eina26]

This is my 2nd job.

 

[Excel Expert]

Working in a greengrocers before school and on Saturdays (14 to 17 years old)
Apprentice draughtsman (17 - 21 years old)
Freelance draughtsman (21-25 years old)
Computer Sales for a variety of companies (25 - 30 years old)
Systems and procedures analyst for a large insurance company (30 - 41 years old)*
Systems and procedures analyst for a major utility company (41-42 years old)
Self employed Excel programmer (42 - 46 years old)

*This was my longest job by far and I only joined them as a call handler as stop gap when I found myself unemployed. I had always hated the thought of working in call centres so it was really scraping the bottom of the barrel in my eyes. I ended up loving it and promotion opportunities were brilliant