First 7 Jobs

[theblissisback]

Have you seen this on FB?

I thought it'd be fun to do here too.

I'm pretty sure I had 7 Jobs before I turned 20. Mostly because I've frequently worked 2+ jobs at a time. And I feel like I'm missing some. I got my first job almost 15 years ago (😥)

1. Concessions at baseball stadium
2. Concessions at basketball arena
3. Domino's
4. Customer service / telesales at Discover Card
5. Customer service for Sprint
6. Customer service for banks
7. Retail at Wet Seal

Your turn

[genet313]

1.  babysitting
2.  vacation Bible School "Teacher" 
3.  intern at law firm
4.  retail whatever at Banana Republic
5.  another law firm internship
6.  internship at the DA's office (sensing a trend here? i'm so painfully boring)
7.  paralegal at DA's office

7 jobs, starting at maybe 13 IIRC and ending by 22.

[jinkies]

1. Farm work/ farm stand/ farmer's market. I grew up on a farm, so this encompasses working in the fields, in the farm stand, caring for animals, etc from a very young age.

2. Babysitting

3. Barista

4. Waitress

5. Temp work - warehouse picker/packer

6. temp Work- receptionist

7. temp work- customer service calls for what turned out to be a scam. I worked 3 days and never went back.

ETA: This is all before I finished college. I think I'd have to add a few more before I started on actual professional/post-college jobs.

[agnes]

1. Office assistant for my self-employed aunt
2. File Clerk
3. Sales Associate/Stocker
4. Service Cashier
5. Accounts Payable
6. Service Cashier
7. Inventory Clerk

4/5 and 6/7 were with only 2 companies.

[simpsongal]

1) mother's helper/babysitter
2) hostess
3) barista
4) gardener
5) Macy's associate
6) golf cart girl/banquet waitress
7) intern for federal judge

[ijack]

1. babysitter
2. scorekeeper/clock runner at basketball games
3. referee
4. dairy queen
5. tutor
6. hostess
7. employee at indoor play area
ages 12-17/18

[Wanderista]

Deleted mine.

[theblissisback]

Aug 11, 2016 14:20:03 GMT -5 jinkies said:

ETA: This is all before I finished college. I think I'd have to add a few more before I started on actual professional/post-college jobs.

Same here. My first 7 only get me to 19. I didn't start "professional" jobs until 20-21ish. But I still consider my customer service jobs professional.

[Deleted]

1. Babysitter
2. CVS pharmacy cashier
3. Camp counselor for kids with disabilities
4. Athletic facility customer service
5. Mental health case manager
6. Big brothers Big sister case manager
7. Doctor 

Oops, I forgot my job in South Africa!

[SJ]

Lots of these overlapped significantly

1) Babysitter/Camp Counselor
2) Office Assistant at optometrist's office
3) Office Assistant at a law firm
4) Office Assistant at an accounting firm
5) Waitress at a Mexican restaurant
6) Waitress at an upscale Italian restaurant
7) Associate at my current firm!

[Marmee]

Paper route
Babysitter
Nanny (f/t)
Ranch hand
Summer program aid
Lifeguard
Group leader summer program

All before starting college (under 18)

[Deleted]

1. Retail at Banana Republic
2. Assembly line worker at a factory that made pasta
3. Retail at J. Crew
4. In-school day care worker
5. Banquet server at country club
6. Substitute teacher
7. Order Processing Representative at the corporate office of a bookstore

[MrsDarcy]

1. Babysitter
2. Cashier at grocery store
3. Retail at Gap
4. Deli/Bakery at grocery store
5. Baker/decorator at bakery
6. Nanny
7. Worked at an insurance company

[andwhat]

I don't think I have had 7 jobs.

1. Papyrus sales associate

3. Fisheries employee

3. lab technician

4. pharmaceutical manufacturing

5. Gov't employee

[dreamcrisp1]

1. Grocery store
2. Banana republic
3. Camp counsellor
4. Government
5. Server
6. Nanny
7. Court reporter

[tacom]

1. Restaurant hostess
2. Server
3. Law intern
4. Tax preparer
5. Youth swim instructor
6. Preschool teacher assistant
7. Admin assistant


That doesn't even take me through college!

[insominac]

I haven't had 7 real jobs, but here's some things I got paid for:

Teen/child model
Music library worker
Focus Group Participant
Game show Contestant
Market Researcher
Social Science Researcher
Education Researcher
Evaluation Researcher

[hamster]

1. Cleaned dorms in the summer. Best job ever, frankly
2. Cleaned dorm cafeteria
3. Dismantled computers for recycling. Very short lived.
4. Front office for university apartments.
5. Leasing agent for same apartments when sold to private group.
6. Newspaper reporter
7. Magazine editor

I only included paid jobs, no internships or shit like that.

[pinkdutchtulips]

1- babysitter (10-15)
2- counter clerk at a seafood market (15)
3- teacher's aide at a preschool (16-17)
4- video store counter clerk (18-22)
5- PAID campaign staffer for a state assembly race (20)
6- telemarketing for school's Annual Fund (that soul sucking experience lasted 2 whole weeks)
7- clerk at law school's bookstore (23)

[blondemoment123]

1. ABA therapist
2. Cashier at CVS
3. Payless shoes
4. Belk Dept store
5. Property manager
6. Current job

Hmm...I didn't even make it to 7 lol

[shamrockshake]

I've only had two jobs in my whole life. Three if you count babysitting

[imojoebunny]

1. Baskin Robbins
2. Haggen Daz
3. Day care center
4. Leasing agent
5. County camp counselor
6. Macy's
7. Victoria Secret.

I pretty much always had a job from age 13, these were all before 19. I worked as a babysitter, a nanny, and a sales assistant in between these jobs, but those jobs were not on the books.

My last job was Senior Manager in Corporate Finance of a very large company. Now, I eat bon bons, exercise, renovate/fix things, travel, get my kids to school, and just started a daytime bowling league.

[SallyJ]

1. Yard worker (weeds, raking, planting) (age 12)
2. Babysittter (age 12-16)
3. Waitress @ retirement home (age 16-18)
4. Waitress @ local restaurant (age 18-19)
5. Engineering Intern (age 19-20)
6. Engineering Intern (age 20-22)
7. Engineer (age 22 to present)

[AAM2012]

I haven't had 7 jobs... Womp! Womp!

[explorer2001]

Yard work in the neighborhood
Babysitting
Refereeing
Math tutor
Restaurant hostess
Retail clerk
Computer lab tech

All before 19, the last one was my freshman college job

[fernweh]

1. Paper route
2. Babysitter
3. Fast food
4. Cashier
5. Test Procter
6. grocery store department manager
7. Grocery store manager

[Poppy]

1) Babysitter
2) Card store retail
3) Competing card store retail
Then went back to #2, lol. Hated #3!
4) Compiled bibliographies for geology papers
5) Taught high school elective engineering class (hardest job of any of these by far)
6) Engineering intern
7) Engineer at semiconductor company

[4speedy]

Sales clerk at Hallmark shop (3 years in high school)

Office assistant for college honors director (all 4 years)

These were summer jobs
Credit assistant at tech firm
Marketing assistant at another tech firm
Construction pricing estimator (2 summer)

After college
Private banker
Medical device sales rep

[theblissisback]

I'm pretty impressed with the amount of people here who had 7 Jobs before graduating college. My kind of women.

This was fun!

[irene adler]

1. babysitter
2. House painter (exteriors)
3. Waitress
4. Tour guide
5. Hostess
6. Snack shop clerk
7. Resident assistant