Monday just-because chat: Jobs

[ElsaVonM]

List all of the jobs you've ever had. Chronological order, but no need to repeat (like if you've been a receptionist at several places, just list that once). If the job you have now is the career you plan to stay in for the foreseeable future, put a star by it. Go!

[bluedaisyus]

Hm...

Food prep/cashier at an outdoor music venue
Pizza shop (early morning dough prep for the day)
Barista
Cinnamon roll place
Candy packaging factory (temp job)
Shoestore
Hot Topic
Home remodeling (for a while FT, then over the summers for a few years)
Lunch lady
Shipping/receiving
Account clerk
*HR

I think that's everything.

[Deleted]

Maid
Food prep/cashier
Retail sales
Mail box place (packing items for shipment, distributing mail, making keys, etc.)
Waitress
Shipping clerk for dental supplies (temp job)
Porn actress
Stripper
Hostess/manager at a swingers club
Health food store cashier
Pest control sales/termite report writer
Termite inspector
Door and window sales
Coordinator for flood/fire company
Owner of Sweet LuLu's - my cake business
SAHM******

[ElsaVonM]

Theater apprentice
Theater prop maker/prop runner
Usher and stage set-up for classical concerts
Movie theater cashier/usher/concessions
Office assistant
Slide projectionist for art history classes
File clerk
Receptionist
Americorps - construction/painting, child care, disaster relief, animal care at a zoo
IT (phones and videoconference equipment training/maintenance)
Law clerk/legal intern/judicial intern
*Lawyer

[2moms2b]

Grocery store
Retail Sales
Bartender
Server
Sales for a Technology Company
Restaurant Manager
Entertainment Planner
*Marketing Consultant/Sales
*Photographer/Graphic Designer

[bluedaisyus]

Oh yeah, I forgot about actor. I did TONS of community theater, which I don't really consider a job per se since it wasn't paid, but I WAS in a BBC movie my senior year of HS, and that was definitely paid. I also did a lot of backstage work and was the technical director of a local company for a few years, and I did get a small stipend for some of that.

[ct]

Nanny
Camp Counselor
Camp Director
Maintenance staff for my church (cleaning)
Dental office assistant
Preschool teacher
Research assistant (though this was a work study)
Caterer
Phone solicitation for University donations
Waitress
Subway sandwich artist
Manager at a kids indoor playplace
Medical insurance claims processor
Complex claims consultant*

[tattooedmeegs]

Babysitter
Stable Hand
Baby Room Teacher
Librarian Assistant (work study)
Mother's Helper
Professor's Assistant (work study)
Program Coordinator

[seattlekari]

Line server at Old Country Buffet
Keyboard assembly line worker (temp)
Christmas ornament warehouse worker
Intraoperative transcranial doppler tech
National Marrow Donor Program recruiter
Research Coordinator*

[ballandchain]

Library page
Cafe worker
Used bookstore sales
Library assistant
Data entry clerk
Office temp
Tutor
Copyeditor
Admin assistant
Community liaison
High school English teacher
Law librarian*

[2brides]

Babysitter
Daycare worker
seasonal worker at GAP KIDS
Resident Advisor
Camp counselor for kids with chronic illness
Child Life Specialist
Hotline Coordinator
Medical Social Worker***

Not sure what is says that I am older than most of you and had fewer jobs. I'll go with that I've been in my current job for 9y+.

[Duchess1]

Babysitter
Office helper -summers as a teen
Resident Assistant
Retail
Preschool teacher
Receptionist /scheduler
SAHM*****

[kershnic]

Daycamp counselor
Residential mental health counselor
Nanny
Mental health administrator
Graduate research assistant
Data collector
*Social worker (turned supervisor)

[eratmama]

May 6, 2013 13:21:57 GMT -5 @butterflygrooves said:

Maid
Food prep/cashier
Retail sales
Mail box place (packing items for shipment, distributing mail, making keys, etc.)
Waitress
Shipping clerk for dental supplies (temp job)
Porn actress
Stripper
Hostess/manager at a swingers club
Health food store cashier
Pest control sales/termite report writer
Termite inspector
Door and window sales
Coordinator for flood/fire company
Owner of Sweet LuLu's - my cake business
SAHM******

Butterfly- I did not know you were in porn. Have you talked about this before ? Is this something you want to talk about now?

[eratmama]

Babysitter
Toxic H3ll Taco Bell
Camp counselor
Asst camp director
Waitress
Borders bookseller
Case manager
Restaurant manager
SAHM

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May 7, 2013 9:07:36 GMT -5 eratmama said:

May 6, 2013 13:21:57 GMT -5 @butterflygrooves said:

Maid
Food prep/cashier
Retail sales
Mail box place (packing items for shipment, distributing mail, making keys, etc.)
Waitress
Shipping clerk for dental supplies (temp job)
Porn actress
Stripper
Hostess/manager at a swingers club
Health food store cashier
Pest control sales/termite report writer
Termite inspector
Door and window sales
Coordinator for flood/fire company
Owner of Sweet LuLu's - my cake business
SAHM******

Butterfly- I did not know you were in porn. Have you talked about this before ? Is this something you want to talk about now?

It's been mentioned but I've never gone into detail. It's a part of my past and not something I'm proud of or something I regret, it's just...there.  I will answer questions if you are curious.

[eratmama]

How long did you do it? Did you have your daughter before or after? What's the biggest myth or misconception people have about you or the industry?

[ElsaVonM]

Blue, what kind of candy did you package? Was it for a company we would recognize?

[bluedaisyus]

May 7, 2013 10:03:47 GMT -5 ElsaVonM said:

Blue, what kind of candy did you package? Was it for a company we would recognize?

No, it was a local place, like the stuff that you buy from the grocery in clear plastic containers.

[twotrue]

Wow - my list feels short:

Babysitting (I don't really count this but since Meegs did, I'm going to :-p )
Office worker for school district
YMCA softball score keeper
Barista
Daycare staff
Standardized Test Scorer/Bank Encoder (these jobs were at the same time as the last job on the list - side gigs/night jobs)
Event Planner/Nonprofit Development*

[twotrue]

I basically worked a bit as a younger teen, didn't have a job for most of high school, was a barista in college, and then fell into nonprofit development just out of college. It's really the only 'adult' career I've had for ~11 years.

[Deleted]

May 7, 2013 9:49:22 GMT -5 eratmama said:

How long did you do it? Did you have your daughter before or after? What's the biggest myth or misconception people have about you or the industry?

I did it for two years, made 3 movies and did a bunch of photo shoots.  I had A two years after I stopped, I met her dad about 6 months before my last movie (yes, I plan to talk to her about it someday).

The biggest misconception people have about me?  Now - that I'm dirty or a whore, Back then - men used to think that I would just hop into bed with them.  I did it at a time in my life where I was all about sex and being attractive, I wanted to work for Vivid Video, I aspired to be well known but I realized that it wasn't going to last forever and got out pretty quick.