What all have you done?

[McBell]

Since the other thread is about what we do now, I thought perhaps it would be interesting to see what we have all done in the past.

Here are some of the things I did in the past:

Bagger
Assembly line worker
Material Handler
Night Auditor
Computer Technician
Bouncer
Dietary Aide
Over The Road Truck Driver
Local Runs Truck Driver
Interior Trimmest
Precision Grinder
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This list does not contain all the job titles I have had and is in the order I remembered them.

 

[Phasmid]

-Office Assistant
-Cashier
-Counter Assistant
-Porter

 

[doppelganger]

In chronological order:

- Sales clerk at Evangelical Christian book store
- Sales clerk at electronics components supply store
- Video rental store clerk
- Order clerk for discount retail superstore, housewares and later toys
- Instructor for college entrance test prep company
- Temp filing clerk
- Systems analyst/computer programmer
- Attorney

 

[PureX]

News paper delivery boy
Motel maintenance worker
Car wash worker
Gas station attendant
Assembly line worker
Steel mill worker
Tool and die apprentice
Machinist
Transfer driver
Art gallery attendant
Tool room attendant
Carpenter for a museum
Cabinet maker
Theater set builder
Building maintenance
Residential building renovation -
plumber, electrician, HVAC, carpenter/drywall, cabinet installer, etc.
Custom cabinet maker
Shop manager for fine art services company
Industrial maintenance man

 

[Valjean]

Artist.
Maintenance worker.
Garbage collector.
Lumberjack.
Newpaper editor
Stable Boy.
Wrangler
Librarian.
Convenience store clerk.
Marijuana dealer
Construction worker
Aluminum siding installer.
Gutter & downspout installer
French tutor
Classical guitar teacher
Department store clerk
Hothouse worker
Landscaper
Kitchen worker
Pharmacutical packager/assembly line worker
Hotel manager
Dishwasher
short-order cook
Registered Nurse

There are probably others, but these are what come to mind.

 

[Somkid]

Electrician (for my fathers company)
Buddhist Monk
Police Chaplain
Hospital Chaplain
University Professor (in the USA)

 

[Yerda]

Paperboy.
Lab technician in a foundry.
Call centre agent for a catalogue.
General labourer for an engineer.
Order picker/labourer in a warehouse.
Shelf stacker in a supermarket.
Production line at a cosmetics/pharmaceutical company.
Production line in a root vegetable (mostly potatoes) processing plant.
Driver's mate for a self employed van driver delivering kitchens.

That's all I remember just now.

 

[blackout]

nurse's aide
music student
member of classic rock band
music student
piano/music instructor
solo musician (jazz keyboard/piano)
roman catholic church pianist
piano/guitar/vocal instructor
security guard
concierge
solo musician now once again...
this time rock/pop/r&b/jazz
vocals/piano/keyboard.

(many of these overlap)

Hope one day to publish my innovative music instruction method.

 

[kadzbiz]

Frame & Truss Maker (with my dad)
Factory Hand at Campbell's Soups (turned down a lab tech position to fly)
Flight Instructor
Commercial Pilot
Amway Representative (never got more than 40 downline)
Advertising Seller (left after I missed out on clinching a $500,000 deal)
Fruit Picker (tough job)
Bedroom Furniture Salesman
Delivery Driver
Reiki Masseuse
Travel Consultant
Barman
Gas Station Attendant
Cannery Hand
Police Officer (longest job I've had by far)
Videographer & Photographer (my own business)

I've written a biography
I've composed numerous pieces of music

 

[sandandfoam]

Dishwasher
Door to door salesman
Factory worker

 

[dawny0826]

I currently work within Volunteer Services for a non-profit.

Prior to this:

Administrative Specialist
Administrative Assistant
Trainer (Outsourcing)
Floor Manager
Collections Agent
Telemarketer
Telecommunications (General - Inbound Work)
Cashier
Babysitter

 

[Valjean]

Frame & Truss Maker (with my dad)
Factory Hand at Campbell's Soups (turned down a lab tech position to fly)
Flight Instructor
Commercial Pilot
Amway Representative (never got more than 40 downline)
Advertising Seller (left after I missed out on clinching a $500,000 deal)
Fruit Picker (tough job)
Bedroom Furniture Salesman
Delivery Driver
Reiki Masseuse
Travel Consultant
Barman
Gas Station Attendant
Cannery Hand
Police Officer (longest job I've had by far)
Videographer & Photographer (my own business)

I've written a biography
I've composed numerous pieces of music

You have Amway in Oz!?

 

[Katzpur]

Telemarketer
Cashier in hotel garage (met my husband there; he was the night foreman)
Bank teller
Media buyer for add agency
Payroll clerk
Computer operator
Computer programmer/systems analyst (for the last 30 years!)

 

[Mister_T]

Roofer
Martial Arts Instructor
Comic Book Store Clerk
Call Center Sales Rep
Call Center Quality Control Rep
Customer Service Rep
Mortgage Telemarketer
Cable/Phone Technician
Office Clerk
Data Technician

 

[tomspug]

-Paperboy
-Cashier @ Wendy's
-Lifeguard
-Bagger
-Server
-Car Salesman
-After-School Music Teacher
-After-School Drama Teacher
-After-School Chess Teacher
-Administrative Assistant
-Stocker
-Graphic Designer

 

[Wandered Off]

My resume looks pretty thin in comparison to most here...

* Lawn care (as a kid)
* Student assistant in the computer lab where I went to college
* Member of a roving band at the Six Flags amusement park
* many different positions in the IT field, including help desk, on-call support, programmer, analyst

 

[MysticSang'ha]

My resume looks pretty thin in comparison to most here...

* Lawn care (as a kid)
* Student assistant in the computer lab where I went to college
* Member of a roving band at the Six Flags amusement park
* many different positions in the IT field, including help desk, on-call support, programmer, analyst

I'm sort of in the same boat, Jerry.

- Babysitter
- Sales clerk/customer service desk at a discount department store
- Waitress
- Show business......although the above three jobs was most of my income before I started getting paid at all for my work in shows.




Peace,
Mystic

 

[doppelganger]

Amway Representative (never got more than 40 downline)

ILD or "Network 21"?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Fast Food Cook/Cashier
Convenience store associate
Independent Pro-wrestler
Temporary worker
Distribution center; Casepack; Repack; truck loader.
Musician
Inventory Auditor
Repo man

 

[kadzbiz]

You have Amway in Oz!?

Isn't it everywhere?

ILD or "Network 21"?

I stopped doing it in 1992. Never heard of either of those terms, sorry.