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Bentrumroll1
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I was on the books as a junior at my local football team at 16 but never signed professional terms after I broke my leg. Studied engineering at the same time and got an apprenticeship at the same time to pay my way.
Earned a scholarship to an American University so spent a few years over there and worked as a football coach and also as a server in a diner.
Soon as I graduated joined the army and served for 6 years before being discharged. Was going to take another degree so went on a gap year doing missionary work in Rowanda but back in the UK I landed a job as a regional rep for a major pharmaceutical company.
Re-trained as a counsellor through the open university before supplementing studies and volunteer placements by working in a builders yard. Spent 3 years as assistant manager of local bookmakers before taking a year off to care for my stepdaughter.
Just been temping recently up until Christmas in small engineering roles before take up new role working in pastoral care on 3rd January.
What jobs have you done?
Earned a scholarship to an American University so spent a few years over there and worked as a football coach and also as a server in a diner.
Soon as I graduated joined the army and served for 6 years before being discharged. Was going to take another degree so went on a gap year doing missionary work in Rowanda but back in the UK I landed a job as a regional rep for a major pharmaceutical company.
Re-trained as a counsellor through the open university before supplementing studies and volunteer placements by working in a builders yard. Spent 3 years as assistant manager of local bookmakers before taking a year off to care for my stepdaughter.
Just been temping recently up until Christmas in small engineering roles before take up new role working in pastoral care on 3rd January.
What jobs have you done?
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Actually the last two are the same employment term. I left the accounting software house in 1991 and although I've been through several mergers and a couple of takeovers I'm still in the same job from a legal point of view. Got my 20 year service award last month.
Mother
Secretary
PA
Teacher
Businesswoman
20-odd years voluntary stuff as well
General busybody sometimes too
(in chronological order)
delivered leaflets for Safeway(now Morrisons) during a summer, got bored of it and just binned the leaflets still got paid though:D noone ever did say anything about not getting them.
worked in Sports Soccer(Direct) for a while when at Uni, was ok but shop was always a mess and far too hot
worked for Amazon in their fulfilment centre(warehouse) in Gourock twice over Christmas during 2006 and again in 08, between them I worked at Argos.
volunteered in a charity shop and then got a 6 month job with them through the future jobs fund scheme last year after spending about a year and a half unemployed, wasnt any permanent jobs, volunteered again after my contract finished and was there until june this year when I got a job as a football steward, not really what I want to do but needed a job
Paper round
Poundland
McDonalds
Sports Direct
Men Kind
Fraiser Heart
GSK (Lab Technician)
Health Protection Agency (Research Assistant)
King's College London University (Research associate)
Firstly I worked for the Spar, then moved on to the Co-Operative Food.
Switchboard operater British Telecom.......... 16 years
Argos Head office........ 4 years
Tesco Distribution........ 12 years......
These have been my main long term employments, i have had a couple of jobs that only lastest a few days, i know within a very short time if a job is right for me or not so dont tend to stay at those for any length of time...my last three jobs there on the list i have been made redundant from because of relocation of offices.... once i am in a job i dont leave, they have to through me out!.....:D....
I have just started a job 3 months ago as a receptionist in a care home, after being out of work since 2006
I am very happy to have a job again at last..............:)
.i have also done temporary work filling in when i have had the time....
petrol station
barmaid in the evenings
carer
had 2 children
worked on the land
hospital canteen
support worker
now back in a care home
Junior Admin for an aircraft hydraulics company
Secretary in marketing department of a pharma company
PA to General Manager for major hotel booking company
PA to General Manager for pharma company, now Executive Assistant in European Marketing division
Sales bod at PC World
IT techy for Fujitsu Services
Senior IT tech for law firm
Citrix technician for smaller law firm
Claims Handler for insurance company (2007-8)
Car insurance sales (2008-9)
Probate specialist for a bank (2009-11)
Territory manager - energy sales (2011-)
Age 13/14 - Working in a greasy spoon as a dishwasher and waitress
Age 14/15 - working in a chip shop
Age 15 - Working in Savers
Age 16-17.5 - working in a childrens soft play place
Age 17-18 - volunteer at local primary school
Age 18-20 - working in Call Centres, Christmas temp at Gamestation, volunteering with children while at University
Age 20 - long-term volunteer in charity schools in Peru
Age 21 - Sales assistant at La Senza (temp)
Age 22 - graduated from University, got a graduate trainee manager position at Vauxhall head office, was made redundant at start of the recession along with entire years graduate intake
Age 23-24 - Travel advisor for local travel company (temp position to cover maternity)
24-25 - maternity leave
25 - trainee early years practitioner (left due to husband wanting to relocate to take over family business)
25 - trainee social care worker
(Edit: it stank.)
Catering assistant/supervisor
Retail sales
Turkey Plucker
Hairdressers sweeper upper
Glass collector
Barmaid
call centre worker/supervisor
Community engagement
Civil Servant
Volunteer at local zoo
Temporary Office Admin/IT technician/web designer
Tech support analyst
Customer service rep for an Insurance company
Temporary Team Leader in a call centre
IT Service Desk analyst
Software Tester
IT Service Desk analyst again
All low paid shite were I get zero recognition for doing a good job.
Cataloguer at a record company
Data entry in a library
Assistant archivist at an historical landscape garden
A few months in the herbarium at Kew Gardens
Civil servant
Chasing up deliveries at a courier company.
Servicing mobile drilling rigs
Development of post payment petrol vending
Repairing Hammond organs
Installing marine radios
Building cherry pickers (one for Concorde)
House conversions
Restaurant, kids club, book keeping
Ran an amusement park
Currently in my old age I maintain electronic stuff.
Library assistant