My first non-babysitting job (I started babysitting for the neighbors at 11) was fast food; so was my second. I’ve worked retail, been an administrative assistant, taught LSAT prep, sold truck bumpers and trained people to use SAP. I’ve run numbers, and I’ve fired people, I’ve coached managers, and written countless articles.
In other words, my varied work history is absolutely normal.
On Twitter, Shannon Bream asked people to list five of their jobs and the results are fascinating–and shows that the path to success isn’t always straight up the corporate ladder.
To keep reading, click here: What Five Jobs Have Other People Had? (The Answers May Surprise You)
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1) Office lackey
2) Graphic artist
3) Receptionist
4) HR Assistant
5) Recruiter & Training Coordinator (Current and BEST, although I enjoyed them all)
1) Office lackey
2) Graphic artist
3) Receptionist
4) HR Assistant
5) Recruiter & Training Coordinator (Current and BEST, although I enjoyed them all)
1. Social Research Survey Administrator
2. Social Worker
3. Divorce Lawyer
4. Family Court Master
5. EEO Compliance Officer
Radio disk jockey
Courier
Author and editor
Manager of software testing
Director of software engineering
1. Farm Helper
2. Truck Driver/Warehouse Worker
3. Student Union information desk/concession stand sales
4. Human Resources – Recruiter, Labor Relations
5 Director – Human Resources
1. Farm Help
2 Warehouse worker
3. Truck Driver/Warehouse worker
4. Student Union information desk and concession srand
5 Human Resources
1. Third-shift, aluminum die-casting machine operator’s assistant.
2. QA inspector of hot, skinned, boiled potatoes at a potato chip factory.
3. University library assistant.
4. Technical bid proposal writer.
5. Computer Programmer
The first two were the worst of many part-time jobs I had before getting professional work — those gigs convinced me that hard, sweaty, manual labor isn’t for me. Give me comfortable, white-collar work any day of the week. The pay is decent too.
1) General IT
2) Programmer
3) Sys Admin
4) Tech Support
5) Secretary (yea, big downer here – Got laid off from previous job)
Department Store (when you had to count back change!)
Dry Cleaners
Bank Teller
Lifeguard
Taught private swim lessons
1. barista
2. archivist
3. tech support
4. business analyst
5. database developer