Number of different jobs you've had, type of jobs/positions

[bmccasland]

Beth - were you a wildland or structural FF?

Yes. Both. Part-time.
Smoke jumpers are my heros.

[spokewench]

Stall cleaner, groomer, stable help
Carhop
Waitress
worked in science lab
Worked as administrator for a trucking company
Taught horseback riding lessons
worked as a wrangler, cook, bottle washer at a dude ranch, waitress
worked on Thoroughbred Race track, started as a hotwalker, groom, ended up as an exercise girl
Ran a brood mare farm
receptionist in a law firm
cocktail waitress
taught horseback riding lessons
paralegal for about 20 years or so
League Coordinator for Northern Arizona tennis association

[ny biker]

In marketing, I worked at 4 different jobs over 11 years, with a break for grad school.

In software development, it's more complicated.

- First job was for a little more than a year.
- Second job was for a few months before being laid off.
- Then I started working on the project where I am now, and I've been here for 11 years. But during that time, I've had 5 different employers. The first one hired me, then lost the contract and laid us all off, but the company that won the contract hired us all immediately. That company has since been bought out 4 times.

I hate the current owner -- they're really cheap and they claim their compensation policies are designed to reward the best workers, but in reality they're encouraging the best workers to leave. I can't figure out if they're just lying to us and hoping we don't notice that no one will ever get a raise, or if they're too stupid to figure out that their policies will never accomplish their goals. Anyway I like the project I work on so I'm hoping we get sold again soon.

BTW on my resume, I leave out most of the marketing stuff and just condense it into a couple of bullet points that highlight things most relevant to software development (data processing and analysis). It's not necessary to include details that aren't related to whatever you're applying for.

[Pax]

Yes. Both. Part-time.
Smoke jumpers are my heros.

Same here, those are some amazing people. I only got to do a little wildland stuff, it was GREAT!! Not being inside a burning structure is way more fun.

[VeganBikeChick]

I've had the same career since college - but have worked at 10 or so places, due to my inherent gypsy nature.

My dream job is a far cry from what I'm currently doing, but not possible at present.

[GLC1968]

How many jobs or how many careers?

Let's see...since I completed my first college degree:

Retail - department manager Jordan Marsh
Retail - assistant buyer Bradlee's
Retail - various store management positions including general manager for Gap, Old Navy and then Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Stores
Bartending - at a Joe's Crab Shack
Retail - sales associate & stock manager while in school again Ann Taylor Loft
Engineering - engineering intern at a hospital supply company
Engineering - lab instructor at my university
Engineering - Systems Engineer for Raytheon
Engineering - Product Engineer for RFMicroDevices (or RFMD as they are called now)
Engineering - Product Engineer for my current company
HR - College Program Manager and technical recruiter for my current company

What's next? I still haven't ruled out Vet school, but I'm also considering an MBA and recognizing that I might be getting a little old to be making sweeping career changes again. But, never say never...

[OakLeaf]

Since college, or since high school? Not too many since college, and most of them were short-term and/or part-time.

Resident staff at natural living workshop center
Clerk at natural food store
Dishwasher at Chinese restaurant
Legal secretary
Legal intern
Staff attorney, Legal Services
Solo practice attorney
Legal writing instructor at community college
Group fitness instructor

And if we're counting barter work, I've done a good bit of typing and transcription.

[Koronin]

Here we go:
in college:
worked at a movie theater (box office, concessions, and )
worked several football games including one playoff game for ESPN and two for NCAA
did a sports segment for the college radio station (unpaid)
operated a camera for the coaches show (also unpaid)
after college:
K-Mart (cashier until I moved)
Cracker Barrel (cashier, shop)
O'Charlies (server, hostess)
AT&T (ran machines that send out bills)
Family Dollar (what didn't I do there?)
Roadhouse Bar and Grill (server, hostess and kitchen)
since then have worked for several merchandising companies.
Currently work for about 8-10 merchandising companies (one of which actually does offer a pension). Yes to make decent money doing this you do need to work for several companies.

[shootingstar]

Cool work backgrounds. We could create our own town....and run it par excellence with all our skill sets and knowledge.

I want to start making custom head badges for bikes, jewelry, sculpture, etc. Of course, this would be more of a hobby and for fun money--not a career.

Let us know limewave of your creations.

I probably sound like a dilettante / gypsy with 12 different jobs across 3 provinces. I was with 1 provincial government employer where I spent a total of 12 years, longest ever for 1 employer but total of 2 different jobs where I took a lateral transfer.

Otherwise I would look like a job butterfly. I've worked in engineering, legal, government and health care sectors, in public and private sectors. Yes, absolutely there are related overlaps/synergies for these disciplines which I have found helpful for my line of work.

[Brandi]

Trader Joe's (2 months)
Vet's office (1 year)
Shoe sales (2 years)
custome stationary (1 year)
electronic shop (1 year)
book store (6 months)
nanny (1 month) didn't like it
decorative painter (3 years)
sand sculptor (25 years) also the accountant for our business which I HATE!
In between the shoes sales and the painting I was sand sculpting on paid jobs. Which is probably why I didn't keep a lot of the jobs I had. Some where flexable with me leaving other's not so much.

[Pax]

Brandi - I'd say of everyone on TE. you have the absolute coolest job.

[Brandi]

Brandi - I'd say of everyone on TE. you have the absolute coolest job.

Aww thanks but it is still a job. It has it's pressure and deadlines as well as blunder's and what not's. I do feel blessed though. More so when I am home and get so much good time off. But when I work I have to work my A*s off every single day till the job is done. It balance's itself out in the end.