What were some of your first jobs?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by srmom

My first job was SOOOO long ago!! I worked for a national chain junior girls' clothing store where I made a whopping 2.50 an hour! BUT, I got a 15% discount. Woohoo!!

Foxmore?

[Scandia]

My first job involved selling newspaper subscriptions door to door. I was 17 and just out of high school.

Next few jobs were pretty tame- working as a cashier and floor associate and retail stores.

First jobs related directly to my chosen undergraduate major and first masters were not good experiences thanks to bosses from hades.

In the middle of those two I worked for the Census and liked it a lot.

I substitute taught just before and during library school- and would not trade the experience I gained for anything in the whole wide universe.

I am still in the same company where I got my first librarian job- only now I am full time. I have been working with them for over 4 years now

[srmom]

Foxmore?

No, I think the name was Judy's. They sold cheapo trendy late 70's early 80's stuff that I thought was just the COOLEST

UGGGGH!

[summer_gphib]

My first "job" was at Sam's Club in college. I loved it, and worked with a great group of people. I quit after I had to work 39.8 hours on finals week, in a semester that I was taking 21 hours, along with everything else!

Then I started working as a computer lab manager, and loved it! :-) I did that until I graduated.

After graduation I've worked in telemarketing (lasted 2 days), and as a teacher. My background was NOT education in college, but I loved being a teacher, and for the most part I loved my students. I had 7,8, and 9 grade boys, and taught every subject. They were mostly rejects from public schools and private schools. I got paid PEANUTS ($300 a week gross) and dealt with them bringing knives and fights. LUCKILY there wasn't enough money to continue the Jr. High program, so I had to be laid off.

Finally I've worked the past 5 years as a tax preparer. Now I own my own tax prep business, although we may not be able to open in the upcoming year. I've made more money in the 4 months of tax season, than I made teaching 10 months, and I love it. But this last year was NOT a good one.

[Scully]

My first job - with a paycheck - was working at day camp. A horseback riding day camp with long hours, holding onto 3 year olds on top of ponies learning to trot, breathing in hay & horse poop, and running around in breeches and high boots on 98 degree days! Needless to say, I fainted or came close to it on numerous occasions. I then continued to work at camp for the next 5 summers before moving onto the glamorous world of retail during my college years. I've now been employeed full time as a Graphic Designer for the last 8 years.

[nikki1920]

Retail (Claire's as Third Key) was my first job. I couldn't do that as a living, just not for me.

Financial assistant (input payments into computer, process and batch credit card payments) for 1.5 years.

Day care subsitute teacher, for 9 months.


Indexer for 5 months.

At this job for going on three years. (I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess. )

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Jen

(Minimum wage is now $8.00 for a raise of only 2 bucks in 14 years ... sucky)

lol this post made me laugh SO hard.

[cheerfulgreek]

I don't even remember what my pay rate was at the pretzel place. I'm sure it sucked though. I made really good money at the zoo. At least for age 16. I made 9.50/hr. During the summer I worked full time, but while I was in school my parents only allowed me to work on the weekends.

ETA: At the time, while I was there, I wanted SO bad to be able to train the dolphins with the dolphin trainers.

[Leslie Anne]

(18) My first job was spraying Ralph Lauren perfume on women in a department store. Mind-numbingly boring.

(18) Waitressing at a Pizza Hut. I didn't mind serving but I hated cleaning the restaurant after closing.

(19) Retail at The Nature Company at Union Station, D.C. I loved working the register when it was super busy.

(19) Made sandwiches at a little bakery near campus. Gave away far too many free subs to the Delta Tau Deltas that came in.

(20) Worked in a huge warehouse filling drugstore orders for make-up, nail polish and pantyhose. It was strangely surreal and became the setting for the first short story I wrote.

(21) Worked at an art gallery in D.C. and eventually became the assistant manager. I started there because I love art but ended up thinking it was just glorified retail.

I wasn't thrilled with any of these jobs but I was in college at the time so I didn't really care that much.