what jobs have we all done in our time then ?

2

Comments

  • lorica
    lorica Member Posts: 187
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    here is my list of Jobs!

    Market Trader (still at school then..)
    Non Teaching Assistant
    Youth Worker
    Life Guard
    Freelance Life Guard
    Life Saving Instructor (Swimming Pool)
    Window Cleaner
    Voluntary Class Room Assistant
    Trainee Nursery Nurse
    Senior Nursery Nurse in a Supermarket???!!!
    Supermarket Admin Assistant
    Childminder
    Childminder Development Officer
    Project Manager
    Fractional Lecturer
    Quality Assurance Assessor
    Freelance Teacher
    Research Analysis
    Workshop Teacher (As and When Required)
    Trainee NVQ Assessor
    Full Time Lecturer (Course Manager)
    Supply Nursery Nurse
    Deputy Nursery Manager
    SVQ Assessor
    Customer Services Advisor (Retail)

    Think thats them all :?

    Mark
  • border
    border Member Posts: 94
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    my list is very small,
    welfare worker in infant school
    nurse
    student (on going)
    head cook and bottle washer :!: :!:
  • mikequinn
    mikequinn Member Posts: 10
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi All
    Some impressive jobs in this thread,well here goes mine.

    From school-trainee chef
    chef aboard marine fishing trawler
    deckhand aboard fishing trawler
    skipper aboard fishing trawler
    all the above responsible for my arthrithis problems I think!!
    Cheff again in hotel
    restaurant manager
    security guard
    and now a taxi driver,not great for my back again but at least i dont have to walk(i cant) lol
  • wibberley
    wibberley Member Posts: 421
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    waitress
    shop assistant
    barmaid
    secretary
    HR Assistant, Oil Company
    HR Manager, Shipping
    PA to 1st Secretary, Commercial in British Embassy, Jakarta
    PA to bosses of record company
    wife and mother of 3!
    Puppywalker with Guide Dogs

    Loved 'em all!
  • shazzie39
    shazzie39 Member Posts: 38
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    :idea:

    Hope you dont mind me joining in!
    Chip shop assistant
    Bar staff/waitress
    Jr office assistant
    Then joined my current company - 21years service to date:-
    Despatch clerk
    Sales Correspondent
    Export Sales Correspondent
    Logisitics Co-ordinator (This was fun! I got to look after a core part of the business from beginning to end :lol: )
    Production Scheduler
    Current Role is Senior Production Planner. (Which I love and am sorely missing :cry: )
    I still have hope of returning to work ...I hope Arthur will co-operate!
    Shazzie
  • only49
    only49 Member Posts: 1,207
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    worked in a factory testing belling cooker switches ( alot rejects ) i wouldnt buy one
    more factory work making medical goods
    worked in an oinion factory ( never cried so much in all my days ) true
    worked washing dishes what a hard crap job
    tattie picking ( potato picking ) never again
    winkle picking
    statcking shelfs
    cant remeber any more
    sylvia :)stern02.gif
  • dvaidr
    dvaidr Member Posts: 25
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Chartered Electrical Engineer
  • daylily
    daylily Member Posts: 619
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    colinone wrote:
    Ice ceam boy on one of thois bikes and yes it was a long time ago.
    Butchers boy
    Gardner
    packing box maker
    fruit packer
    computer operator in factory, oribiliss
    security
    soldier
    cheff
    bar man
    catering manage
    bingo hall manager
    entertainment manager
    bar man
    celler man
    manager pubs
    steward clubs
    Social worker
    Salesman
    wine waiter
    waiter silver service
    grill cheff
    Worked in moss the mans shop sales
    Cant tell you what this job was would have to kill you but it lasted 12 years
    worked in my mums shop for a while selling wool and baby clothes
    Had my own shop for a while
    market stall holder 3 stalls
    Had my own club
    Taxi driver
    Van Sales sweets and ice cream
    Coal man it was a great job
    bar man again
    Worked in hotel doing breakfast in the days of radio caroline
    Jobber in rail yard
    Marks and spencer food
    KRAFT chesse factory stacking palets
    Body Gaurd for a very famous person no no no cant tell you
    DJ
    Entertainment manager
    Dad
    Granddad
    Husband

    Cant think
    Colin
    i'm really really impressed :!: :!: :!: :!:
  • coco67
    coco67 Member Posts: 2,374
    edited 28. Sep 2010, 14:51
    deleted
  • penfactor
    penfactor Member Posts: 366
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I've just seen this too & am struck by the number of us who have done such physically demanding work. It really annoys me when quacks appear on the tv & radio saying arthritis is caused by lack of exercise!
    Mine have been:
    Babysitter (age 13)
    Hair washer & cleaning assistant (whilst at college)
    Saturday girl in Chelsea Girl ( who remembers them!)
    Graphic designer in advertising agency in London
    Print sales rep in London
    Civil Servant in Revenue & Customs
    Singer in studio sessions
    Full time Mum
    Selling clothes in mobile shop for OAP homes
    Bookkeeping from home for small businesses
    Part time shop assistant in Waitrose
    Backing singer in bands
    Greeter for nightclub
    Max Factor consultant/ make-up artist in store
    Helping hubby with his own business
  • penfactor
    penfactor Member Posts: 366
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Oh I forgot telephone sales for Brentwood Sack & Bag company (try saying that quickly cold calling before they hang up!)
    Book club sales (street cold calling in a horrible Hammersmith mall)
    Leaflet distribution - a LOT of walking & bending & dogs!
    Avon Lady....
    Will take this list along to my next Pathways to Work interview! I really hope to be able to do something again.
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Local Bakery Saturday and holiday job, serving behind counter, making up rolls etc, serving in the small tearoom.
    Secretary of the local International Voluntary Service group
    Voluntary work in Germanyand Belgium
    7 secretarial jobs in total (varied)
    Looking after my husband :lol: and later our children
    Putting an elderly lady to bed three nights a week for a few years
    Cleaning jobs galore (including gardening and ironing) both residential and office - still do three
    Visiting and helping out a couple of elderly peeps living locally - currently visit one lady
    Look after grandchild
    Son's shirt ironing :D
    Cooking GF bread and cakes for son to help out

    Do the last 4 count? :lol:

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • daylily
    daylily Member Posts: 619
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hi, not many,
    shop assistant(fabrics)
    petrol pump attendant
    mum
    cleaner(5 till8am)
    child minder
    mobile butty bar(owned and ran it)
    kitchen assistant(schools)
    kitchen assistant(luncheon clubs for elderley)
    meals on wheels kitchen
    meals on wheels driver
    escort :wink::wink: (coaches for disabled really)
    full-timer carer now for hubby
  • amboritic
    amboritic Member Posts: 66
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I have been

    Packer in a plastics factory
    Student
    Security Guard
    Security Inspector
    Motorcycle Courier
    Garage Manager
    Minicab Driver
    Ambo (999)
  • bluebeard
    bluebeard Member Posts: 260
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    what a talented bunch

    xxxx
  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    What fascinating reading and what a range of employment. Mine's dull.

    Laundry worker (student vacations, loved it, especially shirt packing)
    Teacher
    Secretarial/admin role in a Housing Association
    Self-employed tutor for dyslexics

    That's all. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • lupin15
    lupin15 Member Posts: 2,182
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Are you ready.
    Helped my dad on the milk round until i was 16 years old.
    Window dressing
    Shop assisistant
    packing glasses/putting transfer on them
    Copying sound tapes (legal for advertising company)
    Cleaning
    Making hot and cold food for vending machines.
    Kindergarden (nursery)
    Cleaner/caretaker in a school
    Bus esort
    Lunchtime supervisor
    Kitchen help in school
    Libarian(spelt wrong brain closing down as it has heard it is the weekend!!!!!)
    Teaching assistant
    Special needs teaching assistant.
    Foster carer
    and i alos manage to fit in housework cooking etc. Opps forgot to mention looking after my own kids and various pets....yes that includes the hubby as well :wink::wink::wink:
  • marion1952
    marion1952 Member Posts: 963
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi

    I am, or have been a:-

    p/t shop assistant
    p/t betting shop assistant
    p/t cinema usherette (wish I could walk backwards, down steps, in the dark, carrying a tray of ice cream now!!)
    p/t voluntary counsellor
    p/t estate agent
    p/t book keeper
    p/t bar work in pubs and night club
    civil servant in Dept of Health and Social Security
    accountancy assistant (so bored I left without having another job to go to)
    Ran car hire company
    medical secretary
    administrator in psychiatric unit
    hospital manager
    university administrator

    last, but not least, mother for 23 years..

    Marion
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Blimey, Marion!!

    Speedy.
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
  • marion1952
    marion1952 Member Posts: 963
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Speedy

    Well, when I was younger I always had a full time job and one part-time job - sometimes two part-time jobs - all at the same time ... I liked the variety!!

    Unfortunately, now, I'm struggling to do one full-time job!!

    Marion
  • denpen
    denpen Member Posts: 389
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hiya
    Here is my list......
    Clerk Typist - Engineering Company
    Redundant
    Clerk Typist/Receptionist - Engineering Company
    Redundant and Pregnant
    Housewife and Mother for 13 years - unappreciated and unpaid
    Sales Assistant - Concession inside Tescos
    Sales Assistant - )
    promoted to Assistant Manager - ) Ladies Clothes Shop
    Sales Assistant - Mens Department in a Warehouse type place
    Supervisor )
    promoted to Assistant Manager ) - Outdoor Shop
    promoted to Manager )
    Redundant again!!!
    Support Worker - Learning Difficulties and Challenging behaviour
    Retail Manager - Outdoor Shop
    Support Worker - Learning Difficulties
    Support Worker - Deaf People
    Support Worker - Deaf People
    Sales Assistant - Clothes Shop (still there Just about)

    Denise
  • marion1952
    marion1952 Member Posts: 963
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Aw Denise - I'm sure you WERE/ARE appreciated as a wife and mother - albeit unpaid !!

    Marion x
  • maggiemay
    maggiemay Member Posts: 122
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Supermarket assistant
    Fulltime PhotoJournalist
    Warehouse operative for Asda
    Dole :(

    Regards
    Mags
  • bluebeard
    bluebeard Member Posts: 260
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    you should ALL be very proud of what you have done
  • woodbon
    woodbon Member Posts: 4,969
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Working in a hairdressers on Saturday mornings
    Accounts clerk
    Nanny
    Clerical Officer in a hospital (hearing aids)
    Secretary Dept of Biochemistry Oxford
    Care Assistant (Elderly)
    Council have retired me because OA

Categories