jobs over the years?

[hightara]

painting and decorating for the elderly

sold insurance/mortgages in an estate agents

packed cutlery in london.....before i got into the

civil service also in london

worked for the Belfast Law Society....helping people claim benefits

sold fireplaces/flooring in my brothers shop

ran my dads sports shop.

then the kids took over......not exactly the career path i wanted (nursing)

🙂

[mandymoosie]

First job after leaving School was making glasses " as in glasses you wear" very boring, was in the packing bit cleaning and packing them.

Then into retail and supermarket work.

Then worked as a waitress and bar maid for several years.

Then 15 years bringing up my children (the best job of all) :-x

Then back into retail.

To college to do computer technology and administration course, and voluntary work to put my skills into practice at a couple of charities.

[captainbovine]

nursing then the post office when we got married.

ended up running the flippin thing for 12yrsX-(

then back to nursing

then a PA for a Japanese sports company

then back into nursing!!

then back to the post office for a very short time.....big mistake.

then retail

moved house

now doing .com shopping.....yuk!

[wizilizi]

As a student, I was a waitress & worked in factories for various stints on the floor,  Worked at head office in The City, part of team instrumental in re-organising BT ready for privatisation.   Loved the people I worked with [still friends] but I'd be a menace in an office now as far as technology is concerned :^O 

Then children x4, & when youngest started nursery I became an antiques dealer - loved it for 5 years, but stopped when illness struck 😞

I would happily go back to dealing, but not into an office

In practise, I will do some volunteering

[hightara]

what an insight ladies.....:-)

when my illness really took hold i knew then no-one would ever hire me

i did build computers for a while.....before they became dirt cheap,

so i kept my head busy.........doing college courses...

never attended a class

for the last few GCSE's and computer courses i picked up, but i done it through mail.

the tutors where wonderful.......i only attended the exams.

did work for the local charity shop, but only when i was well enough.

[chips-and-brown-gravy]

Not in chronological order and not including the boring temp jobs.

Marketing manager for a research company, traveled all over the world - the traveling got to be too much, I was never at home.

Worked in a small private zoo - small animals and reptiles.

Payroll manager for a large insurance company. (Boring)

Manager of a commercial/industrial photography outfit.

Research scientist.

Lecturer in plant sciences.

Now work for a statutory body and absolutely love it. Great people, great money and a boss who brings me fizz and flowers on a regular basis (out of his own pocket too).

Love my boss:-x  I am very, very lucky.

[ginap.123]

Started work diamond sorting for the Tanzanian Government in 1974, left in 1978 to have my eldest (no maternity leave in those days), had daughter 1 in Jan 1979 & daughter 2 in Feb 1980, started work in the evenings behind the bar at the British Legion about Aug 1980, so hubby could have the kids & started in my current job as a Registrar, part time from 1987 (when youngest started school) until approx 1992 when I went full time & I'm still there 27 years later.

[huggles1253]

Many and varied but I was Mr. Frog at Thorpe Park for five summers 🙂 at times I was also Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Otter and Mr. Duck. 

[dark_castle1]

Left school at 15 and joined the Merchant Navy,

after that worked in pilot boats,

next worked as a rigger on the building of a power station,

then the motor trade as a delivery driver and finally the job I am in at the moment delivery driver for an air conditioning and refrigeration wholesaler covering Scotland.

[hightara]

RC are you a man:O  

[dark_castle1]

HT, well I was 10 minutes ago when I went to the loo :^O hope nothing has changed since then :^O :^O

[stroppy*cow]

my working life started with a paper round - twas my brother's round, but he got fed up with it and I took over.

then I worked as an accounting machine operator

then I was a computer programmer for a loooong time, various different firms, wrote more payroll programs than I like to think of

then I was a systems analyst for a computer firm

then I was a computer consultant - fancy title for doing very little

then I was a mum

then I was an admin assistant

then I was a benefits advisor

then I was a trainer for benefits advisors

Now I am a direct payments support worker and support planner and as a sideline I write and sell bespoke computer software.

I also do quite a bit of voluntary work with a number of local charities, everything from admin to trustee

[hightara]

HT, well I was 10 minutes ago when I went to the loo :^O hope nothing has changed since then :^O :^O

 

:^O :^O:^O 

sorry RC... i just assumed

stroppy...........i'm gobsmaked...... wow.:O

[bitsnknots]

I've only ever worked in insurance - yuk.  I finished work a while back as I had to have too many major operations mainly to have my right ankle removed and then another major operation to correct the first one.  I am now my mum's carer.

[hightara]

Many and varied but I was Mr. Frog at Thorpe Park for five summers 🙂 at times I was also Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Otter and Mr. Duck. 

i would love that huggles:-)

books i have always been felt guilty about selling endowment policies........ at the time it looked like a great deal for people

sadly as you know........it hurt many badly.:-(

[rainydaywoman11]

Civil servant - DHSS then Jobcentre (sorry), although I was the most popular person on the 5.15 bus home at night to the housing estate where I lived (any jobs going Carol?), lol :^O

PA to Managing Director - they had a depot in Aberdeen and I knew the HR regs inside out - helpful when offshore oil came online  .Sooooo -

Aberdeen in the oil industry HR/Operations for Africa and the Med - had a ball.

Retired!!  Worked part time in local very sheltered housing - which saved my life when I got divorced.  Also did sewing, housekeeping and cooking - no Gordon Brown extras then.

Worked from home curtain making.

Now - nowt.  I was dead lucky and really enjoyed my working life.  My Papa worked in the mill for 50 years and hated every day - I cannot imagine what that felt like, said the best day of his life was the day he retired.  They gave him a watch, which, having been to the pub, he threw in the River Cart on the way home 😮  My Granny was raging - said they could have sold it 😐

[dark_castle1]

RDW, You originally Renfrewshire ? I am in North Ayrshire but originally South Ayrshire.

[captainbovine]

blimey!! you've all had more important jobs than mine:|

I've never really been happy in my jobs, except the nursing. I would have loved to work with dogs.

[dark_castle1]

Ht, thought you might have clicked when I emailed you about a listing you had on MDCC and said collection only instead of free postage and used my Christian name at the end of the email !  😉  :^O

[dark_castle1]

Hey CB, the job you are in now is important ! People would starve if you did not send them their groceries.