afternoon! what job do you do/have you done?

[stacey86]

good afternoon everyone,

out of curiousity i was wondering what jobs you currently have or have done in the past?

I did work as a care worker for the elderly! not very spectacular!:no:

Hope no one minds me asking xxx

[Amethyst]

I haven`t worked since my DD was born but before her i use to be a care assistant like you.

Amethyst x

[CountessDuckula]

I don't really know what I do anymore!

I used to be our Company's Book Keeper, etc but we have been taken over and my position has changed, but I don't really know what to!

Actually, I'm happy plodding along, doing Accounting bits and bobs and relishing not being under pressure.

[Timothy's Mum]

Excluding student jobs etc

1) First graduate job was as a commercial manager for a very well known high street store

2) Executive head hunter - I hated it

3) IT consultant for an international management consultancy (still here well on Mat leave but officially still employed)

[stacey86]

oh, its nice to know im not alone in that department! :smile: im such a curious person, and always wondered what the damsels on here do/ did do for a living.

[Aunt Fanny]

I'm a surgical nurse, currently thinking of a job change though, as I'm sick of NHS. But stacey your job is spectacular. Without care assistants, the NHS/ nursing homes would grind to a shuddering halt, believe me!:smile:

[icclebunny]

Im a SAHM now but in the past Ive worked for various breweries, a major hotel chain, a large London based ISP, accounts receivable for various Blue Chip clients, manager for a High Street Loan Co, Emergency Call coordinator for home insurance companies, worked in a strip club and PA for a SW Chief of Police - you may say I can turn my hand to most things :teehee:

[stacey86]

thanks AF, its nice to hear some good criticism!
most hospital workers hate us for sending them to hospital for the smallest of things!!
:flowers:

[ChelseaHarvey]

Good afternoon :wave:

At 18 i worked in Mcdonalds for a year
I then worked in Virgin mobile call centre for a few years
I have done different office jobs with agencies
Worked in a callcentre selling different things like house bits stuff for Lords the cricket place

Now with my son i dont really work i do promotion work for a few agencies sometimes i can work a few times a month other times only once like i have in October. I like doing this though as i can pick and chose, if something comes up that i dont like the sound of i just pass on it

[Stacey]

I was a nightclub manager before I had my ds, then I worked advising people on benefits and now I am a typist :smile:

[Julesb]

I import accessories, mainly body jewellery.

[CountessDuckula]

icclebunny....Strip Club! :shock:

What did you do there (if you don't mind me asking)

[lucypede]

I was 1) Avon lady (well teenager :smile: )
2) Woolies shop girl
And now I'm part-time SAHM, part-time Orthoptist, which is a bit like an optician specialised in squints/lazy-eyes!

[icclebunny]

icclebunny....Strip Club! :shock:

What did you do there (if you don't mind me asking)
:teehee: Champagne service and bar and Promo - huuuuuge tiPs, great hours and very attentive security staff for any trouble makers. I also learnt how to pole dance after hours which is mucho fun :teehee:

[lucypede]

:faint: lucky Mr Icclebunny! :teehee:

[stacey86]

wow, they say that is such good exercise for your whole body but i'd just have bruises everywhere and look like a frump :wink:

[Chocolate Lips]

I am a finance mananger, have always worked in an office environment.

[icclebunny]

:faint: lucky Mr Icclebunny! :teehee:

I met him after a staff meeting - I was doing Promo and trying to flog him some tickets to a VIP night :teehee:

I have a lot of admiration for the care workers, I dont have the patience or aptitude for that type of work, my best mate is a care worker and she puts in so many hours for (what I think) is far too little pay for what she's doing. She rocks!

[CountessDuckula]

:teehee: Champagne service and bar and Promo - huuuuuge tiPs, great hours and very attentive security staff for any trouble makers. I also learnt how to pole dance after hours which is mucho fun :teehee:

Whit woo!!!

Very saucy!

[dingbatsbird]

Back down to earth with my job ... sales admin for a small engineering company. Very quiet, hence lots of time for Damselling

In the past I have....

... worked in a chemist's shop

... sold steel

... sold swimming pool chemicals

... worked for an erection company with a very appropriate name :wink:

[Blonde Girl]

I am a marketing assoc for a private bank doing geeky financial reporting and editing stuff.

[goldilocks]

I worked for 15 years as a photo processor for Bonusprint first, then Kodak Express before setting up my own business as a Registered Childminder- which I :lurve:

Really dont know why I didnt do it sooner. So many years wasted :sigh:

[Athers]

I'm a bilingual PA for the two directors (I live and work in Italy) but I'm based in Marketing where I'm involved in a lot of things. I am also the in-house translator - so three roles really :lol: :faint:

[Gemiloch]

I have worked in various jobs since leaving Uni first time around, SA in fruit and veg shop then in a bookshop, marketing for a tiny Scottish publisher, then working in an academic library. I still work there part time (just on a Saturday) and I am a full time student.

:fingerscrossed: in about 18 months time I will be a fully qualified speech and langauge therapist

gemx

[Hungry Hippo]

I work as a microbiologist in a University lab. Now that I'm working part time it's a mixture of research and paperwork.

Between Uni and my current job I spent a couple of years temping and did a number of different jobs including;

Mail sorter at in the accounts department of a large hardware chain
Office junior at an estate agents (got to do a bit of the selling too).
Receptionist/Administrator at an Insolvency ServiceI found all of the temping work interesting, particularly learning about bankruptcy and house sales. It taught me a thing or two anyhow!

[janiebaby]

i work in price control and admin at sainsburys at the mo , but have done a variety of jobs including being a chef . nurse , helping with deaf kids at a boarding school in surrey , also another boarding school in bushey ., manager of a resturant . night work and working at my daughters school as a TA

[minigirl]

I've never actually had a proper job.

In school I used to make jewellery and sell it to local gift shops and craft fairs.
Then through college and for a bit after I worked as a freelance graphic designer.
Then OH and I set up our own business and I've been doing that for the past 7 years.

TBH the thought of working for someone else kind of scares me now.

[Tekkencat]

from 6th form I have worked in a nightclub/macdonalds/as a runner for a production company....after uni i was an area manager for a brewery (wooohoooo) then a legal exec for a tour operator.....various jobs with youth outreach/social services and now i run a day centre for the elderly (mainly with demencia) BUT from May 2007 I shall be a student nurse!!!!

[claireh]

I am a compliance manager for an asset management company. Not the most interesting job in the universe!

[Lois Lane]

I've had a variety of jobs. I was a Woolies shop girl, then I worked in a boutique which sold HUGELY overpriced clothes, then I was a fruit & veg assistant at Asda (tres glam!!). I did enjoy Asda though as I used to cover the florist too so got to make up bouquets and stuff.

Then I was a journalist (very short lived!) then fell into secretarial and then PA work where my last 3 jobs have been for a top 10 city law firm, head office of one of the top banks and now an international security company.

I am currently on sick leave/maternity leave and am training to be a childminder.

[Hanie]

I have been a SAHM since SD moved in with us 5 years ago. Before that I was a secetary, sales assistant, waitress and administrator.

[Nikkiebikkie]

My first job was collecting glasses until 3 am in the morning - not very fun or very glam - sore feet and i got sick and tired of old men feelin my bum!

I am now a checkout girl in Homebase - craic is good managers are not to bad and it pays a crap wage but hpoefully in 4 years time i should be a pharamcist - if I ever make it out of first yr...

[Princess Fiona]

I'm currently a SAHM who also happens to be an Avon Lady :teehee: I also do some work from home for my ex Boss and also do DH's invoicing and general correspondence when i get chance.

Before i had Lucy i was a Legal Secretary/Conveyancing Assistant, probably the MOST boring job in the World :yawn:

[Opprobrium]

Hmmmm... let me think...

model
secretary
cleaner
vet nurse
barmaid
TV presenter
shop manager
call centre operator
events coordinator
PA
property developer
and MUM!