KaraBoo
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Post by KaraBoo on Aug 2, 2013 22:14:22 GMT -5
Totally fell into the position I have now. After high school, I wandered from fast food job to fast food job when an opening at the local hospital came up - in the cafeteria. I applied and was hired to work the register and grill. Did that for a while and then transferred "up" to serving the patient meals. Got married and transferred hospitals to the one I'm at now. Still served patients, but then the company made all of the supervisor level people reapply for their jobs and hired all new people. I was out on maternity leave when that happened. When I came back, the director asked me why I didn't apply for supervisor and told him I thought it was obvious since I was on LOA. Asked if I'd be interested and when I said yes, within days, I was in the supervisor position and the lady I replaced was in my position - I was all of 21 years old supervising people twice my age. Did that for several years and an administrative position opened up. Applied and got it - worked in various administrative positions most of my "career". Was recommended for a Radiology IT position, which I took and hated, transferred back into my old position when it opened back up. Was again recommended for my current job - credentialing physicians in the Medical Staff office. I'm learning that it's a niche position that pays very well for those who can handle the job. What I always dreamed of being when I was young and still dreaming - a costume designer. The more elaborate the better. My mom actively discouraged that dream. One day - I may still go back to it when I have time to focus on the details - maybe for my local community theater......
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teen persuasion
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Post by teen persuasion on Aug 3, 2013 19:34:15 GMT -5
I definitely fell into my current job at the library. They called me up and offered me a job out of the blue. I'd been a SAHM for ~20 years, and my degree is in computer science, not library science. Then again, no one in our library has a library degree.
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TheOtherMe
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Post by TheOtherMe on Aug 3, 2013 19:52:26 GMT -5
My dad made me take shorthand and typing in high school. I did not want to be a secretary. I so admired my teachers that I was going to be a teacher of business classes in high school. When I graduated, I did not have any money to go to college, so I did get a job working for the federal government in the clerical field.
I was not happy in the clerical field, but I had no idea of what I wanted to be. I started going to a junior college at night to get the basics out of the way.
The feminist movement came in to my life in a big way and no way was I going to be a secretary much longer--even though my boss told me it was my calling and I was so good, he could never replace me if I left.
I worked with a lot of accountants and took some accounting classes through work, with co-workers as tutors three days a week. One of them really took me under his wings and when he found out I had saved a lot of money for my age, he encouraged me to go to college and work part-time. He even found me a place to stay with some friends of his who had a spare room and the husband was going back to law school so they could use the money.
I then got my bachelor's degree in accounting and knew I was now doing what I should be doing. I did attend grad school out of state in Colorado, so I got myself a transfer there.
I am now a happy retiree.
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