HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on May 5, 2015 10:09:45 GMT -5
I've had 3 'professional' career track jobs.
Many, many teenager/college student jobs ranging from tutor to window washer.
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lynnerself
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Post by lynnerself on May 5, 2015 10:14:39 GMT -5
Since graduating from college? Nine, ranging from 3 months to 15 years. All but the last in the same position. Medical technologist. Currently on my last job (lab manager). Retirement in 8 weeks.
Most job changes have been due to moving.
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wyouser
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Post by wyouser on May 5, 2015 10:35:15 GMT -5
Since College....3. If you include during college part time...add 2 more...well one of those was actually 40 hrs /wk. Dairy Research Unit at college you could do 40 hrs a week and still carry a full load of classes. Catch the morning milk shift from 4 am to 8 am hit classes from 9 to 3:30 then catch the afternoon milk shift from 4pm to 8 pm. They used to ask me:" What is a German Major doing milking cows?" To which I could reply:" Hey, they are Holstein-Friesan cows...they originated in Germany "
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MB-NY
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Post by MB-NY on May 5, 2015 11:13:19 GMT -5
All since high school; 6 companies;
Full-time clerk at the grocery store where I was part-time while in school; 6 months.
Collections for a small loan company; think HFC, only smaller; 10 months. It took that long to realize I stunk at it, and it was a sucky job.
Dental insurance sales; 2 weeks. The company closed the office and left town before I could get my first pay check.
Heavy Truck parts sales; It was a month before Christmas, and I was desperate after the insurance job, so I took this position to get through the holidays. I stayed 5 years.
Truck Parts; when I moved to NY, first as a sales clerk and then asst. manager; 9 years.
Truck Parts; with a competitor in NY. Was a purchasing clerk, asst. dept. manager, and then back to a sales/research clerk; 24 years.
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Post by shanendoah on May 5, 2015 12:56:00 GMT -5
High School Telephone Survey taker
College Student Worker - Admissions & Records Student Worker - Financial Aid Office (loans, scholarships, & file room) Video Store Clerk Video Store Shift Supervisor (full time) Medical Receptionist (full time, part time, full time)
After College Phone Psychic (lasted 2 days - way too depressing) - not on resume Data Entry Clerk (lasted about 1 month, then moved)- not on resume Admin Assistant/Tech Support (3 years) Admin Spec C (9 months)* Admin Analyst (5 years)* Manager, Operations & Administrative Programs (2.5 years)* 2 months UE Administrator, Program Operations (6 months)^ 9 months UE Administrator (6 months and counting)^
*all with the same company ^arguably with the same organization, though with very different departments
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mroped
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Post by mroped on May 5, 2015 13:09:15 GMT -5
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Sincerely,
deminmaine, Future Slackers of America
That's the job that half of the people between 18 and thirty want nowadays so I think you will run into some stiff competition!
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msventoux
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Post by msventoux on May 5, 2015 21:57:55 GMT -5
At least I'm not alone, some of you haven't had many different jobs either. It seems like most of my friends stay at a job for a maximum of 3 years before moving on. I guess I'm just really lazy. Seems like a lot of work to do a job search every couple of years, and it really wasn't fun at all the couple of times I did it.
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andi9899
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Post by andi9899 on May 5, 2015 22:15:35 GMT -5
I haven't stopped and written them down, but probably at least 10 or 15 in the 20 years I've been working. But in my defense, I've held 2 jobs at a time for at least half that time.
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taz157
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Post by taz157 on May 5, 2015 22:17:21 GMT -5
Periodically babysat during middle and high school
Pre-Transfer to 4 year college (high school and community college) - Restaurant: Started as dishwasher and buser, then move to back kitchen prep and hostess - Walmart: Cashier and sales floor - Temp work for my mom: Mainly doing admin stuff to get ready for the company's year-end
4-year College - Administrative assistant for a small company (now out of business as far as I know)
Post-College - Accounting firm #1 (3.75 years) - Accounting firm #2 (6.5 years) - Accounting firm #3 (almost 2 years)
With the accounting firms, I left as we had relocated due to either we wanted to move (from #1 to #2) or DH's promotion (from #2 to #3).
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sesfw
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Post by sesfw on May 5, 2015 22:59:35 GMT -5
Bank Christmas retail Paper bag factory (7 years) McDs (3 months) Pepsi (2 years) Electronics testing (13 years) Salvation Army (1 1/2 years) Faculty Assistant at DeVry while a student (1 year) Calibration tech (7 years) Electronics assembly (1 1/2 years) Working through employment agency (2 years) Volunteer at local community center (5 years) Electronics assembly - now - until I can't anymore
Last week I realized I am the oldest person where I work. Very glad I've always liked electronics.
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yogiii
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Post by yogiii on May 6, 2015 6:47:36 GMT -5
I am chiver, if you include my internship, I'll hit 14 years with the same employer at the end of the month.
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hoops902
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Post by hoops902 on May 6, 2015 8:33:43 GMT -5
Hmmm...how many jobs? Or how many employers? Because I've been with my employer for almost 10 years, and I've had officially like 8-9 different jobs.
Employers: Detasseling, Rogueing, walking beans (sp?)...I'm just counting it all as one since it was working for random people over many summers Daycare Supermarket car detailer (1 day) Residence Hall maintenance USDA Big box home improvement current financial services company
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Lizard Queen
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 6, 2015 8:41:22 GMT -5
I think 8 altogether, maybe 7. Post college, I had the administrative type position while still in college, and the "real" salary job with one promotion there. That's it. The job market was crappy here for a long time, which made it hard to jump around. I hope to have 1 or 2 more before I retire.
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midjd
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Post by midjd on May 6, 2015 8:51:56 GMT -5
I've been with the same employer my entire 5.5yr career (started a month before bar results were announced) but I've had 3 different positions and may be transitioning into a 4th soon. Now that I'm past the halfway mark to vesting in the pension and qualifying for PSLF of my student loans, I'm definitely going to ride out the next 4.5 years before I consider a switch.
I wouldn't want to do the exact same thing for 10 years, but there are enough different jobs here that I think I could stay for quite a while.
ETA -- between internships, contract jobs, and work study I held probably 20 different jobs (usually 2-3 at once) from age 16-25. I've done pretty much everything but retail (waitressing, babysitting, factory work, admin assistant).
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on May 6, 2015 9:19:39 GMT -5
I had a lot before I hit 30, but have slowed down quite a bit.
Job 1: 1 year. Job 2: 2 years Job 3: 3 months (I hated it and found a new job) Job 4: 3.5 years Job 5: 6 months (it was essentially the same as Job 4, but I left for a pay bump.) Job 6: 4 years Current Job: 3 years
Outside of job 3 and 5, I think it had a pretty normal track. For me, a perfect job is good people, somewhat interesting work, decent pay, and a short commute. I'm not lured by anything flashy these days like I was in my 20's.
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bobosensei
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Post by bobosensei on May 8, 2015 6:05:06 GMT -5
One year in highschool I worked cleaning the ballet studio in exchange for free classes. Right out of college I worked at this factory that packed and shipped Mudd jeans. Didn't last long because of the mandatory overtime, it was really hot, and my mom needed helping cleaning out and up my grandmother's house to sell after her stepdad died and grandma moved away.
In college I worked for the Students Affairs office all 4 years. One summer I worked at Cracker Barrel, and part of another summer I worked at a special collections library for the university.
My first real job was as an administrative assistant at a law firm. I did that 2.5 years. I figured out pretty quick I didn't want to go to law school, but had a harder time figuring out what I wanted. In the mean time I met and married DH and moved. After 8 months of unemployment my next job was in property management. I did that in two different locations for the same company. I did that a total of 3.5 years, and worked my way into management after the first 15 months. We moved again, and I had another 6-8 months of unemployment. I took a job with a nonprofit that was supposed to be 4 months long, and they kept me 2.5 years until DH and I moved. We've lived at our new location nearly 3 years and I haven't found work here.
So I've had a grand total of 8 jobs in my life, only 3 since graduating from college 11 years ago. We'll be moving again in 8 months time and I have no idea what I'll do next. I'm thinking of going back to the nonprofit I was with before, and working long enough to have them pay for an MBA.
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Value Buy
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Post by Value Buy on May 8, 2015 9:36:36 GMT -5
One company, six positions, moving up the chain.
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ohmomto2boys
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Post by ohmomto2boys on May 8, 2015 11:02:02 GMT -5
4 permanent jobs in 28 years. I did not finish college. Current employer/job - 23 years, 14 years full-time/9 years part-time and counting - I will, hopefully, never go back to full-time. I have had a few part-time jobs in the evenings over the years to give me extra spending money, but it has been over 15 years since I have done that and will, hopefully, not have to do that again.
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Icelandic Woman
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Post by Icelandic Woman on May 8, 2015 15:46:34 GMT -5
Before 1998 it would take to long to remember them all but a lot! Since 1998 2 and I have been in my current one for over 8 yrs.
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kittensaver
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Post by kittensaver on May 8, 2015 16:09:48 GMT -5
Wow - let's see:
HIGH SCHOOL babysitting working in an ice cream parlor (cashier, then waitress)
COLLEGE PT cashier in a department store telemarketing for the alumni association's fundraising division teaching dance teaching aerobics (both of these in private summer school programs) weekend pick-up work as a server for a few catering companies weekend pick-up work as a day-of-game ticket seller (for the Raiders, before they left La La Land) weekend pick-up work as a data entry person for a silent auctioneer (I still do this sometimes)
POST COLLEGE/PROFESSIONAL taught 1st grade taught middle school (2 different schools) worked a few months as a church secretary (rather than be unemployed after jumping out of a really bad teaching situation) left secretary job for new HR career: - real estate developer - bank - men's specialty retail - the current job, non-profit organization (promoted out of HR to exec position in admin)
I have been with this employer for almost 21 years, and intend to retire from here somewhere in the next 6-10 years.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2015 17:43:43 GMT -5
3 part time cashier jobs, then I worked full-time in operations at a bank. Started in one department and moved to another one. My old boss got a promotion and kept asking me to come work for him again. I didn't want to work in his new department as my primary job, so I agreed to work for him some evenings after my regular job. It was OT for me. I also worked some weekends in yet another department for extra hours. I started my current job and still worked 2 evenings a week at the bank. Then I quit the bank. And went back part time a couple of more times over the next few years lol. I worked full time at the bank for 3 years and I've been with my current employer for 17 years.
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