What did you used to do?

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Bayview's "what do you do?" thread has got me thinking of what I used to do or have done for a crust.

I've been a:

pizza delivery driver
door to door salesman
telemarketer
inbound call centre worker
product development manager for a finance firm
laborer
equities and derivatives trader
data entry
mortgage clerk
corporate actions officer
share registry clerk
glassy
copywriter
features writer - restaurant reviews
book keeper
barman
fast food franchisee
stockbroker
clothes security tag inserter (all I did for two whole weeks)
online marketing team manager
and am currently a digital strategist (professional Facebooker)

can't believe i've crammed all this in and love the fact that i've tried a few things.

So tell me, what did you used to do?
 
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my turn

Waiter/Bar tender/Food deliverer
5 Star Hotel Room Service/Butler
Casino Chip/Currency/Cash Dealer
Imported a few cars for resale
Professional Tennis Player (A very bad one)
Started own IT Company (Failed MISERABLY)
Online Business Owner (IT)
Tennis Coach
Body Builder
Restaurant Owner
Cafe/Restaurant Consultant
Professional Bum
 
Pizza Sprinkler/Deliverer
New Homes Sales Consultant
Girl Friday (yes that was what the job ad read!)
IT Consumables Sales
IT Help Desk
IT System Administrator
O&G Application Support
Portfolio Management
O&G Data Management Analyst

What will I be? Currently shortlisted for a Coordinator role - fingers crossed.
 
Things where I have made decent money from over the years

Im a child of the 70s, and as a mid 20s in the decade of the "recession we had to have, you learned to become adaptable) and did what was available to earn a buck.

Aluminium Can collector ( used to make 70 bucks a week as 13 yr old )
Beer Bottle trader
Paper Boy
Butchers TA
Builders labourer (hence my dislike for BLF in the early 80s)
Brick Cleaner ( when ya used to do that stuff by hand)
Wool Testing in a laboratory for wool classing
Supermarket Night Filler
Animal Ambulance Operator ( mainly volunteer work)
Field Hand for Diamond Exploration work doing Chopper hopping
Rocket Scientist minus 2 letters ( Geologist, exploration and production)
MLM
Haulpack driver
Front End loader operator
Shot Firers monkey
ISO QA implementation consultant offshore
Document Management System Consultant
High Density Office and Industrial Storage systems design and delivery
Commercial Interiors Sales Design and Delivery
Business Management Consultant
Financial Adviser
Xenix/Unix monkey
MV detailer
Spraypainter
Mortgage Broker
Various tinkering in businesses
Financial Planning Biz Owner

Obviously there is some overlap from one work role to another there.

I Have been hugely blessed with parentage that values work ethic, commitment and flexibility. That grounding has brought a wide variety of "work " and life skills opportunities into my life.

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Paper round
Put ties through labels on plant tags (before machines took over)
McDonalds
Coles check out chick
Waitress
Casino croupier
Gym Instructor
Body Pump
& Body Combat Instructor
Personal Trainer
Bar Maid
Tutor
 
Great thread.

As for me.

Pub shelf stacked (aged 10)
Paper Boy (Aged 13)
Cafe numpty (Still the hardest job I've ever had)
Retail Smiler (Yes that is literally all I did, apparently deters thieves. Actually deterred me from working for them)
BMW quality control
Functions Waiter (loved this as got to see lots of celebs and cool venues)
Advertising Sales Exec (hated with a passion)
Account Manager (Meh!)
BDM (Meh!)
Real Estate Agent
Valuer
Property Consultant
Buyers Agent
 
I know this is a follow on from the 'what do you do' thread. But as a follow on to this thread. What did you want to do and what changed/stopped you?

For me:

RAF Pilot (Colour blind, so that was me gone aged 8)
Pro footballer (Not good enough aged 12)
Architect (2 weeks work experience bored me to tears)
Film Maker (Actually did this as a hobby til 21 and realised it was too bloody hard and time consuming to make any money)
Buyers Agent (Got there in the end and still love it, although would still love to do any of the above with the exception of being an Architect)
 
Videotape operator at Channel 7 Melbourne
Tram Conductor
Part time search clerk for a law firm
Architect
Town planner
Lawyer
Public servant with the federal public service with the Housing Affordability Fund and the Building Better Regional Cities team
 
DJ/Floor manager/canteen worker (Mum and Dad's skating rink age 8-10)
Paper boy (girl?)
Maccas girl
Retail worker
Hairdresser
Receptionist/Sales assistant
Copywriter
Property manager
And soon to be director of my own company!

Can I add in my mother/house wife duties? :p

It's interesting where some of you have "come from" to where you are now. Westminster - good luck!
 
This is bringing back memories :rolleyes:

Sawmill worker,
Painting apprentice,
Father
House Doctor,
Renovator,
Boreman Mechanic,
Professional shooter,
Funeral undertaker
Funeral Director (Still have family who own business with 2 crematoriums)
Counceller,
Grandfather
Sole trader,
Director,
 
mrmonopoly said:
I know this is a follow on from the 'what do you do' thread. But as a follow on to this thread. What did you want to do and what changed/stopped you?
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Wanted to be a tournament professional golfer...did the 3 year Traineeship in the proshop and tried to get ready for it.

What stopped me?

Started playing the circuit with almost no money up my sleeve, and very quickly spent what I had on travelling costs (back then it was approx $500 per week minimum to get around Aus). Pro-am prizemoney is pathetic unless you are in top 3, and I couldn't make a cut in the big events (made the cut in the 1983 Huntingdale Masters however - only event I managed it).

Returned to Melb with no money, no car (hit a kangaroo in QLD), nowhere to live and no job...had to board with a mate, go back to work to get back on my feet, and by the time I had enough of a cashroll to proceed, I had realised that I wasn't all that good and would no doubt lose it all again.

Went into running proshops and teaching.


Things I've done -
1. As above; 30 years in industry all up, and included most of below along the way...
2. Barman; 2 years
3. Menswear retail; 2 years
4. Real Estate sales; 3 months
5. Ran a B&B with my wife; 2 years
6. Nurse assistant in ICU; 3 years.
7. House dad (in USA); 3 years.
8. Automotive repairs and tyre business owner;current for last 4 years.
 
Oh i am so boring :(

Retail shop "do whatever" (mum and Dads shop )

Got sent to Pacific Film Labs in grade 11 for work experience
They gave me a job in retail
Worked in various 1hr photo shops for nearly 20 years before finally buying
my own shops and ran them for 10years (then had my own kids as "slaves" oops i mean staff :). )

Sold shops before digital took a big hold.. Worked as a staff trainer/ service tech/ admin for my photographic supplier.

Pushed hubby into strated his own trade biz....work admin for it

Started up import/distribution online biz.
 
Switched back and forth between similar roles. Though to simplify.

Pre-Undergrad
- Telstra mobile tester
- Optus door-door sales

Undergrad
- Subway - sandwhich artist ;) (fav job)
- Civil Site Engineering (council) - water works
- Civil Engineering (private) - document control
- Marcs - retail assistant

Post Undergrad
- Civil Site Engineering (council) - capital works project officer
- Civil Supervisor (council) - pavement works supervisor
- Civil Site Engineering (private) - highway construction

and a lot of volunteer roles in between. From running a small class to organising resources in state regions.
 
hmmm - had to put the thinking cap on as that's going back a few years

Strawberry picker
Shop assistant in corner store
Bank Teller
Accountants assistant x 2 (and sucked at both)
Receptionist x 2
Applications processor (AGC)
Secretary
Customer Service Inbound Calls (Telstra)
Defaults and disconnections (Telstra)
Work Management (Telstra)
Stay at home mum
Serial renovator
Vendor Financier

Currently vineyard/horse owner ... and trying to bring a neglected rural property under control.

Will soon been 4.5 star tourist cottages owner/operator and cropping garlic.

What did I want to be? ... a police officer - and nothing but a police officer - but was talked out of it by my mother. She was right but I do regret not following the dream.

What do I still want to do? finish a drafting or landscape design course at TAFE - and possibly and interior design course
 
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