What jobs/careers have you had?

[rightcharlie]

Oh yeah, timeshare sales and security at a straight brothel were my less glam jobs. (they knew the women would be "safe" after all....)

[rainbowcraft]

Look at lulu.com

you can have your work professional published and bound in paperback and in your hands for about £5 -£6 now POD (print on demand) is changing that whole world, its a very new technology. The quality, speed and price will blow you away. It can be on your doormat in five days.

even if you never sell anything it its so cheap now you can even upload and order a book of dodgy drawings or poems just for fun.

and if you have some decent work, well they make great gifts - and you can even sell 'em online if you want ( a tesoc/amazon online listing costs about £300 to set up, no guarantee anyone will buy though!)

they only print them when they're sold - so there's no risk - if the cost is £4 and you charge £8 (+ shipping) they dropship them for you and send you about £3.10.

well worth a look.

lightningsource is cheaper but less user friendly.

Hmm! Thanks Charlie! I always shyed away from vanity publishers, but this seems a bit more fun/easy/cheap/what I'd want!

[rightcharlie]

Hmm! Thanks Charlie! I always shyed away from vanity publishers, but this seems a bit more fun/easy/cheap/what I'd want!

vanity publishing starts at about £3K and is something different altogether. (in its true sense, though doing this could be seen as vain, though no more than spending six quid on a hair style i guess) this is little more costwise than buying a decent ring binder lets face it, hardly vain at all. I mean even filing a paperback is easier than hanging onto a manuscipt.

This is totally new, it will likely revolutionises publishing (in due course) no one will be ordering print runs of 5000 books + within a couple of years

I guess its a bit like how burning your own Cd's changed music. obviously, there's a lot of dross about but think what daniel bedingfield did from did from his bedroom - writers now have very similar tools.

Im a big fan, try one of your own, just to get a feel eh...

[TaraCM]

k, hmmm ....
when i was 16, went on holiday wiv my sis and never came back for a year so did the bars and clubs and was also a night receptionist
Dorothy Perkins/Burtons, Woolies, Next, as a sales 'advisor'
and now i work for my dad as the company secretary

[emma5721]

never had a career as such just fell into things as and when
secretary secretary secretary lol
pa
then *customer relations* (sorting out pharmaceutical orders for customers in middle east - best job i ever had)
then parenthood struck lol
alll gone downhill from there
now make a bob or two sometimes online but thinking about going back to work - pension and all that crap

[funky_fudge_factory]

This might take a while.....

Whilst at college:-

Admin/Receptionist for an Insurance Company
Credit Checker at a finance Company
Worked on a Fruit & Veg stall in the market on Saturdays
Pot washer and sandwich maker at sandwich shop

Weekend work after college:-

Waitress
Father in Laws Jewellery Shop
Donnington Market for Father in law selling irons *yawn*
Donnington Market for Father in law selling body jewellery
Thoresby Market Selling watches (for father in law)
Thoresby Market selling drills (you know how it goes)
Telesales for Olan Mills (for all of 2 hours - HATED it)

Left College, main jobs were:-

Reception at a firm of Solicitors
Secretary (and some times accounts) at Same firm of Solicitors
PA at another firm of Solicitors
Conveyancing Executive at same firm of Solicitors
Conveyancing Executive for different firm of Solicitors (then left to have my little boy)
Funky Fudgemeister and part-time admin/accounts at local advice centre when they need holiday cover, although I have stopped doing that now is it drove me INSANE - stoopid office politics

Oh crap, nearly forgot, also Chocolate Fountain Assistant for a friend!!!

I think that's it


God Damn I love my job !

[BunjeesPiggiesPoochins]

Its nice reading what jobs others have had, mine are pretty boring in comparison LOL

Newsagent assistant

Supermarket cashier (longest (2yrs lol, the rest Ive had were all temporary) & worst job Ive had, the customers were lovely, it was the staff that were mean)

Admin assistant at a hospital

Office junior (just computer work)

I have always wanted to write a book. Ive had this interest ever since I was at primary school.
I have written some pages before, then gave up and threw them in the bin LOL.
But I am thinking of trying again one day. It would be nice to sit on the beach with a laptop typing one up
Im also good at drawing logo's so am looking for ways I could make some cash from that. My brother has started designing tshirts, so I might follow him with that, or I might try birthday or xmas cards.

And Im also doing some modelling for some stock photography which I hope to turn into a full time business with my bf (who is the photographer) one day. That is our dream anyway, but Ive been too lazy to do any for ages

I was hoping one day to become self employed doing ebay, but what with all those rules & regulations about not being able to sell branded clothes or make up anymore, I just cant be bothered with it, but you never know...maybe one day, if I havent forgotten how to do it as I havent really done it for weeks and weeks lol

Does anyone know of anywhere I can send my logo's off to?
I did one of ebay which my Mum said I should send to ebay, but do you think they would accept it?

Thanks

[Stu_Millard]

My first job was building roller shutter doors during the summer between leaving 6th Form and going to Uni. The money wasn't much, but I enjoyed it. Since then, I've worked for the same company in a variety of guises in different jobs: Admin and Office Moves Co-Ordinator, IT Assistant, Operations Analyst, PC Support and now IT Customer Service Co-Ordination.