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 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 12:02 AM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)

Here's my list, in no particular order (except for the last three, which are the most recent):

furniture mover
custom picture framer
church custodian
movie theater employee (ticket taker, usher, box office cashier)
custom picture framer (again)
used CD store employee
pregnancy test kit assembly-line person (I kid you not)
employee at a chain store that sold CDs in the mall
canvas-stretcher/mounter for an artwork company
delivery driver for a pharmacy
employee at a retail toy store
employee at a retail discount clothing store
mom'n'pop video rental store employee
telesalesperson for a running shoe company
facilities person for the same running shoe company (after I'd tired of the telesales)
library page
library technician
librarian (current)

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 2:56 AM   
 By:   Zooba   (Member)

Der Wienersnitzel - Very first paying job. I was in High School

Circus Clown at Marriot's Great America Theme Park Santa Clara California - I was 18 when I started and Worked 3 Summer Seasons 1976-78 Performed in 4 to 6 shows a day and Parades. Also worked as Actor in Stage Comedy Sideshow.

Intergrated Circuit Tester/ Burn-in Operator Silicon Valley

Movie Theater Employer Worked myself up from Popcorn & Drinks to Box Office Manager

D.J. & M.C. spinning Vinyl at Le Baron Hotel Nightclub Private Parties & Events

Telephone O Operator TSPS Domestic/Overseas Pacific Telephone Company

Santa Claus - Christmas Season 1983

Stage Actor (40 years)

Movie and TV Extra and Stand-in Work

Professional Laugher - The Nanny (Fran Drescher) Murphy Brown (Candace Bergen)

Voice Over - Crowd Scenes Disney's HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, PRINCE Videos

Production Assistant - Various Film/TV projects including HARRY & THE HENDERSON, FIRST & TEN (O.J. Simpson Series)

Movie Sneak Preview/Special Screenings Coordinator

Various Temp Agency Jobs - from Demonstrating Products to Filing etc. etc.

Market Research - Various Products

Event Personnel / Usher - Long Beach Arena / Terrace Theater, Many Events including 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and Liberace's Final Tour.

Videographer - Freelance, Actor's Video Resume's - Various Theater Productions - Company Training Films

Printed Circuit Board Various Duties/Shipping - Washington State

Entertainment Industry Event Catering

Personal Assistant - Real Estate Beverly Hills

Payroll Cashier Lorimar Studios

Warehouse Manager Promotion/Publicity Warner Bros. Intl. TV Distribution

L.A. LIVE Videographer Various Entertainment Industry Events

Studio Security - Loading Dock

Security - Aerospace

Security - Warner Bros. Music and Records Warehouse

Restaurant Waiter (At my Cousin's Restaurant, Lasted 2 days NOT FOR ME)

Food Service Delivery Driver

Science Adventures Teacher - Summer Kid's Camp

After school Pick-Up and Shuttle Driver

Drama Teacher Writer/Director/Producer of Children's Theater - Grades K - 8


It's all been pretty fun and rewarding.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 4:45 AM   
 By:   Adam.   (Member)

Janitor for aircraft hangar - called a "hangar boy"
Landscape maintenance for county park
Tree climber and cutter for forestry crew
Auto parts delivery
Dump truck driver
Manager of architectural printing shop, 1997 - today

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 5:11 AM   
 By:   Graham S. Watt   (Member)

Hmmm,

Pen-pusher in local government (boring)
Salesman of "Advertising Space" (frustrating)
Record Shop Assistant (boring, annoying and frustrating - all those people buying pop music!!!)
Salesman of Revolutionary Furnaces (frustrating, and a pyramid scam too)
Sports Shop Assistant (zzzzzzzz... I find tennis rackets to be stressfully boring)
Dishwasher in New York (perhaps my favourite job - lots of laughs)
Driver of Dustbin Lorry (y'know, refuse collector, trashman... smelly job)
Hotel Receptionist (OK)
Duty Manager at a Residence for Overseas Students (great job - varied work, great staff, great students... Why did I leave that place?)

Those were the "random" ones. Now I'm a SERIOUS businessman.... zzzzzzzzzzz

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 6:02 AM   
 By:   Tall Guy   (Member)

Professional Laugher - The Nanny (Fran Drescher) Murphy Brown (Candace Bergen)


Zoob - a great and eclectic list. But "professional laugher"? I could probably guess, but please elaborate on this!

TG

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 6:15 AM   
 By:   Ray Faiola   (Member)

Aside from my off-hours work restoring film scores and doing stage and radio acting, I've had relatively few employers:

My dad - Park Radio & Television in Larchmont
The Brickell Grocery in Miami
WCIX Television in Miami
Rosemary Scott Temp Agency in NYC
CBS in NYC (30 years and counting - 21 years in present position).

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 6:57 AM   
 By:   ScottDS   (Member)

Target - mainly in the electronics department
Best Buy - movies and music
Books-a-Million - cashier
MGM - file clerk, entertainment legal dept. (temp)
Freelance PA
Non-union TV extra
MGM - clerk, records management/special projects (temp)
Circuit City - I only lasted four hours... what a mistake this was!
Orange County (FL) Courthouse - file clerk, criminal division (temp)... the only job I ever walked out on
SunTrust Bank - collections support specialist (temp)... I had no idea what I was doing
LeadAmerica - admissions assistant (temp)
SimplexGrinnel, a division of Tyco - customer service/sales specialist (temp)
NASA - human test subject, Spaceflight Simulation Study (http://pillownaut.blogspot.com/)

I'm almost done with the NASA study. What's next... I have no idea.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 7:13 AM   
 By:   Prince Damian   (Member)

I've only had the one job in 22 years

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 8:30 AM   
 By:   Paul MacLean   (Member)

Lab Assistant
House Cleaner
Santa Claus
Runner for Dick Clark Productions
Production Assistant
Extra
Assistant Craft Service
Assistant to an Opera Director
Easter Bunny
Film Reviewer
Photographer
Surgical Instrument Courier
Cashier
Delivery guy / dishwasher for Italian restaurant
Vending machine replenisher
Videographer
Leatherworker / Sandal maker

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 8:43 AM   
 By:   mastadge   (Member)

I have few jobs but many and diverse responsibilities and experiences throughout those jobs.

I've worked at a bird hospital, at a botanic garden, at a womens' prison, and at a Chinese community center.

I've built houses, a school, a church, an outhouse, and a labyrinth.

I'm certified in mass care, windstorm mitigation for the home, and composting.

I've worked out of a tent city, out of a tent, out of a warehouse, out of a church, out of the suburbs and out of a hotel.

I've run a leadership program for eighth-graders, run community outreach programming for homeless pre-schoolers, overseen the youth at a NOBLE convention, and have led a team of young adults around the country.

And that's just scratching the surface of my ridiculous existence.

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 9:25 AM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

Professional or non-professional jobs?

Fast food worker (where I learned that fast food is neither...)
Church janitor (on Friday nights after the basketball games)
Drug store employee and delivery
Delivery driver
Early morning cleanup crew at the local department store
Cashier and accounts payable at a Chevy dealership
Setup and teardown at the local hotel / conference center
Office janitorial
Bookstore clerk
Customer service / dispatcher at a heating & air conditioning company
College dorm resident adviser
Sales clerk at Rose's (Walmart-type store)
Delivered phone books
Film sorter at overnight film processing plant
7-11 type store clerk
Summer camp counselor
Summer camp program director

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 9:27 AM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

Professional Laugher - The Nanny (Fran Drescher) Murphy Brown (Candace Bergen)



Do you get residuals on your laughs?

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 9:32 AM   
 By:   Mark Ford   (Member)

Here's my list from my 35 years of work experience. The last 4 cover the last 20 years.

High School: Swimming pool company store stocker and custodian

College: University school of music listening library desk clerk
Shipping and receiving clerk for non-destructive testing equipment company
Doorman for hotel in Manhattan

Post College: Grounds keeper for condominium project, just watered plants & grass
Private lessons music instructor
Contract postal station clerk
Electronics technician for IT manufacturing company
Office help and computer operator for secretarial service
Various IT positions at The U. of Texas Medical School school ranging from desktop support to Network engineer
Network analyst contractor at NASA's Johnson Space Center
Network Analyst/Engineer and System Analyst back at the same medical school
Unemployed and seemingly unemployable goldbricker and FSM blog writer

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:23 AM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Hmmm. No former male models.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:24 AM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

I'll just list an interesting one:

Temp secretary to a man was EXTREMELY rich, lived on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (and had his office in his home), and was about as dumb as a dust bunny.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:25 AM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)


College: University music listening library desk clerk


Been there, done that! Thrillsville, wasn't it?

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:27 AM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)

Oh, I forgot the temp job where one of my duties at an investment banking firm was to make sure that the glass doors at the executive entrance had been wiped clean of fingerprints.

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:27 AM   
 By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member)


used CD store employee


Wuz zis how your massive cd collection got its start?

 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:34 AM   
 By:   Josh   (Member)


used CD store employee


Wuz zis how your massive cd collection got its start?


It definitely fueled the fire, and it was while working there that I discovered my passion for film music. The first soundtrack I purchased was Flash Gordon (Queen), and the rest, as they say...

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 22, 2009 - 11:35 AM   
 By:   Greg Bryant   (Member)

Oh, I forgot the temp job where one of my duties at an investment banking firm was to make sure that the glass doors at the executive entrance had been wiped clean of fingerprints.

Kind of reminds me of when I was working as a customer service / dispatcher in the HVAC company. The summer or winter season would hit and we would be swamped with calls, working around the clock - and the main company manager would wander around complaining about all of the dust on the baseboards...

 
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