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31st December 2003, 09:22 | #41 |
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I just turned 20 and have had the following jobs
1 year = paperboy (then about 2 years off till my next job at 16) 1 month = ABC conveyer belt assembler 2 months = Enlightenz floor assistant 19 months = consumer-link telemarketer 8 months = Auckland regional council rates helpdesk 4 months and counting = EDS internal helpdesk It is my destiny to work on a phone :/ Last edited by H8^Machine : 31st December 2003 at 09:24. |
31st December 2003, 09:41 | #42 |
Dee Hast Mish
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video store (while at school)
dairy (while at school) Retail assistant Retail Manager (same store total of 6 years) Welder (3 years on and off) Call Centre Operator (1 year and counting) 6 jobs in 13 years |
31st December 2003, 09:47 | #43 |
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I'm 25. I've had 17 jobs.
junior librarian - sth waikato merchandising - Farmers Queensgate nightfill - Warehouse Lower Hutt Library depot - Gold Coast Bakery - Whangarei Shopfront cashier - Whangarei Case Manager - Whangarei winz callcentre - Henderson Data Entry - Ellerslie LDD reconciliation - Tokoroa Reconciliation/distribution - Albany data entry - newmarket IPPV project - mt wellington hotpoints callcentre - eden tce callcentre courierpost - cbd akl tvnz for 2.5years! Go me! there's something missing there cos i've had 17 jobs but I am getting old (25) and can't remember them all. That's over eight years tho. |
31st December 2003, 11:05 | #44 |
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If you don't count paper runs, I've had 3 jobs and only had 1 job interview between them. Was headhunted for 2 of them.
Foodtown 14-15 Datacom 16-20 Telecom 21-23 Have had lots of different roles within the same companies though. |
31st December 2003, 12:38 | #45 |
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-New World - Bio-organic substance/polyethelene containment system transfer technician (bag packer). 1 day. They didn't call me back, and I didn't call them.
-Dad's real estate firm during uni holidays - 3 months. Government department (same one, but 3 different jobs there) -IT tech support / helpdesk - 2 years -Network/Server Admin - 2 years -Programmer - 1 year. Then went off travelling for a bit -Crappy temp jobs in London - 3 months. -Chalet Host in Italian ski resort - 3 months. Then moved to Melbourne -Programmer - 7 months so far.
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31st December 2003, 12:49 | #46 |
Don't worry, be harpy
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Deli Girl at New World ($3.23 an hour! Whoa!)
Petroleum Transfer Technician (Caltex) Same again for Mobil Host - Te Papa Admin/Reception Phlebotomist Now work as Technical Assistant at a call centre for yet another of those corrupt multinational petroleum corporations. Free coffee. 7 jobs in 24 years. Yikes. |
31st December 2003, 12:52 | #47 |
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Paperboy - 2 years
Shell Petrol Station forecourt bitch - 3 months Office bitch - 3 months Retail (Deka) - 2 years Internet helpdesk analyst - 2 years Small business network admin/hardware engineer/security analyst - 9 months 2nd level helpdesk analyst/network admin - 5 1/2 months and counting I'm 22 now, been working since I was 13 or something. I get really bored of staying in the same job, so 2 years seems to be my maximum for now... IT as a career I guess. Not because I enjoy it, but because I'm good at it. |
31st December 2003, 16:59 | #48 |
SLUTS!!!!!!!
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starting with (uni) student jobs;
so thats about 10 jobs in 13-14 years. I count ICI, London and my current employer as the 'real' ones |
31st December 2003, 17:23 | #49 |
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Still selling stationary after 3.8 yrs and I still haven't killed myself im doing well anyone need a bic?
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31st December 2003, 18:00 | #50 |
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Well... i didnt realise there were Rulz to this job thing.
so, if we are not counting the jobs that we paid under the table then i change my statement. Change it to "one. Knife Hand in the meat works in Hawera" instead of "too damn many" [edit] infact, you all have me curious now. im gonna go sit down and try and remember how many "jobs" ive had. |
21st October 2008, 14:20 | #51 |
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Time for an update.
I am up to 10 jobs in 15 years now, 1.5 year average in each job, which I guess overall isn't bad. Lat 5 years I have had another 3 jobs since the first post, 1 redundancy, which was the job before the one I have now, a real bugger that as I really liked that job 2 redundanices in the 15 years now.
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21st October 2008, 14:30 | #52 |
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hmm..
paper boy (2 years) petroleum transfer technician (6 months or so) car valet (6 months) car valet again (6 months) labourer (about 3 weeks lol) fitness instructor (7 or so months and counting) personal trainer (About a month) so 7 jobs all up in 10 years. |
21st October 2008, 14:31 | #53 |
Fuck up Ashley
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Shows the decline in employer retention through the yeasrs
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21st October 2008, 14:33 | #54 |
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13 jobs in about 10 years. Five of those part-time while studying. Can't imagine staying in the same job for longer than two years.
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21st October 2008, 14:34 | #55 |
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And just for a contrast...
Pre "real jobs":
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21st October 2008, 14:36 | #56 |
Don't worry, be harpy
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13 jobs in 10 years. Some part time, some fixed contract.
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21st October 2008, 14:37 | #57 |
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Interesting thread,
labourer for civil engineering firm (16yrs old as a 3 month summer job) bartender @ prospect - 9 months cleaner @ fitness centre - 6 months warehouse bitch - school supplies (3 months summer job X 2 years) installer bitch - vidak davies (3 months summer job) bartender @ defontein - 2 yearsish bartender @ buoy - 6 months cameraman for grassroots rugby - 8 weeks or so logger @ sky tv - 2 weeks alt tv - 2 years left most of the jobs because of moving or they generally sucked. do a bit of freelance stuff here and there. |
21st October 2008, 14:38 | #58 |
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This is my first real job out of university, been here for 7 years so far.
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21st October 2008, 14:48 | #59 | |
get to da choppa
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Came back, was in my next job for a month then came to my current where I have been for 18. So that would be 8 jobs in 8 years. |
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21st October 2008, 14:48 | #60 |
I have detailed files
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Hmm - let me think.
Paperboy - 18 months Computer Camp tutor - 2 or 3 fortnights Trolleyboy / nightfill - 2.5 years concurrent with above Accounts clerk (summer job) concurrent with above - in competing supermarket chains - 3 months Government office cadet / clerical - 3 years Government auditor - 1 year Government IT support specialist - 3 years Private sector IT support specialist - 2 years SOE IT support specialist / DBA / Team lead - 12 years + |
21st October 2008, 14:55 | #61 |
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I'm going to ignore pre-'real' jobs; and I've also moved around different roles at the same employers, so I'll group them.
Employer 1 - Large Bank - Call centre pleb - 1 year - Better, more specialised call centre pleb - 8 months - Internal Communications (essentially marketing to staff) - 1.5 years TOTAL = 2 years, 2 months Employer 2 - PC Retailer - Branch Manager - 1.5 years Employer 3 - IT Firm (UK) - Direct Sales Guy - 6 months - Business Development Executive - 2.5 years TOTAL 3 years Employer 4 - IT Firm (NZ) - Account Manager / Client Director - 2 years and counting Employers 3 and 4 are partner/vendor related, so arguably the same job, it's just that I moved back to NZ.
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21st October 2008, 14:57 | #62 |
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hmmm
Bum out of school job, delivering stuff - 2 years (ouch) Contract programming - 4 years (during this one hired me for over a year, until I got bored and left) Soft Dev/IT Manager - 2.5 years and counting |
21st October 2008, 14:57 | #63 |
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over 9000!
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21st October 2008, 15:24 | #64 |
Mate, feed, kill, repeat
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Still studying, but starting from when I was like 15:
Supermaket - 1yr Petroleum transfer technician (credit to leadinjector) - ~3 months lol Washing dishes at old folks home - ~1yr Helpdesk support at uni library - 1 yr Sales and retention at Xnet - 1.5 yrs Product development at ozone sensor manufacturer - 1 yr (first real engineering job yay) Hopefully very soon: product development at Fisher and Paykel Healthcare... they should be getting back to applicants this week :D Boo @ driving to East Tamaki for work though. |
21st October 2008, 15:34 | #65 |
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Pizza Hut while studying - 2 years
Teletech (Xtra support) - 2.5 years GDC Communications - 2.5 years Unisys - 2.5 years BTG - 6 months Kordia LTD - 3 months Grouse Mountain (Vancouver) - 6 months Been with current employer coming up 5 months since getting back from overseas. Rough figures from around 1997 til present. |
21st October 2008, 15:43 | #66 |
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Service deli in supermarket - c. 1 year
Washing dishes at various restaurants - c. 5 years Summer job processing geophysical data Summer job reorgansing a companies files and some magnetometer work Tutoring at uni - 2 years, mostly whilst other jobs were going Geoscientist - start in 2 months |
21st October 2008, 15:49 | #67 |
The Deliverator
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Making pizza's at Pizza Haven was the pinaccle of my career. It's all been down hill since then. Working in an office tapping keys staring at a screen, it's a far cry from the fun of making pizza all day long
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21st October 2008, 15:51 | #68 |
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Datacom: 2years
BTG: 2years Trigold Software: 7months Been with current employer for about 2months About 4 jobs over 5 years |
21st October 2008, 16:00 | #69 |
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Think I'm in a similar situation to Sid, since leaving school:
6 months at British Car Auctions - awsome job ('specially when sports car sales were on), but crap pay/conditions and I knew it was only a fill-in really. 13 years for same company in London (variety of IT jobs, but same company) 4 years for Axon in NZ 2.5 years (so far) for Computer Concepts in NZ So yeah, 4 full time jobs in coming up for 20 years. |
21st October 2008, 16:01 | #70 |
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Current job I've been in for almost 4 years - my previous most long standing was 3 years (though I changed positions in the organisation during that time). The rest of it has been temp contracts (for a couple of years) and a few which were less than a year (6 - 9 months mostly).
So maybe 10 jobs over 17 years... Pixie
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21st October 2008, 16:05 | #71 |
Pornstar
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3 jobs according to inland revenue
1 year - auditing 1 year - ihug helpdesk 8 years - TelstraClear (4 different positions)
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21st October 2008, 16:06 | #72 |
snakes & ladders
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since leaving uni, 3 jobs in 9 years
(plus a short temping contract for a few weeks between roles) |
21st October 2008, 16:06 | #73 |
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Currently in my 10th job in 20 years, only 4 of them have been full time.
An overview - Pamphlet delivery (1c per pamphlet, woo!) Computer tutor Cook/Cleaner for a diner/cafe Graveyard shift for The Warehouse (3 months over a summer) Warehouse stock filler (not The Warehouse) HTML Gimp and PHP programmer (2.5 years, WebMedia) Contract Javascript programmer (2 weeks) HTML gimp on contract (2 weeks) PHP programmer / System Admin (3.5 years, iSERVE) Ruby on Rails programmer (1.5 years, current, HireThings.com)
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21st October 2008, 16:12 | #74 |
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I miss my pizza making days.. learned the real thing, making the dough, throwing it in the air, flicking off the dirt on the ones I dropped.. "what the eyes don't see the chef gets away with". Such simple times!
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21st October 2008, 16:33 | #75 |
I stole the cookies...
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hmmm....3 proper ones for me
First: (after school) job - Assisting at Old Peoples home = approx 2 years. Second: Job as Workshop Coordinator = there for just over 5 years. Third (Present day): job- everything = so far been here 4.5 years and still loving it.... no plans to leave anytime soon. |
21st October 2008, 16:42 | #76 |
Frag-muff
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Since retiring as a student (most recent first)
2.5 yrs and counting - CSR/domain registry
3.5 yrs - message centre operator - transcribing messages 2.5 yrs - sales and build/repair of PCs 1.5 yrs - designer (web/graphic/GUI) Two more years in my current job and I'll have a pattern going.
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21st October 2008, 18:39 | #77 |
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Paid for jobs:
1 yr, Part time, at a shoe company in sales 4.5 yrs, Full Time, in a insurance company 0.5 yrs, Full Time, in IT for engineering company coming up a year in Investments company Ive done a lot of unpaid jobs, from event management to massage to dancing around like a monkey for the Dom post and now photography. Currently looking for a new job in a completely different field..
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21st October 2008, 18:50 | #78 |
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Wow, last time i post in this thread i had had 4 jobs... crazy, now that i just turned 22...
Paperboy, Shop assistant, Storesman, Sales Assistant, NZ Army, Petrol pumper, Radiologist assistant, Fitter and turner / general engineer, Welder / gener engineer, Storesman manager, Civil Engineer. 11 jobs.... phew. |
21st October 2008, 19:21 | #79 |
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ok i'll play:
6 months Pizza Hut morning shift (making dough etc) 4 or 5 years corporate audio visual control systems (started as gopher, ended as lead coder guy. Final job was coding Peter Jackson's home theater!... from the office =\ Then i got high with a work mate and tried speed for the first time. cyberbob almost joined us but piked. Good times) 3 years studying jazz / part-time IHC home-support / part-time piano teacher 3 years cycle postie |
21st October 2008, 19:53 | #80 |
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first job first, going to most recent at the bottom. I'm 25.
1 year part time vendor desktop support engineer 1 year contract code monkey 2 years full time vendor desktop support engineer 3.5 years full time infrastructure support engineer/sys admin/project manager 2 months infrastructure engineer/technology consultant
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