I was just filling out this thing for my alumni stuff form high school and they asked how many jobs I've held in the last 10 years. I added it all up and wanted to die... I've held 12 jobs in 10 years. How pathetic is that? Now granted this was some of college and post college still and at least 2 were concurrent, but really. Here they are:
Camp Counselor (summer 95 & 96 & 97)
Student Library Assistant (School year 95 - 96)
Substitute teacher (AK) (96 - 97)
Bookstore clerk (96 - 97)
Temp (Indiana) (97 - 98)
Program coordinator with developmentally disabled adults (Ie babysitter) (98 - 99)
Teacher (AZ) (98 - 99)
Temp (CA) (99)
Dot com in CA (99 - 2002)
Temp (WA) (02 - 03)
Casino (6 months in 03)
Current job (03 - Present)
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I admit that I was completely shocked when you said 12 jobs in the last ten years. I was even more shocked when I realized I had the exact same amount.
1- Resident Assistant (RA) (in college)
2- Museum Attendant (in college)
3- Camp Counselor (in college)
4- Child Development Specialist (first real job after college)
5- Clerk at office supply store(night job, concurrent with previous job)
6- Private Tutor (while in grad school)
7- Worked for mom (after dropping out of grad school)
8- Data Coordinator temp.
9- Producer at dotcom #1
10- Producer at dotcom #2
11- Producer at dotcom #3 (current job)
12- Freelance Web Consultant (concurrent with last two jobs)
Let's see....
1. RA in college
2. Admin asst/groundskeeper
3. RD in college
4. Admin asst job #1
5. Conference housing
6. Admin asst job #2
7. Customer Service intern
8. Hall Director in TX
9. Asst apartment handyman (don't ask)
10. AIDS housing advocate
11. Whatever I was at Pallotta TeamWorks
12. Volunteer Coordinator
13. Asst Apt Mgr
14. Bar-person
15. Temporary Center Coordinator
16. Life coach
17. Freelance grantwriter
18. Development Director
Damn. COnsidering there were three months when 13-17 overlapped, no wonder I was so tired.
MP: How is your Life Coach thing going? Are you no longer working toward doing that full time?
I'm on hiatus as a life coach. I want to re-focus my practice away from big-money clients and focus on people who, while they may not be able to afford a "real" life coach, need the services nonetheless to make big changes in their lives.
I don't have the time or energy to do that right now, but I hope to be able to get off to a fresh start once I wrap things up at the Festival.
How are you classifying jobs? Anything that earns you money? Starting 10years ago this month, here goes:
1. Taco Johns (shut up, it was like 3 months during my freshman year of college)
2. Tutor (at the college study center. Damn did they let some dumb students into the system.)
3. Office assistant for the Dean of Students (at least two years in college; concurrent with #2)
4. Orientation Leader for freshman at college (three years; a few weeks each summer. I loved it.)
5. Human Resource Assistant for a really really shitty bank (first post-college job)
6. Project Manager for Team A
7. Project Manager for Team B
8. Project Manager for Team C
9. Business Coordinator (current role)
Crap. I forgot about being an orientation leader. I do believe that was paying gig.
I don't remember getting paid for that. That's why I didn't include it.
I didn't get paid for being an orientation leader either so I didn't count it.
KTP, I was counting anything that I did to earn money.
You all didn't get paid for OL? We got like $300 for the week, week-and-a-half, depending on how many sessions there were.
I thought we did get paid for it. Why else would I have done it? Maybe just to get into the dorms early?
Nope. We did it to move out of little beirut and into the dorms early.
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