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lizzie_and_ariI HAVE CREATED MY OWN MEME. This is what maternity leave is good for.
It follows a few conversations I've had about how many different jobs people have had. For example, I believe the gentleman currently covering my maternity leave has had only two, depending on how you count it, whereas I have had over 50.
The rules: list the jobs you have had, including approximate time you worked there and approximate age when you were. The same type of job with different employers counts each time, self-employed type jobs pretty much count as one, but it's up to you how separate you regard(ed) them. You don't necessarily have to have been paid in cash; a job is defined as anything for which you were either paid, aspired to be paid (eg commission or self -employed stuff that never actually made money) and/or had regular responsibilities towards (eg ongoing voluntary work, internships).
I was going to say 'tag as many people as you've had jobs, but I'm not tagging 53 people, so just tag as many folk as you like. I tag everyone reading this on LJ, in an attempt to re-energise LJ.
1. Actor, on and off (7-26)
2. Washing up in a Care Home, 6 months (£1.25/hour!) (13)
3. Paper round, 2 months (13)
4. Babysitter, on and off (14 onwards)
5. Drama worker, 1 year (14)
6. Washing up in an Italian restaurant, 2 months (16)
7. Working in my Mum’s village shop, on and off (16-20)
8. Theatre flyerer, 2 weeks, (16)
9. Shoe salesperson, 1 shift (16)
10. Some kind of weird sales job where I was giving away cheap haircuts but not really, 1 shift (20)
11. Laundry person in a care home, 3 months (17)
12. Selling double glazing, one shift! (17)
13. Barmaid, 1 year (18)
14. Purchase ledger person in a fruit and veg wholesaler, 6 months (18)
15. Data entry for a tyre manufacturer, 1 week (18)
16. Data entry for local council, 1 week (18)
17. Data entry for tech company, 2 weeks (18)
18. Nanny, on and off (18-19)
19. Data entry for government organisation, 3 hours (19)
20. Childminder, six weeks (19)
21. Data entry for a financial company, 6 months (19-20)
22. Cleaner for HMV, 3 months (19)
23. Office cleaner in Stratford, 2 months (19)
24. Different office cleaner in Stratford, 1 month (19)
25. Self-employed style cleaner of a few houses in Stratford, 2 months (19)
26. Waitress at a local café , 1 month (19)
27. Office cleaner in Edinburgh, 2 weeks (19)
28. Data entry, car company, 2 weeks (19)
29. Selling clothes, 1 shift (20)
30. Charity collector, 4 months (20)
31. Nursery temp worker, Edinburgh 2 months (21)
32. Nursery temp worker, Brisbane, 1 shift (21)
33. Chair of theatre company, 1 year (21-22)
34. Ghost tour guide, 15 months (22-23)
35. Comedy reviewer, 10 years (22-31)
36. Barmaid, few shifts (22)
37. Self employed comedy promoter, on and off (22-29)
38. Comedy club doorperson/tech/office person, 9 months (23-24)
39. Selling mobile phones plans in Australia (one shift!) (24)
40. Sales for a comedy club, 6 weeks (24)
41. Receptionist in social work centre, 6 months (24)
42. Legal admin, total about 15 months (left and came back) (24-25)
43. Stand-up comedian, 18 months (24-26)
44. Production work for large charity comedy event, 3 months (25)
45. Legal secretary, 2 months (26)
46. Admin for arts quango, 18 months (26-27)
47. Section editor for magazine, 2 years (26-29)
48. Proofreader, 5 years (27-32)
49. Fundraiser for a charity (writing applications), 1 year on and off (28-30)
50. Tutor, local council, 2 years (28-31)
51. Fundraiser for a theatre company (writing applications), 3 months (28-30)
52. Web editor for a university, 4 years (28-32)
53. Director of comics CIC, 2 years (29-31)
(Most of the very short-term stuff here is when I was temping so was just short-term – sometimes as little as a day - some I quit. It's interesting how the jobs become fewer but longer as I've got older. I might make a graph.)
It follows a few conversations I've had about how many different jobs people have had. For example, I believe the gentleman currently covering my maternity leave has had only two, depending on how you count it, whereas I have had over 50.
The rules: list the jobs you have had, including approximate time you worked there and approximate age when you were. The same type of job with different employers counts each time, self-employed type jobs pretty much count as one, but it's up to you how separate you regard(ed) them. You don't necessarily have to have been paid in cash; a job is defined as anything for which you were either paid, aspired to be paid (eg commission or self -employed stuff that never actually made money) and/or had regular responsibilities towards (eg ongoing voluntary work, internships).
I was going to say 'tag as many people as you've had jobs, but I'm not tagging 53 people, so just tag as many folk as you like. I tag everyone reading this on LJ, in an attempt to re-energise LJ.
1. Actor, on and off (7-26)
2. Washing up in a Care Home, 6 months (£1.25/hour!) (13)
3. Paper round, 2 months (13)
4. Babysitter, on and off (14 onwards)
5. Drama worker, 1 year (14)
6. Washing up in an Italian restaurant, 2 months (16)
7. Working in my Mum’s village shop, on and off (16-20)
8. Theatre flyerer, 2 weeks, (16)
9. Shoe salesperson, 1 shift (16)
10. Some kind of weird sales job where I was giving away cheap haircuts but not really, 1 shift (20)
11. Laundry person in a care home, 3 months (17)
12. Selling double glazing, one shift! (17)
13. Barmaid, 1 year (18)
14. Purchase ledger person in a fruit and veg wholesaler, 6 months (18)
15. Data entry for a tyre manufacturer, 1 week (18)
16. Data entry for local council, 1 week (18)
17. Data entry for tech company, 2 weeks (18)
18. Nanny, on and off (18-19)
19. Data entry for government organisation, 3 hours (19)
20. Childminder, six weeks (19)
21. Data entry for a financial company, 6 months (19-20)
22. Cleaner for HMV, 3 months (19)
23. Office cleaner in Stratford, 2 months (19)
24. Different office cleaner in Stratford, 1 month (19)
25. Self-employed style cleaner of a few houses in Stratford, 2 months (19)
26. Waitress at a local café , 1 month (19)
27. Office cleaner in Edinburgh, 2 weeks (19)
28. Data entry, car company, 2 weeks (19)
29. Selling clothes, 1 shift (20)
30. Charity collector, 4 months (20)
31. Nursery temp worker, Edinburgh 2 months (21)
32. Nursery temp worker, Brisbane, 1 shift (21)
33. Chair of theatre company, 1 year (21-22)
34. Ghost tour guide, 15 months (22-23)
35. Comedy reviewer, 10 years (22-31)
36. Barmaid, few shifts (22)
37. Self employed comedy promoter, on and off (22-29)
38. Comedy club doorperson/tech/office person, 9 months (23-24)
39. Selling mobile phones plans in Australia (one shift!) (24)
40. Sales for a comedy club, 6 weeks (24)
41. Receptionist in social work centre, 6 months (24)
42. Legal admin, total about 15 months (left and came back) (24-25)
43. Stand-up comedian, 18 months (24-26)
44. Production work for large charity comedy event, 3 months (25)
45. Legal secretary, 2 months (26)
46. Admin for arts quango, 18 months (26-27)
47. Section editor for magazine, 2 years (26-29)
48. Proofreader, 5 years (27-32)
49. Fundraiser for a charity (writing applications), 1 year on and off (28-30)
50. Tutor, local council, 2 years (28-31)
51. Fundraiser for a theatre company (writing applications), 3 months (28-30)
52. Web editor for a university, 4 years (28-32)
53. Director of comics CIC, 2 years (29-31)
(Most of the very short-term stuff here is when I was temping so was just short-term – sometimes as little as a day - some I quit. It's interesting how the jobs become fewer but longer as I've got older. I might make a graph.)
