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Since graduating in 92, I've had lots of roles, but only 4 employers.
1st, 7 years
2nd, 18 months
3rd, 7 years (company split and I joined a breakaway group, so 2nd and 3rd were with the same people)
4th, 6 months
5th, 7 years (went back to company #3)
Started a joinery apprenticeship in 1984 and worked for the same firm until 97. Have been self employed since
Evil IT contractor, so a new job every year, nearly...
srsly.
Taught maths for a year, saw the light.
Couple of perm jobs in development
IT Contracting for a few years.
3 years running a software company (who would ever want to employ anyone?)
4 years back contracting.
I get bored quickly.
Since uni
2 years
2 years
2 years
6 years
2.5 years
Coming up to 1 year self employed
No changes of roles within any employment but big pay increases with everyone
Post graduation:
6 months as a temporary civil servant in the department of transport press office then 20 years in photogrpahy for advertising/design with a little bit of moving image/sound/retouching thrown in.
I have never had a proper job interview or produced a CV.
1 in 15 years (not counting temp stuff whilst in education). I'm more than a little bit sick of it now though, so I'm working on changing it.
Proper jobs or part time ones as well?
By my count I've had about 15 since I was 15, but some have been part-time ones (Vision Express lab work on a saturday, that sort of thing). I've been at the current one for 10 years though, coming up to 11.
Shelf Stacker at Safeway (whilst at College)
Travel Agent
Labourer/yard bitch
Infantry Soldier for 3 years diagnosed with heart murmur so medically discharged.
Barman in pub whilst at uni.
RGN in a Nursing home
Now work for the NHS.
7 jobs in 13 years.
7 jobs in 29 years however all related which is boring:
0 - 1985 - Left school
1 - 1986 - Construction
2 - 1986 to 1989 - Architecture (residential)
3 - 1989 - Architecture (housing)
4 - 1989 to 1998 Architecture (retail, out of town food stores / retail parks - sorry)
5 - 1998 to 2009 Architecture (retail,schools,MOD,offices,leisure)
6 - 2009 to 2014 Consultant Architecture (schools,offices,workshop,refurbishment)
7 - 2014 - Director - Architects practice - RIBA (All the above, minus MOD, with a little bit of resi thrown back in)
Still only 47! And I'm a Technician (Dont tell aP)
In +30 years;
14 employers including 3 times working for myself as a contractor - which I am now.
All in IT and IT Management.
And 5 times made redundant 😯 , all with payoffs 🙂
7 in 25 years. When I was interviewed for this one, my biggest black mark was that thru thought I had moved around too much and nearly didn't give me the job.
RSPCA for 3 years giving advice to scallies regarding how they treat their animals when they can't look after themselves.
Car Salesman / Valeter for a idiot that couldnt organise a 2 ticket raffle and went on holiday without telling me leaving me responsible for the entire garage.
Van Driver delivering car spares, actually miss that job sometimes as it wasn't too bad but they kept putting ridiculous routes on us making it impossible to get back in time.
Driving Instructor, self employed, no boss, no one apart from the students to have to deal with, day off when I want ( mostly ) think I like this one....
7 'proper'jobs with 3 periods of 'selfemployed/contracting'
longest perm. job being 15 yrs at one school teaching DT ( my national service)
now back in construction / highway maintainance and enjoying life again. all in the blink of an eye -35yrs
I've been self employed as an artist since I left the Edinburgh College of Art in 1987.
Pretty rewarding, always challenging.
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Apprentice electrician (Company a - 3 years)
Store keeper (Outdoor ed company 1st season - 10 months)
Electrician (back at company a between seasons - 2 months)
Tuck shop keeper (outdoor ed company season 2 pt 1 - 2 months)
Outdoor Ed instructor (outdoor ed season 2 pt 2 - 5 months)
Electrician (back at company a after season - 2 months)
Book packer (temporary in new city - 2 months)
Maintenance assistant (18months)
Leisure centre attendant (2 years)
Maintenance lady/caretaker (3 years)
Residential support worker (supply bank - 5 years)
PE teacher (temporary and supply - 6 years)
Various roles but now Assistant Product Development (same company 3.5years)
All that in 25 and a bit years. I have moved around a lot, spent some time unemployed but not much, and went to uni to get a degree and then PGCE. Would still be teaching but found the last job more flexible and permanent once Kip Jr came along. Looks bad but I can justify all the moves and changes!
14, 5 in bike shops, 2 in hifi, 4 in law, 1 restuarant, 1 training centre for adults with special needs, first in a supermarket!
11 in 20 years
Morrisons warehouse picker
Tailoring warehouse
Window Dresser
Joiner
Joiner self Employed
Market Manager
Market Operator Regional Manager
Market Operator National Director
Market Operator Chief Exec
Window Cleaner - Best job by a mile
Paper round
Body guard (for a school friend who was a bit of a gobshite and paid me in malteasers)
Selling ice cream to farmers in the middle of winter (hard work)
Shelf stacker in local supermarket (after school)
Graphic designer/illustrator/model maker (freelancing for 27 years now... i feel old)
Graphic designer
Prepress operator
Prepress manager
Prepress operator/graphic designer/web-2-print chap (present)
Some of the career changes on here'd be fascinating to hear about - my night-terror is that outside my specific job I'm qualified for nothing but minimum wage drudgery.
4 jobs since dropping out of uni:
2 weeks homebase (temp)
3 years as a storesman
4 months postroom chimp at Egg.com (temp) (hated the company, and the people)
8.5 years industrial radiographer/ologist - I'm thoroughly embedded.
All the above makes my 3 in 44yrs look boring 🙄
All jobs have been spannering. Current job for 36(7)yrs. however there has been a lot of changes/demanning/plant closures in that time and the "role" has evolved over the years and changed again last year. If all goes well I have 19 pay days to retirement, something new recruits cannot hope for! As a shift worker I have done loads of volunteer type stuff.
Previous jobs from school/college = motor mech. I was the first apprentice to attend a Rover training course in Coventry, Range Rover engine/gearbox. I went on the first Fiesta appreciation course. Worked for other garages in the evenings and weekends for a while. Could say I had a bit of a "reputation" locally 😳
Left school @ 15 to go on a college pre-apprentice course, something government is talking about reintroducing 💡
Actually started "work" when I 10 on the farm my grandfather and uncle worked on during school holidays. Worked on that farm and others till around age 18 when working on mates rally cars, servicing and touring the UK watching rallies took over 😆