I used to be a ........

[Brandywine]

Its amazing how many different jobs people have squeezed into their lives. Mine mostly seem to of been glamours jobs to fit around kids and husband, or when I was still at school/college.
I've been:
A paper girl
Shop assistant in top shop, woolworths, farm shop
Fruit picker
Shelf stacker in Somerfield
Meat bagger and taker of money on butchers at a market
A nanny
Cleaner at Tescos
Mum
Registered childminder.
Auxiliary nurse on most wards of the hospital
Support worker in a home for people with mental health problems.
Complementary and beaut therapist
General dogs body

 

[chantell simone]

JOBS
checkout girl in Sainsburys
sales asst in Dixons
sales asst and ear piercer in Claires Accessories
sales asst at Carphone Warehouse for 5 years
administrator at Carphone Warehouse
secretary/pa in the NHS, i could only cope for 12 months (would spend my days typing long reports about patients who were rapists, murderers, paedophiles,people with transgender issues)
pa to a director for a cleaning company
administrator in a college
finance officer in a college

QUALIFICATIONS
i have 10 gcses
2 as levels
secretarial skills certificates
powerpoint certificate
level 1 and 2 book-keeping/accounts certificates
level 2 vtct certicates in nail treatments, nail art, facials, waxing, eye treatments, cosmetic makeup, nail technology and fashion/photgraphic makeup
level 3 vtct certicates in body massage, indian head massage and health & safety


seems like quite alot for my 27 years, i am also pa to a dj and mum to a seven year old little girl

 

[Gelly]

Saturday girl in a hairdressers for a while.
Madhouse selling jeans on Saturdays and during holidays.
finished school - moved to new county
Recruitment Consultant / Trainee Head Hunter
Mum
BP garage - Sat/Sun am
Cleaner - Mon-Fri am
Body Shop @ Home consultant (evenings)
moved to new county
Mum (obviously hadn't stopped being a mum since the last time, just had another kid!)
BS@H again (evenings)
moved to new county
BS@H Again!
Moved to new county AGAIN!!!
Nail Tech - W-Hoo!!!

9 GCSEs
NVQ Customer Services
2 City & Guilds in something to do with computers and word processing.
All of which I couldn't care less about (can't even remember what they are called )

Various Nails and Beauty related courses.... What I wanted to do at the start!.... Never forget your dreams and you'll get there in the end!!!

 

[hayls]

yay hayls! i did the nat dip in perf arts too lol!

Wasnt it the easiest course ever on earth, but what doors is it meant to open for you?? Eastenders havent been banging down my door????
I did make alot of good mates on the course though, 1 positive and it was a hell of a laugh!!

 

[sodabubble]

yes it was easy, but as i am so naturally talented of course it would be easy to me LOL 2 years of laughs, the most fun ever, and we did some cracking productions! all in all bloody good fun!

an no, i dont hear eastenders knocking at my door either - however i can cry on cue, which has proved a very useful skil lolol

 

[louiser]

I was a.....

Car Mechanic
Service Advisor
Reception manager
Warranry administrator
Parts Advisor
Sales administrator

I have

14 GCSE's A* to C
NVQ level three in light motor vehicle maintenance and repair
Qualifications in.....
Nail Technology
Make up application
and currently studying waxing

 

[soriminah]

OK, coming from Australia, what the hell are GCSE's?

 

[HeatherDavis]

This is kind of funny.

I'm not sure I want to list all the jobs I have had, it makes me feel like a FLAKE lol.

I have been a:
(in high school)
Shoerunner at a discount shoe outlet
window girl at McDonalds
Prep Cook
Hostess/waitress
aspiring actress/singer
customs broker
florist
journalism student
office manager
editorial assistant
freelance reviewer
MOMMA
NAIL STYLIST EXTRAORDINAIRE

 

[chantell simone]

OK, coming from Australia, what the hell are GCSE's?

exams that you take when you finish school

 

[soriminah]

So are they just like your normal end of year exam for each subject or do they determine whether you can get into Uni or not?

Here we have the core skills test which gives an OP (overall position) score which determines whether you can get into the Uni course you want. An OP1 is the highest. However, depending on what subjects you choose during yr 11,12 - some people are not eligable to sit the test (weird I know). I was one of them and was automatically enrolled in Uni to do a Bachelor of Arts which I declined.

 

[hippy-chick]

GCSE's are what you take before you finish high school.
You can then take A levels before you go to Uni.

righto, here's me

Waitress at 15 through until 19 x 3
Barmaid (whilst at college)
Bar jockey in a brand new posh nightclub in centre of Cardiff
Trained as a chef 2 years
Trained as a baker 2 years
Assistant baker
Full time bar person
Cook in oap home (cooked for 120 people)
Cake decorator (did rudey cakes on the side)
Assistant manager in an amusement arcade
2 weeks on the tills at Safeways (left)
More barwork
2 weeks training to be BT operator (failed)
Cook for people recovering from mental illness (started my massage training)
Stand-in tutor at FE college
Mobile massage therapist
Freelance tutor for local colleges
Freelance therapist at Seaham Hall
Director of a complementary therapy centre

Now, present day:
run 2 therapy rooms
still do a little teaching
and very very happy :green:

 

[hayls]

I forgot to add that the best jobs I have ever had are the ones I have now and that is being a Mum and of course a Nail Technician!
xxxxxx

 

[grafxgal]

mmmmm
at 14 I was a dishwasher after school at the local bakery.
when 15 I was the milk delivery girl lol.
Left school and started work in the bank doing Data Entry.
Became a mum and did odd jobs from home like stuffing envelopes, boring, lol. Also worked in a greenhouse.
Data Entry in a different bank.
Started my training as a nail tech. Got made redundant from the bank.
Started at a Nails only Salon.
Burnt out and left nails behind.
Work in an office in accounts and general dogs body.
After a couple of yrs of that found my passion for nails again, decided to do some refresher courses etc to start my own salon from home.

My god I waffle. Sorry.

 

[g5m_sh]

Jobs

I started working the day after i left school.

Receptionist - 2001-2002
Civil Servant - 2002-2007
Mobile Beauty - 2006
Tantrick Trainer - 2007

Qualifications...

Not Many!! Struggled all the way through school as i am dyslexic, got a few C's. few D's, B & A.
CND Foundation
Tantrick Spray Tan Training
Waxing course

I wish i done beauty from leaving school, but to be honest if i didn't start working straight away i wouldn't have my own house or a nice car. Also i would have ended up going to collage to do beauty with all the goons (in my year at school, all the girls that didn't do well at school done beauty) and i would have a drug addiction by now not a qualification...

Oh... i have a NVQ level 3 Biz & Administration!

 

[lisa-marie]

my work life looks dull but im only 19

i've worked as
telephone operator/secretary for taxi firm from age 13 to current day (its good pay for my age)
leaflet/telephone directory distributor
summer festival promoter for godskitchen
avon rep

Qualifications
NVQ Level 2 in business administration
currently studying to get VTCT level 2 cert in nail treatments and nail technology
and im doing an ear piercing course next month

x o x o

 

[Hopi679]

Saturday girl in local shop
Apprentice hairdresser and nail tech
Florist for M&S aqua pack section
Dental nurse
Civil servant (still am part time)
Reflexologist
Beauty and holistic therapist and nail tech

and now a proud owner of my own little salon in my back garden!

 

[joe90]

Assistant in a cake shop (that was yummy)
Trainee Police Officer (didn't last long)
Office worker from junior through to PA to director of nurse education for South Manchester
Investment Bank
Now the best job of all Beauty Therapy and Nails (soon to be holistics also)

Now for the most important job I ever had

A rag wringer outer for a one armed window cleaner!
(btw that one's a joke)