What did you do as a profession before joining this one??

[Ragdoll >^..^<]

:lol: think i shocked you all ! :lol:

 

[Zingara]

:lol: think i shocked you all ! :lol:

Yeah, bet is was dead interesting! :lol:

Sorry...couldn't help it!

 

[*JOANNE*]

i have not done very much in comparison.
teenager - worked as a auxillary nurse and silver service waitress which was a job i had as they let me have time to prepare for the navy
was in the royal navy as a medic from age 18 for 5 years,
then a fulltime mum and roayl marines wife for years then trained as a nail technician in 2003
then started fulltime hairdressing at college last september.

i have been lucky that i havent been in a job that i didnt like, i have allways loved what i have done

 

[maxine1]

Hi
I was a photographer in WA, and then Vic.
I have travelled alot and now have finally settled down and have twin girls (I am an older mum, and the girls are a handfull) so am not doing too much these days.
My husband has a transfer to Sydney in about 1 month, and I will join him as soon as a house is set up etc, so maybe a month or so after that.
Dont know many people is Sydney, so hope it goes well.

 

[Urban Geek]

I was a legal PA for almost thirty years (God I am old!).

 

[redsadie]

Here goes,

Mcd's junior rising to manager
left to have son
worked shifts for a medical firm
Mcd's (again mgmnt)
garage attendant
Mcd's (again!! management)
small telecoms company
left to have daughter
evenings in a larger telecoms firm in the South which sold out
Bupa (auxilary nurse)
auxilary nurse elderly mental health (local hospital)
wedding shop (not all it's cracked up to be)
Small local mobile phone shop (currently still there but it's changed so much, as has my job role and pay (not for the better!) so can't wait to get qualified and get out!)

In 10 years? To be happy and healthy doing what I want to do not what I have to do.

 

[scottydolly]

i did nursing diploma, and then hated hospitals and then and still am a support worker for learning disabilities,i trained as a hairdresser part time and now do both hahaha xx

 

[pinkmonkey]

Cool thread , this was my path to enlightenment ;

Supermarket Checkout
Barmaid (not very busty)
University
Barmaid (busty, yay!)
Microbiologist
Kiltmaker (Hoots mon!)
Research Scientist, Diabetes
Senior Research Scientist, Heart Disease
Nail Technician

In 10yrs time i want to be as happy as i am now with surprisingly few wrinkles for my age :lol:

 

[Saucygirl]

This thread is great! It's nice to see that we all have some kind of worldly experience.

While finishing high school and then college I worked some restaurant and retail jobs.
Then I worked as a convenience store/gas bar manager.
Then I opened a personal assistant business in 2001 while training to do nails and gaining a university diploma in Self Employment.
Then I couldn't decide what I wanted to do....I worked mobile for a while.
Then I trained as a Optometric Assistant while working in a busy clinic and also worked in 2 salons.
I painted (still do) in my spare time and sold pieces all over the world.
Last year we moved to a small little town, and yesterday I picked up the keys to my new nails salon. On to the next phase.

Oh yeah, and I had 3 kids amongst all that, they keep me busy and entertained, always.

 

[michelle g]

Hairdresser
Bt operator
interior design & decorative paint techniques (college)
manageress of a retail company
Nail technician.

10 years time I would like to be teaching and would like to have won
a nail competition!!!

 

[Tracey Roberts]

I spent 20 years as a ornament painter/decorator, worked for robert harrop, country artists, amongst others,also used to do fettling on pewter thimble pieces,as well as paint them....
To be a nail tech when ive qualified...yippy.....a job that can be enjoyed is the key to part of lifes happiness......

 

[stacewen]

Hi I work in telecoms........... its so boring however i leave in 2 weeks and will be working in a nursery with under 2's whilst i build up my mobile/salon business???


varied i know x

 

[Prettyinpink85]

Hmmm well I worked as a plus sized glamour model and escort for 3 years, met my fellow and stopped it when we moved in together over a year ago, mainly got into the escorting cos money was tight, left school with no qualifications and had a sick mum so weren't many choices. Now I am in the process of setting my own business up in nails and going college in september to do hairdressing and beauty therapy. So pleased I left the adult business, am a million miles away from that now and loving my life finally.​

 

[Coppertop]

I worked in a police station canteen when i left school and then worked in a factory making uniforms for banks. Great eh :lol:

 

[Susie H]

My first job was on a fair ground, I grew up in Ramsgate Kent and they had a static fair, did that for 5 years. Ok then normal stuff like check out girl in a supermarket, and cleaning jobs army wife, worked in the screws mess and then in a cafe in Grimsby, then stay at home mum
Then I was the same as an rspca officer but in Belgium
Then service co-ordinator for an Canadian electronic pre press company.
Then came back to live in England and
Became a bus driver
then a taxi driver
Discovered nails, cnd chic, moved back to Canada and told me to do it:lol:
But life has a way of biting you in the.........so
I drive a bus again and have a home studio which I hope to build up to the point where I can stop driving buses for good.
Ten years from now I'd like to be offering nails, waxing, spray tans, and permanent makeup.
Good thread Collin:hug: