List all your jobs in order since you began your working career.

Delivered Newspapers.
Burger King (3.5 years)
Radio Call (Beeper company) - Inventory Dept.
Cheaper Beepers - (beeper retail store) - Asst. Manager
Successories (shitty motivational gift store) - Store manager
Mayhem Records - metal record label - 3 years - all sorts of stuff
Metal Edge / Metal Maniacs Magazines - advertising director - 6 years.

Umpire (2 Seasons)
Commercial HVAC (3 months)

I'm young. And looking for a job righ tnow.

Still working on your resume, eh?

Various babysitting jobs (12-17)
Sears -- Catalog Dept (17-20)
Law Firm -- Receptionist (18-21)
Kemper Insurance -- Clerk Typist (21)
LTI Consulting -- Receptionist to Administrative Asst (21-26)
CG Computer Services -- Corporate Administrator (26-38 )
Computer Horizons -- Quality Assurance Auditor (38-39)
Best Buy -- Computer Salesperson (39-40)
Electro Rent -- Quality Assurance Auditor (40-41)
CPE -- Payroll Supervisor now Business Development Coordinator (current employer)

1. picking strawberries for 2 bucks a crate - early teen summers
2. grocery bagger - summer 1990
3. odd jobs for this guy at his farm - summer 1991
4. random crap at the Oregon State Fair - summer 1992
5. working at school coffee shop - college freshman year 1993/94
6. Video store clerk - summer 1994
7. again at school coffee shop - college soph. year 1994/95
8. Oregon state senate internship - summer 1995
9. again at school coffee shop as well as picking up recycling - college junior year 1995/96
10 Delivering pizza - summer 1996
11. Enterprise Rent a Car - first 8 months in 1997 after graduating
12. Temp job processing orders at a lawn ornament company - 1 month in 1997
13. Selling yellow pages advertising in San Francisco - about a month in 1997
14. Working in medical research administration - 1998
15. Working for a company administering certification exams, mainly recruiting college professors and staff to proctor the exams in NC - 1999
15. Working in HR (current job) - began summer 2000

1. 1998 - Camp Counsellour
2. 1998-2002 - Secretary at Physician's office
3. 2000 - Lift Operator at WHISTLER-BLACKCOMB
4. 2003 - Busboy at Greek restaurant
5. 2004 - Licensing & Business Affairs at Ninja Tune Records

Some of the jobs repeated later in life, but is it really that important?

Bag Boy and Cashier at a Supermarket
Dry Cleaners
Receptionist at a Shrink's Office
Wedding Musician
Cook for a Fraternity
Computer Lab Monitor at College Library
Private Music Teacher
Steelworker
Session Musician
DJ
Instrument Repair
Teacher
Studio Whore
Bassist

The Cliff Notes version:

1. orchard laborer
2. Flintstones Bedrock City ride operator/ foam critter
3. swimming pool installer
4. video store clerk
5. portrait photographer
6. ski instructor
7. security guard
8. IATSE camera assistant
9. freelance writer

Proper Jobs
North Lanarkshire Council (3 days and counting)
Royal Bank of Scotland (Aug 2003 - Mar 2004) fired
National Savings & Investments (Nov 2001 - Jan 2003) quit, went back got fired
Britannic Asset Management (Sep 2000 - Sep 2001) quit
Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (Nov 99 - Aug 00) fired
Kelvin and Springburn Voice (Apr 95-Apr 96 & Jan 98 - Jan 99) Went bust
Royal Mail (May 92 - Jan 93) quit

Temp Jobs
McCurrahs (Markerting) 2001 & 2003
Zurich Municipal Insurance 2001
The Baptie Group (quit after 4 days!)

Crappy Jobs
Gravel Shoveller
Ice Cream Van Man
Dish Washer
Petrol Station Assistant
Copy Reader

at various times:

Freelance TV critic
Riverboat gambler
Local access televangelist
Race car driver
Astrologer to the stars
Ghost writer for various 1970's TV sit com performer autobiographies
Aggressive driver rehabilitation counselor
Master Sergeant At Arms in the Perpetual Army of Diocletian

01. babysat
02. bagged groceries for cash
03. bagged groceries for paycheck - zinkes
04. salad bar attendant / dishwasher - family chef, WIS dells
05. dishwasher - the showboat, WIS dells
06. gas station cashier - oshkosh
07. linen crew - for oshkosh campus during EAA
08. computer science tutor - uw0
09. linen crew again
10. uw0 management info. office (computers)
11. catalyst - milw, wi
12. ctg - denver, co
- contracting co. which first placed me at mci in co. springs, then uswest in downtown denver
13. uswest/qwest

that's it. but i'm kinda looking now for my next

1991 - Present: Porn

this could be embarrassing, but....

1985-86: cleaner for business cleaning company
1987-88: waitress
1989-90: health club associate in a hotel (for you PTC kids, it was the Sheraton or whatever it became)
1990-93: student assistant in Gov Docs department of Georgia Tech Library
cashier/cook at Mellow Mushroom Pizza on Howell Mill Rd.
Receptionist/admin asst for Tech Expo in Doraville
(all these jobs were done at the same time, btw, while attending school)
late 1993-95: customer service manager at Target
1995-1997: Reports Analyst for an HMO
1997-present: corporate librarian cum web developer for A/E consultant firm

Bussed tables
TCBY counter job
Bakery counter job (front for the mob if you ask me, but what do I know?)
Law office flunky
Temp typist/reception/data entry (various)
WWOOFer- apple picking, gravel shoveling, tyre hauling, egg gathering, etc.
Bartender
GUI Tester
Pack-Up-And-Return-Defectives person, Office Depot (or was it Max?)
Movie theaters - Projectionist, Box Office
AP Clerk
AR Clerk up to AR head for Europe (note that I only supervised myself; my boss's boss quit and was replaced by my boss, who wasn't replaced at all).
Teaching Assistant
Research Assistant

A few others I'm forgetting, I would imagine.

1. Sushi Boy (16)
2. Kinney Shoes (16-18)
3. Kumon- Math tutor for kids (16-18, worked Tues & Fri, while weekends and one weeknight at Kinney Shoes)
(I don't know why I worked 2 jobs my senior year)
4. Starbucks (18)
5. Various temp jobs doing admin/clerical work (19-20)
6. Promotions for clubs and nightlife stuff (18-20)
7. Admin assistant for a financial services company (20-21)
8. Advertising assistant for magazine publishing company (21-current)

i can't remember the years but...

dishwasher, howard johnson's restaurant (i moved to another one after the one i worked at closed down)
inserter/collator, patriot ledger
russelectric, i built switches for generators
some place i can't remember the name of...i worked in the stockroom handing out parts for some machines
benneton outlet store, stock/sales
shaw's supermarket, stock/cashier
cvs, cashier/stock
strawberries records & tapes, cashier/stock (i stole from this place like a motherfucker)
us air force, munitions (how do i go from working in a music store to playing with bombs?)
shaw's supermarket, stock
bradlees, stock/cashier
security guard at various places for about 3+ years
us post office, letter carrier

So, have you crossed paths, ever?

I don't want to encourage Monty or anything, but you have to hand it to the depraved little guy for being consistent.

chronologically:

mowed lawns
cleaned offices
sort of a pool boy (cleaned around pool area at an apt complex)
Little Caesars Pizza
book despository assistant
caterer (about 8 years...primarily PT)
bartender (see above)
busboy and then waiter at a Ritz Carlton
food service worker at a school district
room service waiter at a Ritz Carlton
buyer for a computer company (7 days...commute sucked)
quantitative/qualitative data analyst
editor and then supervising editor for a newswire
data analyst for a wireless company
advertising editor/analyst

wow...only three of those jobs were remotely "fun" (caterer, RS waiter, editor)

now looking for my dream job: overlord of a small Mediterranean island

Paper Boy
Kentucky Fried Chicken--Cook
TCBY
Fox River Paper -- Temp doing all the shit no one else wanted to
Sun TV-- Computer sales ...I left and then they went under (That'll Teach 'em)
Bruegger's Bagels (all of 3 weeks)
O-Cedar--Warehouse Forklift Driver
Exterior/Interior Painter (a role I will revisit 2 more times)
Brookstone (aka "house of overpriced crap")--sales
Microcenter-- Cashier-->Accounts Payable
Staples--Accounts Payable
Ohio State-- Admin Asst.
Colorado State--Admin Asst. & TA & Project Asst.
IIE--Educational Services

Yeah I've been around

mowing lawns (age 12-18 )

babysitting (age 15-18 )

grocery store (bagger - age 18 )

factory (made key chains, drove a truck, packaged goods for shipment - 2 summers in college)

HR temp position (summer before senior year)

credit department temp for a telecommunications company (18 months - 40% of workers were laid off)

data entry position while attending grad school (1 year - quit for new job)

financial aid rep for shitty "university" that advertises during Ricki Lake (1 year - quit for new job)

billing rep for Waste Management (the only company I will mention by name because they SUCKED SO MUCH - terrible working conditions, terrible co-workers, long commute, and high stress levels - quit after 3 weeks)

information security temp at insurance company (left for full-time work after 2 months - wanted to leave earlier because the company HAD NO REFRIGERATORS in which to store my lunch every day - this was a company with thousands of employees and sky-high revenues)

full-time gig at different insurance company (I actually like this job and plan to stay - so far, my work has been praised and the people are cool)

Too tired to think of them all right now, but the longest was 5 years and they range from farmhand to carny, comedy emcee, bartender (at a gay piano bar), hotel handyman, residential assistant at group home, Christian camp counselor, newspaper researcher, ghostwriter, newsletter editor, retail sales manager to DJ.

- Discovery Zone: hiding in the snack bar
- Mazzio's Pizza call center: the person who screwed up your order
- plasma center: jack-of-all-trades
- software developer: yep

hmm.

babysitter.
movie theater usher.
surf club waitress.
catering hall waitress.
bank proof and encoding operator.
professor's assistant.
financial aid lackey.
new media publicity assistant.
new media publicity assistant 2.
5.3 years of cmj editorial servitude.
freelance writer.
newspaper staff writer.

i feel like i'm forgetting something.
it's been the strangest life i've ever known.

Job ( Age ) :

Fiberglass plant : did everything that no one else wanted to do. This job made me damn sure I'd never work in a factory again. ( summer job - 15 )

Local Newspaper : I delivered the papers to the vending machines & paperboys/girls. ( summer job - 16 )

Taco Tico ( Mexican fast food joint ) : Junior & Senior years of High School.

KQWK FM : DJ from 1984-86. First on overnights, then from 8PM-1AM.

KSEK AM : Operations Manager/AM Board Operator from 1986-87.

Pizza Hut : Delivery Dude from 1988-1994.

Radio Shack : Sales Dude for 6 months, 1994-95. Fucking horrid company to work for.

Local KC Electronics Retailer - Warehouse Dude from 95-97.

Unfinished Furniture Store - Warehouse Manager from 97-99.

Broadcast Data Systems - Manual ID Drone from Jan. 99 until now.

Paper boy
Wharf go-fer
Grocery sacker
Chef's assistant
College newspaper sports editor/columnist
Pizza deliverer
Customer service rep
Graduate research assistant
Municipal intern
Personnel analyst
Call center supervisor
Training manager