Your first job
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Re: Your first jobOh LOL :P(Original post by Odd Future)
Nope :P I left for a job as a waiter in a restaurant that offered £5.80 an hour + tips, but it shut down within months. I'd like to think I had nothing to do with its failure
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Re: Your first jobMy first job was babysitting. I also spent a few weeks washing cars, cash-in-hand. My first official job was in Vision Express, but I only stayed a few weeks as my boss was a *****. I then worked in a library for 18 months
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Re: Your first jobCool!(Original post by ~ Purple Rose ~)
My first job was babysitting. I also spent a few weeks washing cars, cash-in-hand. My first official job was in Vision Express, but I only stayed a few weeks as my boss was a *****. I then worked in a library for 18 months
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Re: Your first jobIt depends what you count as a first job!
From the age of 15 I worked myself, looking after people's cats / dogs / ducks / ferrets etc. when they went on holiday. Pay wasn't done ph, it was per job (and that varied a fair amount!) but it worked out pretty well - often £20+ph, although I didn't work full hours.
At 18, I had my first "proper" job - it was with a hospitality agency. I was on adult minimum wage (£5.92 at the time I think). I did two shifts with them (one waitressing, one bar), before they went bust!
And finally my first full time job, behind a bar, at the age of 18. -
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Re: Your first jobCool(Original post by ~ Purple Rose ~)
16 when I started, it was for relatives and I took over when my sister couldn't do it anymore
I meant first job, like part time :P And how did you get to do the pets job?(Original post by Origami Bullets)
It depends what you count as a first job!
From the age of 15 I worked myself, looking after people's cats / dogs / ducks / ferrets etc. when they went on holiday. Pay wasn't done ph, it was per job (and that varied a fair amount!) but it worked out pretty well - often £20+ph, although I didn't work full hours.
At 18, I had my first "proper" job - it was with a hospitality agency. I was on adult minimum wage (£5.92 at the time I think). I did two shifts with them (one waitressing, one bar), before they went bust!
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Re: Your first jobI was very lucky that my sister was already working in the library service (also as a casual for the same local authority) so it was fairly straight forward. As far as I remember I went into a local library and filled in an application form. I then got invited for an interview where we discussed what books I liked and why I wanted to work in a library. I then had a little 'test' where I was given a list of names and had to put them in alphabetical order (by surname) and a list of numbers (including with decimal points) and I had to put them in numerical order from smallest to largest or something.(Original post by Lauren Pen)
What was your first job?
Ohh, how would you get a job at a library? That'd be cool
A week of so later I guess I got a phone call telling me I'd got a job. To be honest, as a student (I was doing my A levels at the time) it was pretty good. -
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Re: Your first jobWow lucky(Original post by LTC1409)
I was very lucky that my sister was already working in the library service (also as a casual for the same local authority) so it was fairly straight forward. As far as I remember I went into a local library and filled in an application form. I then got invited for an interview where we discussed what books I liked and why I wanted to work in a library. I then had a little 'test' where I was given a list of names and had to put them in alphabetical order (by surname) and a list of numbers (including with decimal points) and I had to put them in numerical order from smallest to largest or something.
A week of so later I guess I got a phone call telling me I'd got a job. To be honest, as a student (I was doing my A levels at the time) it was pretty good.
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Re: Your first jobWhat was the job?(Original post by ow3n)
I was 18 and paid £6.40 :-)
You're joking, right? lol
Cool(Original post by Lauren_kate)
My first job and still is working at WHSmith and i have been there since August 2010. I am 17 and my hourly pay is currently changing as i am nearly an adult.
How did you get the job? Just applying?
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Re: Your first jobI put up a few adverts in my village (nothing fancy - in fact the less fancy they were, the more response they seemed to get!), people rang me and it went from there. I had to give it up when I moved away, but it was the some of the easiest money I've ever made.(Original post by Lauren Pen)
Cool
I meant first job, like part time :P And how did you get to do the pets job?
