What was your first job?

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  1. Nfergs's Avatar
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    What was your first job?
    Basically as the question suggests, when did you begin your first ever job and what was it as?
  2. ScottishShortiex's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Cafe Assistant in Morrisons. I've been working there since last September.
  3. biffyclyro27's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Catering staff- doing bar work, waiting, and drink top up/canapés at weddings and other high class venues. I think I was 15/16?

    But that was just casual work, as were the other jobs I did for a few years after that. The first job I got with fixed hours was as a pot wash in a cafe, it sucked balls...
  4. PinkMobilePhone's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    First EVER job was newspaper round at 13.
  5. RunningHam's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    My current one, which is classed as 'catering and hospitality'.
    Serving people basically.
    And I got the job in January.
  6. IchigoKurosaki's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Internship at a barristers chambers.:cool:
  7. HazzaBui's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Paper Round at 12, I guess, but was just free papers and a few hours a week, so barely counts.
    First proper job was Sainsburys on checkouts at 16
  8. geetar's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Data entry at an events company, when I was 19.
  9. Da_hopeful_1's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Never had a proper job :moon:

    Does work experience in year 10 count?
  10. Londonpie72's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Retails sales assistant started aged 17 was there for nearly 5 years.

    May started Graduate job
  11. M4LLY's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    My first paid work wa scleaning agricultrual machinery for my dads farm firm aged 14, my first job besides that was as a waiter/barman in a local hotel.
  12. Lil08's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Giving tuition to a special needs child in English.
  13. katyness's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Cheerleading teacher/instructor at 19
    Last edited by katyness; 22-05-2012 at 00:57.
  14. Peel's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Paper round when I was like 14, cause back then you were ballin' with £7 a week! So many sweets were bought

    But if you're talking proper, proper job, then it was a standard internship at an engineering consultancy. Think I was more excited about the paper round tbh. Money seemed so novel back then, now I actually need it!
  15. katles's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Well... Hopefully either a job in my local Waitrosesoon or a job as prep supervisor at my school (£6 an hour to just sit and do my homework and tell younger kids to shut up)
  16. jennaz77's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Selling alcohol in an off license store aged 14. For £3 an hour. Nothing about it was legal lol.
  17. cathyhe's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    worked as a shopping guide for a brand clothing store in summer vocation.
  18. LemonLizards's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    (Original post by jennaz77)
    Selling alcohol in an off license store aged 14. For £3 an hour. Nothing about it was legal lol.
    :rofl:

    Never heard of that happening before.
  19. DoctorSatan's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Ended up working as a kitchen porter on campus.
  20. willbee's Avatar
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    Re: What was your first job?
    Student at a Debt Management Agency. Really really fun job actually. ^_^
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