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In reply to the discussion: What was your first job as an adult? After 18 I worked 20-30 hours a- weeks in a work study at Penn State cleaning [View all]Mme. Defarge
(8,070 posts)118. With regard to your work experience in the private sector -
all of the above while dancing backwards in high heels! It's why I eventually decided to get an M.S. degree in Management to help me make a career move into H.R., with a goal of making work better for people. I gave it my bet shot as head of H.R. for a local financial institution, and then moved on to a human resources consulting company to top off my career before retiring as soon as I could afford it. Since then I have, off and on, occupied myself working on writing a mysteries series featuring a human resources consultant encountering murder and mayhem in the workplace. Because, why ever not?
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What was your first job as an adult? After 18 I worked 20-30 hours a- weeks in a work study at Penn State cleaning [View all]
debm55
Mar 3
OP
Thank you Ocelot II Did you ever find a good job. I was too afraid to move on, and but up with the bullshit.
debm55
Mar 3
#25
My first job was as a machinist in high school, after two years in tech school.
House of Roberts
Mar 3
#7
Depends on what is considered "adult". As a youngster, some tutoring and this place:
usonian
Mar 3
#19
No, I am an electrical engineer but after graduating I considered going to Med School
walkingman
Mar 3
#50
Key Punch and Card Sorter operator at 21. Multiple things prior to that. Worked in small privately owned
sinkingfeeling
Mar 3
#29
TY sinkingfeeling, That's a shame what happened to you when you were pregnant. Did you have a Union? Or was it done to
debm55
Mar 3
#42
Ty Salingdiver. did you carry that over to a full time job? Thank you for your service.
debm55
Mar 3
#40
Long distance Operator for AT&T. Had other jobs but stayed with AT&T for 30+ years
Deuxcents
Mar 3
#41
Ty you Deuxcents. Thirty years with AT & T is a long time. I taught for 42 years. Many times wanted to quit , Mostly
debm55
Mar 3
#51
That was in 1969-71!! I ended up in the medical insurance business, as a claims analyst
yellowdogintexas
Mar 7
#144
My first full time job would have been as a disc jockey and music director at a top 40 FM station.
rsdsharp
Mar 3
#57
Well, after that I sold jewelry, then went to law school, and practiced law for 33 years.
rsdsharp
Mar 8
#173
I lasted a year. For me at that time, $1.65 was like a gift from heaven. I think that was minimum wage.
LoisB
Mar 3
#63
TY mnhtnbb. That was alot to expect from someone your age. You must have been very good at your job.
debm55
Mar 3
#62
Ty Bayard. At the time, we thought it as alot , but we worked alot for that 2.50 an hour.
debm55
Mar 7
#157
My senior year in HS..started as telephone operator, New England Telco..
asiliveandbreathe
Mar 3
#65
I'm going to give several answers due to the fact that I paid for my own car at 16 years old.
Niagara
Mar 3
#69
Thank you, Niagara. My teaching job wasn't Union either. Twelve years was long in the manufacturing business.
debm55
Mar 3
#89
Landscape laborer during summer breaks from college and law school. First real job after law school county prosecutor
Pepsidog
Mar 3
#76
Graduated high school in 1966, started working at AT&T for $2.10 an hour in Arlington Va in
doc03
Mar 3
#102
Thank you doc03, I lived near a steel mill ,too. They paid much better. Congratulations on your 40 years.
debm55
Mar 7
#158
First of all, thank you for your service to our country, jmowreader. You have had a varied and unique career.
debm55
Mar 7
#171
Excellent post, Aristus. My late FIL was a Marine lifer. The family moved around alot but had excellent money and
debm55
Mar 4
#116
I've never danced backwards in high heels. But I'm willing to give it a try, if you want me to.
Aristus
Mar 5
#135
Thank you Emile. You are a very hard worker. thank you for your service in the military.
debm55
Mar 4
#114
Technically, I was paid as a musician before working some regular jobs in college.
LudwigPastorius
Mar 4
#120
Thank you Old Crank. We had a mobile home plant near to us that made Scottie Trailers.
debm55
Mar 7
#159
At 18 my first job was with UPS. They offer tuition reimbursement that paid from my college tuition.
MenloParque
Mar 5
#127