And how many changes have you made for yourself??

I have made three career changes.

Retail Mgt...(first job out of college)
Banking (After I decided to let go of overseas basketball)
Retail Mgt (While pursuing my teaching career)
Teaching....FINALLY!!!

This is a career?

What do you teach Dex?

"The Art of Whap!"

Fauxie said:

he's very good at that

everything i did was Music related
Got my 1st club gig at 13
"Managed a record pool out of High school"
Managed a after hours club for years
asst Managed a recording studio and was an engineer.

At this point I can bascailly say I haven't yet had a career. Only jobs.

To me, a career helps define who you are as a person. (I'm a doctor, I'm an attorney, I'm a professional party planner, etc...) None of the jobs I've held have fit that description. When meeting people for the first time, I never talk about my job unless asked, and even then I usually tell people the barest minimum and explain that my job is the least interesting thing about me.

We'll see what the future holds, however.

I have been in the Salon industry for 20 years now. Excellent choice for my lifestyle.




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Fauxie said:

Social Studies...and....THE ART OF WHAP....LOL

DexMSR said:

Cool!

EvErSoLeSa said:

Whaps are Only for the SEXY PEOPLE!

Let's see
worked in a dental office as an assistant for a year
worked as a waitress,hostess and busser off and on for 3 years(made more money,worked less hours then at a dental office....go figure )
Sold Avon for 5 years ( )
But was mostly a stay at home mom for 11 years
And now I'm in retail thinking about going back to school and taking medical admin. classes

DexMSR said:

Hi Teach!!






I worked in restaurants as a waitress and in supermarkets selling cheese.
I now am a fulltime mom and I studied Desk Top Publishing...
Don't have a job at the moment.

lets see
i've been a cashier
a muralist
a slacker

a mentor
i'm currently a teacher's assistant
and in the future i will be a carpenter

I've loved music ever since I can remember anything, but my education is science/math based.
Luckily, i've had a career in technical support for the audio/recording industry and a simultaneous secondary career/hobby as a musician my whole life.

I believe i've been very fortunate to work in fields that I have a passion for.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

many many many jobs....



only one career...where i'm at presently and have been for the past 7 years and God willing (provided I don't get a lay-off notice) where i will be for the next 25 years!!

My only career is as a fitness trainer. Soon I'll be a physical therapist. Other than that, Ive had a few jobs.

I don't refer to any of them as careers really, as someone else mentioned above.

Majored in art, somehow got into web design/development on my own. Now with the company I'm at, even though my initial job was building and maintaining the site, I'm now just overseeing others working on it, and spend most of my time working with SEO, and advertising.

hahhahaha LOTS!!

do my 2 or 3 years working fast food count in the early years??
hair salon manager
massage therapist
caregiver for people living with hiv/aids
corporate cathy customer service crap
currently 911 operator..looking for new work again

dream is...to open a store in my neighborhood...and that will be the "career" i settle in. its just a few dollars and a couple years away for the moment.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

i hated corporate america too and now i work for the city...and its almost WORSE (if you can even imagine that). they REALLY dont give a fuck about you. i, too am looking for something thats non-profit....i just need to feel like im helping people and like im appreciated for doing it.

i find out sometime soon if i get this job that i have been interviewing for. keep your fingers crossed for me yall

one
being a student

Print shop (first job at 17) - 1 year
Security Guard (first job after the army service) - 6 months
Music store (while studying sound engineering) - 6 months
Deliverty guy on scooter - 3 months
Post Production studio - 6 months
Dubbing studio - 5 years
Music recording studio - 3 years
and now radio - started last week.

In between there have been a few projects here and there, recording albums and doing live shows.

violett said:

definitely keeping my fingers crossed for ya - you'll LOVE nonprofits!!

typing accounts on my holidays
freelance graphic designer
photographic assistant
art director
full time mummy
freelance designer again

I've been in the financial industry since 1991.

In chron order...
* 7-11 (it was a career to stay alive because I worked overnights in National City, CA...I was 19 and just married!
* Retail (full time and as a second job during my younger years!)
* Youth Counselor (boys juvenile dentention ~ 8 long years)
* Administrative Support (4 years ~ started over becasue I got tired of being called a bitch every day (see above)!)
* Internal Communications (2 years ~ loved it!)
* Web Developer (3 years ~ loved it!)
* Videoconferencing ~ before IP, 1 year...the job from hell!)
* Administrator (for the past year...plan to stay here...it is what I am passionate about AND I get to work in the field!)

Either I have been around a long time or...
is this good or bad...?

All that I have done has been critical and crucial... to where I am now. Beautifully strange how it all comes together. Patience, strong belief and hard work.

I have spent all my working years (after high school, a total of 14 years so far) with both children (teaching) and the medical environment. Now it all fits together.



Today ... after our Music Therapy session with the Pediactric children.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

To gossip? lol

After my graduation about 4 years ago, I basically have had one employer and I work here still. First 1,5 years of Technical and Functional support for our bookeeping software. Then 1,5 years in Sales-Marketing as Marketing Staff and now I recently shifted into Product Marketing since January.

I am a Shoe Designer by profession. Been in the industry for 12 years.

Prior to that, I did have casual jobs, which went side by side my schooling and university.

Worked in Retail, Catering, Waitressing, Bar Work, Sold Perfume, and made CD Racks for a very cool company, White Washed Villas in Spain.. think thats it.