Getting My Feet Wet
At first, it was great. I liked the flexible schedule and a boss that was not a hoverer. I felt something in my gut didn't agree. But I decided why not? I realized that being paid more and compromisi…
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My First Internship
I did a summer internship during my sophomore year in college. This was the smartest thing I did because I realized before I graduated that I did not want to pursue public relations. It was one of th…
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Volunteer at the Library
I was able to volunteer first (very good get your foot in the door opportunity) and then I got a work permit through my high school for the work experience program. I didn't get paid much, minimum wa…
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Disgusted by Dishwashing Job
I used my hands to scape garbage off dishes. I quit after just one day because my hands smelled like garbage. Shortly thereafter I went back to the New Jersey State Employment Agency where I was dire…
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Above All, Be Kind
Strictly OJT --- On the job experience. I also learned from watching my sister and my co-workers. It wasn't difficult work but it was my first job so I had to watch carefully and listen even more so.…
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Make the Best of It
I tried to enjoy everything I did and I applied myself. I even had some time to play baseball and run cross country. Then I found the opposite in life -- oh those girls!! I used to go to school, then…
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Newspaper Delivery
I rode a bike delivering newspapers. Right when I got home from school on weekdays I went out to deliver newspapers, delivering the Daily Iberian in New Iberia, LA. Sometimes my Mother had the newspa…
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Learning on the Job
My dad knew the foreman, he told him I was not doing anything that summer, could he use any help, and there I was, a High School Junior who could type. At the beginning it was difficult to use a extr…
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My First Job was My Best Job
I learned the lesson early in life that it's not necessarily what you know, but who you know. I got the job because I knew someone who worked as a sportswriter at the paper. He knew that I wrote pret…
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An Easy Job with Active
I worked 8am to 4pm. I was not at school when I started this job. One of my jobs was to print numbers on sample bags for miners. I also made big concrete plugs for the pipes. That was about all that …
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Try Not to Swear at Your Boss
When I worked at Hungry Jacks, I had to make sure that I was wearing the right type of footwear and that my Hungry Jacks uniform was wrinkle free and I also had to wear a hair net so that my hair was…
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A Dynamite Job
I did not like the job because it was dangerous. My responsibility was to make dynamite for the mine sites. I had to put the cord through long tubes, and use a machine to fill it in. I got dirty doin…
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Trolley Boy at Woolworths
When I worked at Woolworths, I was stacking shelves. I was a trolley boy. Everyday I had to sign in first by scanning my finger . When I got asked to stack some shelves in the cool drink aisle and ti…
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Your Performance Will Follow You Through Life
Since I was small for my age I could pretty much get inside the big pots as they would cook tons of food at once in these huge pots. Was like being in the Army kitchens... found that out later in my …
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Rabbits. Yes, Rabbits
I was lucky in that I was a teenager, so that I had no knowledge or experience and likewise, no fear. I tried all sorts of things, ruined the thing multiple times, and learned all about "getting back…
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