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Permalink Reply by Jerry Albright on November 18, 2009 at 8:48am

1. Carwash Hand - M&K Carwash - Left because I was sure there was more to life than white walls and Armour All
2. 3rd Shift Wire Pickler - Hoskins Mfg. - Left to preserve my sanity
3. Recruiter - Regional Staffing Firm - Promoted continuously up through VP level - Left so I could keep all the money
4. Founder and Principal Staffing Artist - Professional Search Group - Will never leave

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Permalink Reply by Barbara Ling on November 19, 2009 at 2:32pm

1.) Hostess at Mcdonalds
2.) Sales person at Radio Shack - left after 3 months because I couldn't sell my way out of a wet paper bag
3.) Educational Tech at Radio Shack - But wow could I fix computers!
4.) Database Analyst at AT&T - And brazen my way thru C code!
5.) Developer at Bell Labs - Not to mention shell script.
6.) Sysadmin at Bell Labs - And unix! Unix is almost as good as coffee.
7.) Lead sysadmin/security admin at Bell Labs - And Berferd!
8.) Started Lingstar/RISE and haven't looked back since. Found the users guides I had written 4-5 years ago/classes I had taught were where my skills really lay....

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Permalink Reply by Slouch on November 19, 2009 at 2:44pm

ice cream scooper
busboy for a day
door to door saran wrap/tin foil/toiletpaper salesman
restaurant supply company owner
musician
recruiter
Jobster for one year
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Permalink Reply by Trevor Smith on November 19, 2009 at 3:26pm

1. Sand-blaster - mine equipment company: Tram Electric
2. General Labor - ie...shoveling coal - coal mine: Andalex Mine Resources
3. Hod-tender - local brick layer: Morley Masonry
4. Freight handler - international trucking company: Roadway International
5. Loan officer - mortgage industry: Wester Sun Financial
6. Recruiter/Division Director - Robert Half International
7. Operations manager/recruiter - Murdock Career Services
8. Recruiter (locums) - CompHealth
9. Recruiter/Community Outreach - Stevens-Henager College
10. Recruiter - Excel Resources (IT)
11. Consultant - call center in Tonga: Gateway Pacific International
12. Sr. Recruiter/Account Manager - Who Blue Resources (IT)

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Permalink Reply by Trevor Smith on November 19, 2009 at 6:31pm

Updates:...for the benefit of Maren! :)
1. Sand-blaster - this was a job during the summers in High school...just for bucks for dates and stuff. Graduated and moved on to the REAL money....
2. General Labor/shoveling coal - worked after high school graduation earning money for voluntary religious mission.
3. Hod-tender - had a good neighbor who hired me after the religious mission...left to go to college in the "big city"....
4. Freight Handler - worked graveyards while going to college. Left after finishing BS in Business Management.
5. Loan officer - first job with BS degree. Got married and left cuz the wife didn't "appreciate" straight commission work.
6. Recruiter/Division Director - 1st recruiting job, left after a copule of years to take on a sinking ship I thought I could resurrect :)...
7. Operations Manager - left because I had too much confidence in myself and not enough knowledge about a company struggling through bankruptcy :). Company went out of business.
8. Recruiter (locums) - not really my cup of tea....didn't stay too long here.
9. Recruiter/Community Outreach - 1st taste of recruiting in academia. Great programs, we created a Pacific Islander specific program....then the school was sold and brought in new management that liked the "old way" of doing business.
10. Recruiter (IT) - left to help start an International Call Center in Tonga (spent a few months in the islands getting things up and running).
11. Consultant - left the islands to come home to my family, once the call center was up and running.
12. Who Blue Resources - IT Recruiter, still here today!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jeremy Roberts, SPHR on November 19, 2009 at 9:11pm

This is great! I think we shouldn't have to say why we left the recruiting firms we've been with previously :)

1. Trained horses in TX (13-15)...I worked for a few different horse trainers that worked with Tennessee Walking Horses and broke they 2 year olds. (left because my family moved to England)
2. Living in England I wasn't legally able to work (which was fine by me)
3. Special Photo Store (17-18) (I left when I graduated high school)
4. Balloonabilities (2-3 years)- I was a balloon artist in CA for Balloonabilities. They contracted me out to private parties and restaurants and I entertained for tips. I also used my balloon animal skills in the streets of Europe while studying in Spain for a year.
5. Cyrano's coffee (1 year in College)
6. Backstage Coffee (1 summer in TX while home from College)
7. El Chico's Mexican Restaurant - server for extra cash in college
8. ACT Academy - Spanish Teacher for k-12 charter school 1 year... (left because I'm not a good poor person)
9. Insurance sales (4 years - Left because a client that was a recruiter made more money than me and worked a lot less)
10. Recruiting Industry (8 years) Various contingent firms, Now with Futurestep, Korn Ferry for the last 3 years.

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