Careers! How did you find yours?
#12
Not knowing what I wanted to do, one year after H.S. joined the Navy in 1982. Was given a job as a Personnel Specialist (Human Resources) and stayed in until my retirement in 2002. Was fortunate enough to get a job working for the State of Ohio in my field of Human Resources. Was promoted quickly working for the Unemployment Compensation office (HQ level) and am now a Program Administrator 3 (fancy for management). Goes to show that hard work can get you just as much ahead as a college degree.
#14
I just began my career in the human services field in January. I'm a residence aide in a group home. I take care of (well, supervise) ten individuals with intellectual disabilities. Love it. I hope to go back to school next year for psychology.
#15
I got my degree in Business Marketing. While going to college I started off working retail, and quickly got into retail management. I spent 1.5 years doing that. Then took a job as a customer service rep for a labor staffing company, 1.5 years after starting staffing, I got promoted to Branch Manager and continued working at the labor agency as the Manager while I went to school. Once I graduated, I took a job at another staffing company that specializes in light industrial staffing. Been promoted twice with this company, now running it. Never thought 8 years ago when I took the job as a CSR for the labor staffing company that the staffing industry would become my career...but it has and it's been a highly rewarding path so far.
#17
I was a union brick layer right out of high school which economy took a crap and got laid off. Went to advance auto and was the commercial parts manager and then left there for a way better paying job in the oil field which I am currently doing.
My job is very long hours and requires some travel but pays good and benefits are good. they pay me to blow crap up for a living, what else could be more fun!
My job is very long hours and requires some travel but pays good and benefits are good. they pay me to blow crap up for a living, what else could be more fun!
#18
I was a maintenance man in a McDonald's in the Bronx. One of our Berger toasters wasn't working. A manager from another store came in with a briefcase. He took out a mutineer and took some readings. Then he took out what looked like a copper probe with 2 wires hanging off of it. He removed one from the toaster, put the new one in, turned the toaster on and wa la, it worked. At that moment I decided I wanted to do that.
Well, I became a Manager and after 2 years I realized that in order for me to ad Advance in the company, a lot of people had to die, So I killed them!
No, just kidding!!!!!
I joined the Navy! They offered me advanced electronic s training. In 18 months I would have Yvette equivalent of a 2 year electronics degree. So I jumped on it and haven't regretted it for a second.
Since then, I have been a Cell phone tech, computer tech, arcade game tech, (for a year I was the only technician on the planet for the Arcade versions of Terminator, H2 Overdrive and Guitar Hero. Any of you who know the Buck Hunter series, I was THE master technician for that game series.)
Now I am a Q.A. inspector for electronic test equipment. And my company is sending me back to School to Fine tune my abilities!
I am a fixer according to my mother. She says I've been fixing things since I was 3. And although a am no master, I am a self taught mechanic.
Electronic is my job, mechanics is my hobby and computers are just fun.
Ultimately, I would like to go to M.I.T.then become a Scottie or a Jordy, Yes I'm a star trek geek.
I like being a fixer, and always strive to be not The Best, just the best that I can be!
So That's the story of how I found my carrier. Hope I didn't bore you too much?
Well, I became a Manager and after 2 years I realized that in order for me to ad Advance in the company, a lot of people had to die, So I killed them!
No, just kidding!!!!!
I joined the Navy! They offered me advanced electronic s training. In 18 months I would have Yvette equivalent of a 2 year electronics degree. So I jumped on it and haven't regretted it for a second.
Since then, I have been a Cell phone tech, computer tech, arcade game tech, (for a year I was the only technician on the planet for the Arcade versions of Terminator, H2 Overdrive and Guitar Hero. Any of you who know the Buck Hunter series, I was THE master technician for that game series.)
Now I am a Q.A. inspector for electronic test equipment. And my company is sending me back to School to Fine tune my abilities!
I am a fixer according to my mother. She says I've been fixing things since I was 3. And although a am no master, I am a self taught mechanic.
Electronic is my job, mechanics is my hobby and computers are just fun.
Ultimately, I would like to go to M.I.T.then become a Scottie or a Jordy, Yes I'm a star trek geek.
I like being a fixer, and always strive to be not The Best, just the best that I can be!
So That's the story of how I found my carrier. Hope I didn't bore you too much?
#19
I was working as a sergeant at a local law enforcement agency. Me and my wife decided to move to South Dakota. My father in law helped me get my job as a fabricator/ pump installation tech at Rosenbauer South Dakota. Building fire rescue vehicles.
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