First job - age 13 bussing table part time at the restaurant where my mom was a waitress,
what I learned: my momma was a rock star workhorse whom everyone loved & I'd better at least be up to the standard she set so as not to embarrass her. And that a good Sunday brunch is the bomb :giggles:
Next, still age 13 (8th grade) working as a shampoo girl & receptionist at a hair salon in town 4 nights a week after school plus Sat & Sun.
what I learned: If you are the very best minion you can be you get to be the boss of all of the other minions :giggles: Thus began my quest for perfection on the job (to the point of being neurotic) :lol:
Kept that job until I was a Jr. in high school. Sophomore year I also started working at McDonald's as part of the school's co-op program, worked from 10-2 instead of school during the week and worked weekend shifts at the salon.
What I learned: To juggle two jobs + my other responsibilities, this would be a valuable lesson in the future (even though I didn't know it at the time!)
Worked various office jobs until I was 19 and already had DD I also started waitressing at the restaurant where my mom worked. This was also my first foray into "****tailing" as the lounge had a 4:00 a.m. liquor license.
What I learned: You absolutely can't screw up when momma is watching your every move or you'll never hear the end of it! I could write a book about what I learned working in a 4:00 bar :lol:
By 21 I had DD and DS and worked 2 full time jobs, one in Sales Finance at Hewlett-Packard during the day and at the aforementioned restaurant at night and on the weekends.
What I learned: to function without sleep.
Have worked my way up the "admin" ladder ever since working as an Executive Assistant, Operations Manager etc., took a break for a few years after I I left a dot com job (just before the bust with my stock options in tact :giggles
in which I was a freelance web designer and "virtual assistant".
Then I took the job as a Legal Assistant and Records Manager at Solo Cup, and now I'm an Office/Operations Manager/Marketing Manager/Project Supervisor/A million other titles :lol: for a business brokerage firm where I helped start a new division strictly dedicated to facilitating the buying & selling of pharmacies.