Kevin's Watch

Hours suck at the theater and though I love the work I do, the management is completely inept and maddening. I need to either get a second job or leave this one entirely. I want something labor based, but am fighting against job-block, and find myself aimlessly flipping through the classifieds. Maybe some inspiration would help.

Where did you work when you were 19?

I was working for the libraries when I was 19, still am.
It has its plus points and the flexibility proved helpful during study and travel breaks.

Have you considered working for shops in the film and tv departments? I had a friend in London that worked for Forbidden Planet and really enjoyed it.
www.forbiddenplanet.com/fp

Chrysalis wrote:I was working for the libraries when I was 19, still am.
It has its plus points and the flexibility proved helpful during study and travel breaks.

What were you doing? Pageship or something? Because that sounds pretty damn good.

Chrysalis wrote:Have you considered working for shops in the film and tv departments? I had a friend in London that worked for Forbidden Planet and really enjoyed it.
www.forbiddenplanet.com/fp

That also sounds cool. It would keep the same theme as the theater, which I like because I love movies.

I was actually just doing college then took time off to travel the world. I had a set amount of hours every week and then just did extra when I was free. In theory I coudl now go and do a library related course but I veered off into the counselling route.
Most of the people I work with either have libraries as the stop gap while they are studying for other things or just fell into the job and stayed.

I think its Hot Topic in the US which is similar to Forbidden Planet. A word of warning though, most of the wages will be spent in store on cool things!

UPS nightshift (12-4) pays full tuition here in Louisville. They love to hire college students everywhere to work the hubs though, and pretty much all of them have some kind of tuition aid program. I'm also unionized, so I have pretty much total job security, great benefits (including health and life), and a decent wage. (I make 9.50 now, with full tuition that's pretty boss) You should find out if you live near a hub.

I worked for a cotton mill (1979ish). Of course all of those went to Mexico soon after NAFTA so dont expect any cotton mill jobs.

You should check out the craigslist.com. They often have ads for movie extras and odd jobs. Some interesting stuff.

Balon wrote:
Where did you work when you were 19?

resatuarant. two of them in fact. dishes/pots/prep work.

US Navy. Before that, I worked as a day laborer at Nevada Cement.

I was a paperboy when I was nine, until I was thirteen.

After that it was mostly odd jobs, cleaning yards, splitting wood, and shovelling driveways and stuff.

I started at a transport/courier co. unloading trucks at seventeen-right out of highschool. I'm still here thirteen years later (though I drive now...I've also been a dispatcher, customer service rep, and a lead-hand)

I DID take stress leave a few years ago for about six months, and was a shipper/receiver for a sign manufacturer.

When I came back, my route had been filled, so I was the relief driver filling in for vacations/sick-leave for about two years (ironically, the reason I took stress leave, was that at the time, there was no releif driver, and we weren't allowed to take any time off -sickleave, or vacation);

I've been back on my old route for a year now.
Rumour has it, that a much larger company is moving in in about six months, and most of us will be out of work (hopefully the new company will hire some of us)

When I was 19, I was working as a secretary until, I decided I hated answering phones and went to nursing school

I worked in an ice cream shop at 19. It had some perks.

Balon wrote:Where did you work when you were 19?

Supermarket. I don't recommend it. Retail destroys the soul.

I worked from the time I was about 12 until..... the present.

I mowed grass on weekends and bailed hay in the summer. I ran a bushhog for a neighbor on weekends to keep his pasteur(s) under control. I worked for a local country convenience/grocery store. Then the cotton mill, then the Army. That was pretty much the extent of my teen jobs.

At 19 I was waitressing and going to college. Unless you're a really good people person, I wouldn't recommend it. I hate putting on fake smiles, flattering people and selling food.

You can make some really good money, though. On average I was making $12 an hour, but those were also looong hours. I think my longest clocked in at 13 hours straight. No food or break.

I was a bartender at a restaurant 19-22; loved it.

lets see, first job was at a state park at 13, then I worked at a gas station doing things that would violate child labor laws today...worked at a convience store, and finally into Uncle Sam's canoe club at 17.

JazFusion wrote: You can make some really good money, though. On average I was making $12 an hour, but those were also looong hours. I think my longest clocked in at 13 hours straight. No food or break.

Back in January I pulled a 15-hour shift, with 4 of that being driving to a location (2 hours there, 2 hours back). It was crazy, and I ate when I was driving, prepping for class, and driving back). Terrible day!

Regarding youthful work, when I was 19 I did office work, and then later busted my behind in fast food for minimum wage. I did that for a couple of years before returning to college.

My advice? Find something you're passionate about, and find a entry-level job in it. If it turns out not to be the thing for you, you can always move on to something more interesting.