What does everyone here do for work?

[Dave A]

Congratulations you @AOS- 👍

I am currently a Tax Compliance Senior for a medium sized accounting firm that's based near where I live. I'm in the processs of taking my ATT exams, of which I recently passed the first one.

It's a bit of a detour from my last job which was managing a portfolio of properties used by the Home Office to house assylum seekers and prior to that I was an Events Manager for a company who specialised in organising corporate events around the world.

It's a departure that I've taken to, though there was a lot to learn at first, but once I get my teeth into it I've progressed wel. I started off as an Assistant on a lower wage than my last job, but I was a senior a year later and after another 6 months it's now officially the highest paid job I've had.

Although I'm a senior I'm currnetly filling in for my manager who is on maternity leave. I'm secretly (though not so much now it's on't interweb) hoping that either she comes back part time, or that when she comes back we can split the team into two so that I can get a managment role full time.

 

[MisterWaffles]

Just noticed this thread.

Storefront in Tim Freakin' Hortons.

Would you like a coffee with that?

 

[AOS-]

Just noticed this thread.

Storefront in Tim Freakin' Hortons.

Would you like a coffee with that?

Hey- everyone has to start somewhere. I started at Dollarama thanks to a high school classmate got me in. Logged 6.5 years there, and now here I am working at Woodbine Racetrack.

 

[edawg456]

Currently a sales associate at a home improvement store.

 

[Com Fox]

As someone who is still unemployed, has no extra schooling past high school (tried twice but the courses got cancelled) and has no idea what I want for a future. I want to know how you got your jobs and what got you to accept/try/apply for it and what would be the best course of action to get some work?

 

[lbpomg95]

Well, I work as a self-employed mobile car detailer. Spent the worst two years of my life working for a Peugeot specialist as an aftersales advisor, but did a lot of valeting at the same time (understaffed, overworked etc.). After that I worked for Ford as a full-time valeter for 4 weeks, before deciding to be my own boss doing the same thing.

It was basically a case of researching the costs of starting and maintaining a business. Realising I had the money in place, I went for it. Best 5 months of my life.

 

[W3H5]

I want to know how you got your jobs and what got you to accept/try/apply for it and what would be the best course of action to get some work?

I spent plenty of years after school doing all kinds of jobs here and there, like most people I suppose. I didn't have a real plan exactly. In my early 20's I feel into teaching and realised I was good at it and enjoyed it. I've been doing that on and off for the last decade so I suppose it's my career.

Along with teaching I've done landscape gardening, charity work, retail, sales, plenty of journalism (still do bits), professional motorcyclist, bar work and have owned and run a tea house, a bar and a doughnut business. And last year I was a traffic warden for 6 months.

You don't need a plan, just see what comes up and go from there. Try all sorts until something makes you pleased to get up in the morning.