I’ve only had 4 paying jobs ever. Retail (high school), finance (internship when in college - 2 summers at the same firm), then job #1 for 16 years and job #2 for 14 years.
Babysitter
Bug counter in the corn fields
Park District activities coordinator
Cashier at a dry cleaner
Sales at a County Seat Jeans store
Social Worker
Teacher
Newspaper delivery (6am, pouring rain, mean dogs) with my older brother
Dog sitter/answered phones for neighbor the night of artistic performances re: remaining tickets
Retail
Lifeguard
At my college: Summer coach for my college's camp in my sport; Bused tables in the cafeteria where all the psych professors ate (an Ivy) - what a bunch of annoying losers (sorry, hope I'm not offending anyone); Banquet waitress; Circulation desk at small library on campus, where I shelved books & tried to make sure the 2 people who came in all summer didn't sneak out books, since there was no book check-out in summer
Bartender, cocktail waitress
TA for my legal research & writing professor in law school
It did get better from there, although there was no middle road - next job was on Park Ave in Manhattan and it was a great job, but I didn’t know how much I didn’t know. What a huge learning curve! Best job ever, I miss it.
Babysitter
Blueberry picker
Strawberry picker (lasted one day)
McDonalds cashier (didn’t last long enough to get up to burger flipping)
T shirt screen printer
Whatever they needed that week for an office temp services company
Tutor
I did the office temp thing after freshman year. I spent three weeks as the receptionist at a law firm. I found out the last day that the regular person was calling in sick because a man had made death threats to the Sr partner over the outcome of a case. Yikes! The rest of the placements were safer.
2.Summer work at a factory (worked on timers for bombs!)
3.Inventory at retail stores.
4.Hanging advertising flyers on doors
5.Waitress
6.Hostess
7.Bartender
Bakery helper
Cannery worker (not sure what the position was called really)
HS facilities maintenance
Chemistry lab assistant
Teaching assistant
Research associate
Research scientist
Summer work at an allergist’s office - doing whatever anyone wanted me to do 8-5 (2 summers)
College:
3. Math tutor - lower level college math
4. Dorm security (all 5’2" and 90 pounds of me)
5. Day care center tutor for elementary age students. Poorly managed - parents paid for an hour of tutoring but the day care center put all the kids in at the same time according to subject matter - grade levels from 1st through 5th. Nothing got accomplished and I quit.
Post-college:
7. Receptionist/office staff for a fledgling computer co. Their receptionist took the summer off to stay home with her children and I needed a summer job before starting a job in Sept. Worked for both of us and it was fun.
Let’s see–tutor, babysitter, hotel switchboard operator, retail salesclerk, shoe salesclerk, clerical typist, and summer recreational leader were probably my 1st 7 jobs–the 7th job was after freshman year of college. Have had more jobs since.
Retail for a now defunct independent clothes store 8th grade
Restaurant…cashier, bus person 9th and 10th
Burger King 11th
Temped summers and Christmas in college
Secretary for land developer
Cocktail waitress…paid more than the previous job…college
Waitress at a terrible restaurant …post college