• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

How many jobs have you had? (1 Viewer)

How many jobs have you had?

  • 0

    Votes: 25 15.1%
  • 1

    Votes: 37 22.3%
  • 2

    Votes: 41 24.7%
  • 3

    Votes: 25 15.1%
  • 4

    Votes: 18 10.8%
  • 5

    Votes: 10 6.0%
  • 6

    Votes: 4 2.4%
  • 7

    Votes: 6 3.6%
  • 8+

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    166

White Rabbit

Bloody Shitcakes
Joined
May 26, 2003
Messages
1,624
Location
Hurstville
Gender
Female
HSC
2003
7 -->

Delivering Catalouges, 1998 - 99
Pizza Haven, 1999
KFC, 2000 - 02
Maccas, 2002 - 03
Bakers Delight, 2003 - 04
Downtown Duty Free (Sydney Airport) 2004 - 05
Bankstown Hospital 2005 - current
 

beccaxx

surprised things change
Joined
Apr 30, 2004
Messages
881
Location
newcastle
Gender
Female
HSC
2004
yay i am in the majority.

OH WHOOPS

i clicked 2... i totally forgot i work at a cafe now too.

i ment to pick 3.

i did a paper run,
maccas
and the cafe
 

lil_star

Longing for IT!
Joined
Dec 8, 2003
Messages
671
Gender
Female
HSC
2003
5 :)

- Hungry Jacks - 3 mths
- Kmart - 3.5 mths
- Accountancy Firm - 4 months
- Student Promotional Representative of UTS:FIT - current
- IBM - current...eventually where I had once hoped to be:)
 
Last edited:

fornstar

QUEENSLANDER!!!!
Joined
Dec 12, 2003
Messages
856
Location
Fairfield
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
only one official one, at MQ Uni as a Student Advisor for their Open Day. had to fill out a time sheet and everything!!!
 

Raiks

Enigma Unlimited
Joined
Sep 10, 2003
Messages
2,109
Gender
Male
HSC
2002
LeftrightOut said:
Just be careful because lots of jobs sometimes can make you look like you don't know what you want or that you are hard to work with. Also when you turn over jobs a fair bit it looks to a prospective employer that you might not stick around for long and so any training they pump into you might not be returned in service so you are less likely to get hired. It's the same with degrees, a wide range of degrees might make you look better educated/well read but it can also look like you don't know what the heck you want to do and I have seen resumes from people with several masters where they might not even mention one for fear of being overqualified for a position :)
I've held a few longer term jobs which are always included on the resume. The other jobs are just for money and they usually help in getting jobs of a similar nature. I've never included all my jobs on a resume because why include jobs that are irrelevant. These jobs are summer jobs, they are nothing more than that. I take these jobs because they are new and different.

And just to edit the list:

01) Administration - Accounting Firm
02) Fitter - Conveyer Engineering Firm
03) Machinist - Sheet Metal Manufacturer
04) Welder - Engineering Workshop
05) Gravedigger - Funeral Palour
06) Admin Gopher - International Investment Bank
07) Professional Rugby Union - Ulster RU & Northampton RU
08) Market Co-Ordinator - Agriculture Growers Collective
09) Umpire/Manager - Indoor Sporting Centre
10) Turfer - Turf Growing Company
11) Barman - Innercity Pub
12) Welder - Caravan Manufacturer
13) Cleaner - Icecream Manufacturer
14) Welder - Boat Building Company
15) Barman - Innercity Dance Club
16) Deckhand/Medic - International Shipping Company
17) Administration - Picture Framing Company
18) General Labourer - Timberyard
19) Customer Service - Energy Company
20) Customer Service - Yaghting Company
21) Machinist - Screw Manufacturing Company
22) Traffic and Accident Monitor - RTA
23) Retail - Blockbuster
24) General Labourer - Glazier
 

#4

Member
Joined
Jul 31, 2004
Messages
86
Location
SYDNEY
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
1) Pizza Haven

2) David Jones (dock)

3) Telemarketing

4) Telstra Stadium- bar

5) Tutoring
 

iambored

dum-di-dum
Joined
Apr 27, 2003
Messages
10,862
Location
here
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2003
Raiks said:
I'm not the sort of person who worked at Woolworths for 4-5 years while I'm at uni, I ended up working all sorts of temporary jobs since I was 15.
How did you find your temp positions? I am always on the lookout. I want to be similar, keep one job to show I won't leave after a few months, temp the rest - temping gives varied skills, it's different so more fun and it's good to have little things to bulk out different parts of the resume for different jobs.
 

lala2

Banned
Joined
Aug 23, 2004
Messages
2,790
Location
Sydney
Gender
Female
HSC
2005
Zomg Raiks! I wouldn't even remember half of the number of jobs you've had! On the topic, I've had 3 jobs, currently on my 4th one and looking for a 5th one to go with the 4th one:

1. office worker with a specialist's private practice
2. telemarketer (haha, a 3 day stint but I had to put that down because I didn't have any other work experience at the time besides the office worker)
3. student at a pharmacy for a total of 6 shifts (yes, six!) over 1.5 months. They got overstaffed, and being a puny 2nd year over the 3rd and 4th years they had recently hired, well naturally I wasn't given any more shifts.
4. student ambassador with USYD--> current job

Hoping to look for another job with another pharmacy.
 

Josie

Everything's perfect!
Joined
Nov 24, 2003
Messages
1,340
Location
Wollongong
Gender
Female
HSC
2004
1) Cashier- Harvey Norman
2) Nightfill, Woolworths
3) Sales Assistant/Manager- Domayne
4) Team Member- selling American Express (heh.)
5) Telesales Consultant- Optus
6) Telemarketer- Accor Hotels

Currently jobless. Should get a job, I'm sick of being poor.

Edit: I forgot my first job when I was 15- Furniture Assembly, Bentlor Furniture. Taught me all sorts of fun tricks with drills and nail guns and other things.
 

CieL

...
Joined
Oct 12, 2004
Messages
3,120
Gender
Female
HSC
2005
Started working beginning of 06

1. Food court person
2. Kobe Jones waitress
3. Inferno waitress
4. Coles checkout supervisor
 

Jachie

it ain't easy being white
Joined
Jun 30, 2006
Messages
1,662
Gender
Female
HSC
2008
I've only had one job, I worked at Greater Union for about three months in 06/07. Resigned once school started again though. At the moment I have no plans on getting another one until after I've completed my HSC.
 
Last edited:

genril

Banned
Joined
Aug 6, 2007
Messages
86
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
I grabbed a job at big w a few weeks ago cause i need money to fund my xmas holidays, plus i will need to pay for insurance/fuel.
 

A High Way Man

all ova da world
Joined
Jul 16, 2007
Messages
1,605
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2006
I got a job with coles in july, worked 5 shifts, never called in or got called again
and dont intend toooo loolz
 

Triangulum

Dignitatis Contentio
Joined
Nov 13, 2005
Messages
2,084
Gender
Male
HSC
2006
lala2 said:
4. student ambassador with USYD--> current job
How did you get that job? (And are you one of the ones who are forced to pose in ridiculous photos for brochures?)
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top