karlotta Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I mange online creative content and am the assistant editor for a magazine for the uk's biggest craft supply company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 this is a great thread I am an ICT teacher for 11 to 16 year old darlings , been teaching for about 10 years, I am actually a qualified engineer and used to work in the petrochemical industry. but i didnt like it so changed cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Wow so many different occupations I'm a nurse with Intermediate Care but also lead 3 teams of therapists in the community. Job is part management and part clinical - perfect. Wolfie I read your post as taxidermist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoice Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I am a packaging artworker. Which basically means I sit at a mac 5-6 days a week (sneaking a peek at the forum) and I put the pretty product shots and teeny tiny cooking instructions on food packaging and get them ready to go the printers. Or as my OH says... I make pretty landfill for a living. (He used to be a graphic designer so i know he's just joshing as he did the same. He's a Policeman now though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Vets receptionist, cleaner up of pee, poo and vomit and sorter outer of computers when go wrong etc etc - general dogsbody! And thats just work!!! Ahhh, yes, welcome to my world too - a world full of owners who allow their dog out on the end of a very loose lead every visit and allow it to pee all over the place and say 'ohhh sorry, he's never done that before....' I can cope with the animal pee/poo/vomit but do struggle when owners/children poo/pee/vomit and i definitely dont do human blood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well I work time as a Pre Assessment Nurse on the Day Surgery Unit at the local hospital. I also mend small computer problems and run our website. My speciality is as a Neonatal ITU nurse, but due to longterm illness (Myasthenia Gravis), Oseoporosis and a broken back, I do this job as I can sit down most of the time!!! Not quite as full filling but it got me off of incapacity benefit and back into the real world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gertie Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hello. My first visit to the nesting box. I am a primary school teacher, teaching all the teeny tiny children 3-5 years. Thinking of getting some chickens for the school!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Used to be a pharmaceutical rep, then dinner lady/cook and now lab technician setting up for all sciences in secondary school. Have the best job in the world for 2 young boys to look after too - and a wide range of animals to care for also. Did work in a safari park when a student - those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I dish out 'premium' (allegedly) snacks to people at 37,000 feet. I was lucky enough to take a part time contract nearly 5 years ago when we moved to the country, so work a 75% contract. Desperate to change my job at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Criminal barrister for the last 9 years having been a film lecturer in Paris for the previous 7...nothing like keeping oneself busy...I love my job beyond belief, though the stress is unbelievable. I get to see slices of lives I would never otherwise see, communicate with people I would never get to speak to normally and dress up and be part of tradition every day. Perfect for a drama-loving nosey parker. And I love being self-employed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicki9 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Head of House and English Teacher in an 11-18 comprehensive. It is the best job in the world, and gives me the hols to spend with my own two monsters - and the chooks of course! I feel privileged every day to enjoy going to work as much as I do, nothing beats having a job you love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Marple Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Wow! Diversity rules. I am a chemistry teacher and a Head of Year in an independent boys grammar school. I love my job- always have, even back in the dark days when the pay was truly bad and I used to work four nights a week in a local restuarant to supplement our income. As a year head I roll with a group of boys between years 9 to 11. I love that part as they arrive as little boys and do some serious growing up ( in all directions) over the next three years. Currently I am with year 10. I love teaching chemistry. I also moonlight as Dobby the House Elf and as an examiner for GCSE and A level chemistry. I have never changed careers although I had a brief flirtation with accountancy only to find I was pregnant and that it was not perhaps the right time to jump ship! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Civil servant here - I do constitutional policy and have responsibility for a bizarre selection of things, but get to nance about the Houses of Parliament a bit, which I am uncool enough to still enjoy. Before the civil service I worked as a concierge, and before that as a costumier/seamstress (which paid pennies. yurk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Vets receptionist, cleaner up of pee, poo and vomit and sorter outer of computers when go wrong etc etc - general dogsbody! And thats just work!!! Ahhh, yes, welcome to my world too - a world full of owners who allow their dog out on the end of a very loose lead every visit and allow it to pee all over the place and say 'ohhh sorry, he's never done that before....' I can cope with the animal pee/poo/vomit but do struggle when owners/children poo/pee/vomit and i definitely dont do human blood! Especially when they let the blooming things pee on the dog food bags and its EVERY visit not just a one off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I dish out 'premium' (allegedly) snacks to people at 37,000 feet. I was lucky enough to take a part time contract nearly 5 years ago when we moved to the country, so work a 75% contract. Desperate to change my job at the moment. You have many talents and could set up craft business/catering businesses etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadietoo Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Great thread....I'm a tax manager for a firm of Chartered Accountants, and specialise in Trusts and Estates...(Wolfie have I spoken to you or Mr Wolfie recently ? ) but also "do" personal tax too..so won't be at home much now until February Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm still trying to decide what I want to do when I grow up . (Better hurry up, the big 5-0's not that far away . In the meantime, I'm a learning assistant in a special school for autistic kids and I also run the school library . Used to be a PA but no desire to do that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Vets receptionist, cleaner up of pee, poo and vomit and sorter outer of computers when go wrong etc etc - general dogsbody! And thats just work!!! Ahhh, yes, welcome to my world too - a world full of owners who allow their dog out on the end of a very loose lead every visit and allow it to pee all over the place and say 'ohhh sorry, he's never done that before....' I can cope with the animal pee/poo/vomit but do struggle when owners/children poo/pee/vomit and i definitely dont do human blood! Especially when they let the blooming things pee on the dog food bags and its EVERY visit not just a one off! Tell me about it drives me nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm a teacher, my class are Y3 children 7-8 yr olds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figarogir1 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm a learning mentor in a junior school - I an there to "remove barriers to learning" but as we are in a deprived area with a lot of "challenging" children it normally means that I break up fights and sort out behavior Its a great job though and I would be bored anywhere else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sari Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I'm a learning mentor in a junior school - I an there to "remove barriers to learning" but as we are in a deprived area with a lot of "challenging" children it normally means that I break up fights and sort out behavior Its a great job though and I would be bored anywhere else! I did this in a previous job.....I was in YR5...mopping up the human debris, who hadn't, at their current rate of progress, a hope in Hades of reaching the Government's target of Level 4....so I spent my day doing Reading Recovery, Writing Recovery, Handwriting Recovery, Happy Movers ( for dyspraxic kids....I called it groovymovers....) Literacy Support, Springboard Maths..you name it, there was a program for it, and I did it.....the poor kids....I did achieve outstanding results in my Reading Recovery though Currently and previously, I've been in specialists support. At the minute I'm a CSW. Communication Support Worker, I work with a profoundly deaf child, who has a cochlear implant, and my day is filled with giving her the opportunity for quality language, and trying to catch up all the learning, both formal and informal, environmental etc thats she's missed, and teaching her to talk...I LOVE my job, but it pays pants. I can sign, badly......and can read and write Braille, as I used to work in visual impairment support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I work in European marketing for a global technology company. Pays well enough but not a great work/life balance and too much travel for my liking. Been thinking about a career change but not sure what I could do, especially as I don't have a degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddys Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I am in the process of a total lifestyle change - from corporate marketing background but now I am planning to open a western style restaurant in Taiwan that will focus on organic produce as well as have on-site land for chickens, pigs, maybe bees. Hopefully people can get a nice meal and learn something about taking care animals ! Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthmam1 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I used to be a nurse working in Intensive Care but that was BC (before children) . Since then I have done many things usually part time but working in a plant nursery and tea shop is the latest for some time - It is brillant, pressure and I get to have a good chat about things I love - plants and food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poachedegg Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I'm an Exam Invigilator covering, GCSE's, AS, A2 and mocks......only for half of the year, so suits me fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
