i am a senior administrator, before this i was the payroll officer here (i prefer that job, less responsibility). so i deal with the day to day running of the office, keep my girls in line, accounts payable and receivable, i help out the new payroll lady etc.

i work in the recycle indrestroy before that i packed 25kg bags of skin salt (boring)

I started out swinging a hammer as a carpenter, ended up back at uni externally and now Im a Building Certifier by profession(say what?).....I manage a business that has 17 staff and takes me all around Queensland, I get to meet a lot of interesting folks and yet most people havent a clue as to what we actually do.

When i was a cadet all I wanted to do was to be the boss.......now im the boss all I really want to be is to go back to being a cadet....no budgets, no responsibities, no pressure, no staff that make you wonder how the hell they managed to tie there shoe laces this morning....lol.

Recently I have prioritised my ambitions.... all I wish to be now is a surf bum.

I work in the community services industry - first with homeless young women aged 12 -18 then as a manager of a large service that worked with homeless people with mental health issues, drug and alcohol, domestic violence etc - I then moved into managing a training program (which I hated with a vengeance). Currently I am a full time carer of my 2 1/2 year old granddaughter (she was neglected and abused and came to me at 11 months) - she is my priority and I am currently applying for custody. When all that is settled I am wanting to move back into 'client' based work - particularly mental health.

I'm a stay at home mum at the moment, which I must say I'm finding that very fulfilling. Watching/helping my little boy to grow is just an amazing thing. I have just grown so much as a person since becoming a mum. My last job was an ESL (English as a second language) teacher. I did an arts degree in Philosophy and English. I was enrolled for honours and was ready to go down the whole academic path then suddenly decided to pop off to China. Glad I did. I still think about returning to study (just bought the uni course book) but I'm older and heck of a lot wiser after having lived a little. I was mentally pretty immature back then, not that I knew that at the time though. I had a zillion little jobs during/after uni, book shops, cafe assistant, bar maid, lingerie shop, office assistant, fast food check out chick etc etc. Funnily enough I had this strange dream last night that a judge was questioning me about all those jobs and I was trying to defend myself "I was a student judge, its normal to change jobs all the time....some of them were just trial shifts..." Really funny now that I'm awake! Hmmm maybe I'm having some sub conscious issues about chopping and changing so much in my life.....

I have a few jobs I loved my job at Fuji Xerox Aust as trainer/call center operator also absolutely loved my job in the police department. I now work for Dept of Defence in complaince, boring and too much travel, looking to get out.

aged care nure...i get poo'd, pee'd, puked on at work and then come home and get the same..lol.. in my free time i'm a gardener , doctor, nurse, teacher, dad, chemist, naturpath, driving instructor, cleaner, seamstress..u get the picture

I don't work at the moment as I can't but I do volunteer, when I am able to. at an agency that helps financially disadvantaged people. Yep you guessed it we are overwhelmed.

Started working life as a file clerk (yuck), then as a typist, secretary, admin person whatever but have had assorted jobs since. Cafe supervisor, pizza maker and delivery person, putting together key rings (that was the worst!), teddy bear maker and stuffer (that was the best) shoving filling up a teddy bear is so satisfying!, and cleaner. Looking after house and family now when I can. But life is good!

Maritime Worker (24/7 shiftworker) @ Port Botany, standing by for emergency response for pollution, fires, incidents etc in our port, oversee ship / shore safety checklists for gas, petroleum and chemical tankers visiting the port, also checklists for bunkering. Security patrols on the waters in our port. auditing of work permits of ships in our port.

I have had a few jobs (even though Im only 24) - I started out working in childcare but left after I was either given the choice to leave or be put off. (It was a horor child care centre and the reason I left was because they didnt like the fact that I and other staff had contacted the government department in our state to try and get the centre closed - the other staff were given the same choice to leave or be fired)

Then I worked as a cleaner at a high school (HORRIBLE JOB)

Then I went back to childcare but as a nanny which I absolutely LOVED!

But I got too sick to keep going, so that put paid to that job.

Now Im back at Uni aain studying Counselling which is fulfilling, but hard work - especially when Im having a lot of health problems - my brain doesnt work right sometimes.

While Im at uni, I work in the local Library - Which is great because its so stress free - We dont have a shhh library, its quite noisy, but its great - I help coordinate the childrens activities, as well as the usual borrowing/returning, shelving etc.

I also work in the mornings from home as a telecare worker - That means that I have a list of about 30 (which changes every month) people who I ring between the hours of 7.30 and 9am to check if they are ok or need anything. It gives ill or elderly people a chance to stay at home longer and have that extra little bit of independence. Someone else does the next shift and then another so the people get three phone calls a day. I love this work and the work at the library. I havent been doing wither lng enough to hate them yet lol. We'll see, but right now I love both jobs.

Oh, and when i was growing up I always wanted to go to USA and be a tornado chaser!

Tornado chaser - yeah - I reckon I could do that too. To be on the edge like that - what an adrelene rush.

I started out as a dole blugger, then became a panel beater/panel worker, then became a volunteer worker for a youth orgination and then I got a job as a drug and alcohol support worker in a detox unit and now I'm a drug and alcohol support worker in a rehab unit

I started work as a receptionist at A DR's sugery then became a domestic Goddess for 15yrs and started doing part-time work.After seceral dif jobs I am now working as a receptionist part-time in a Dr's surgery.The dr's and staff are all great and though it is not paid very well I can go and be happy there and not have someone pressuring me.Last job at the vet's was terrible.Bad training bitchy staff ugh.Am relieved to find a nice work enviroment,what a diference it makes to your day.

i was a mum 2 4 children 12, 16, 12, 17 then when the girls where old enough 2 go 2 school i also went. i have never regretted my career choice. i work in a aged care and i absolutely adore my other job