What was/is your job?

glammanana

I certainly have never been bored over the past 38 years. Very fortunate as, although never rich, I've not needed to take paid work. Have been, according to DH, the family's social conscience.

Nagyiyou have been paid in the amount of experience you have amassed over the year's so well done you.

Have not had a paid job since birth of first child. CAB volunteer for nearly 25 years for up to 20 hours a week. Also FE college governor, YMCA trustee, etc but foremost wife, mother and grandmother.

pink I had both my children in Newcastle General.

I was a nurse.Trained at Newcastle General Hospital.Then did midwifery training at Queen Charlotte's and Newcastle.
Worked in all the Newcastle hospitals until I retired.

Sorry,in a hurry, should read - I was a Registered Childminder, have recently retired.

I was a Registered childminder have recently retired.

Receptionist in an out patient clinic in my local hospital.

Hospital-based Biomedical Scientist, moving up the ranks from leaving school until retirement, apart from the 7 years I stayed at home until my children went to school, during which time I did child minding and foster/respite care for special needs children. I am very happy not working now, enjoying my single life and being a grandmother to 6 lovely children.

Years ago my passport stated that I was a "domestic engineer"...

Mainly teaching 10-11yearolds but also a spell in local authority admin. While out of teaching to be at home with the children I had part-time jobs as a Saturday Supervisor with BHS, working at Mothercare and best of all as library assistant in the evenings at uni library. Teaching was first love and returned when son was 5 as supply teacher in his school. Went for a term and stayed 17 years until I retired. Really enjoying retirement and don't see that anyone would choose to be a primary teacher at the age of 65 as seems inevitable.

Worked in library in early work years, then a stay-at-home mum with wee jobs here and here till youngest went to school. Worked in telecommunications industry for about 5 years until I began working with adults with physical and learning difficulties in a quite well-known (and very good) residential facility. I began working there when I was 36 and worked my way up from care assistant to supervising teams of staff. I then trained as a SVQ assessor and verifier in Health and Social Care (in England that is NVQ). I did a bit of freelance work in this field as well, being involved in the assessing of staff who worked with adults with autism. I retired last year. I like being retired very much indeed - as much as I enjoyed the work that I did, it was stressful and I'd had enough!!

Started off in HM forces, mostly clerical but short spell as a drill instructor which I enjoyed enormously - didn't get to shout at people much after that! Married and worked where I could as and when we moved - PA, librarian, mortgage clerk in a building society, another spell as a PA and then practice manager for a consultancy firm for seventeen years until I retired. Quite stressful that, so glad to go! I don't do any work now - I don't actually want to, which makes me feel guilty sometimes when other people are busy volunteering for this and that.... if anyone wants a geriatric drill instructor - have to be slow marching only though!

School Inspector (ducks....)

What a diverse group this is - wonderful.

I was a PA to a Consultant (doctor) in my last job before I "retired". I now do part-time medical typing from home. Downside - too much computer time.

I was also a nurse and a legal secretary for many years.

I don't think I'd know what to do with myself if I actually retired.

What a lot of interesting work & training & general expertise here! And who said "not so brilliant"...then.."translating for WHO" which sounds brilliant to me!

My entire life has been spent one way or another, with children & families; nursing & midwifery training, then trained quite young (23/24) as a Health Visitor, a job I was actually felt part-trained for from an even younger age as my mum was an infant welfare volunteer!
13 years being a full-time mum (best time of all) with a tiny bit of child-care teaching when it worked out.
Then back to being a Health Visitor. I trained to be a specialist practitioner & prescribe independently, but remained front-line; finished up working with families of children with specific learning difficulties, mainly helping with diagnosis & behaviour management.

Retired a year ago, in order to build a house with OH. I miss the families & children, but mainly because I've not had a chance to pick up any voluntary work yet (b/c of the build, we are doing a lot ourselves). The build completion & 1st grandchild are due together in a couple of months, and then we'll see.
My friends say that I still "think like a Health Visitor" and I think I always will!

I'm glad that I'm not the only person who likes being retired.Sometimes I feel guilty that I'm not rushing around, but I worked very hard physically for a long time so I enjoy being lazy!

At the age of 6 or so I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up. Answer - a mummy!

I agree Baggy !!

All I ever really wanted to be was a housewife and mummy !!

Should have mentioned earlier that I go to work to play in the toy department for Mothercare/ELC, so spend all day playing with GC then go to work to play with other peoples children, its good fun!

Of all the jobs I've ever had, the most rewarding both at the time and afterwards, has been (and still is) being a mum.

I trained as a 'Domestic Science Teacher' at Ilkley Teacher Training College. Taught at a Secondary Modern in Wigan until I had my 1st baby.....did a little pit of part time and supply, then had baby no.2. Moved to Scotland in 1977 and had baby no 3.
Went on supply list when youngest went to school...went into a Grammar School for 3 days and ended up staying for 20 yrs teaching Home Ec and retired at 55.
Then we both managed a caravan park for 5 yrs and retired fully over 3 yrs ago.

I love being retired. !!!!.......how did I find time to work ????

Isn't it hard work managing a home and family and work full time ?? Don't you wonder how you did it ?

No brilliant career I'm afraid. My last job was a translator, but before that I was 15 years as a bookkeeper for an international firm, with a bit of translation thrown in. Before that, in the UK, I was a clerical officer with the then Dept of Social Security, and even earlier still, with the Lord Chancellor's Dept, County Courts Branch. I've also been an au pair girl, a translator for the WHO, a workplace union delegate, a purchasing officer, a psychiatric hospital trust account clerk and a wages clerk.

I like being retired.

I started out training and working in residential childcare, but left as I got married and didnt want to be away from home.

I became a stay at home mum for 14 years, but at the same time I carried out all the admin, wages, accounts,dealt with suppliers and Clients for my husbands company. His company was bought out by a Large Design company who wanted to offer a whole design and build package for their Clients, they also brought in another three companies at the same time and I was taken in as Office Manager of the 5 companies.

Over the last three years I have again been a stay at homeMum/ Grandma for my Daughters two children, but I also now work for Mothercare 10 hours a week as it fits in with childminding.

Anyone who can run their own secretarial service can by no means be branded
a failure ElseG x