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[Tara O'Hara]

Not counting babysitting, my first job was at a Pizza joint at 16.

[joelsmom]

My first job was at a small, local, independent pharmacy. I was 19 and finishing my freshman year in college. It was a great first job. I did a little bit of everything, including assisting the pharmacists, and I learned a ton. I worked that job all through college and then off and on for a few more years, even when I was working a full-time job. They just kept asking me to come back and fill in, which would always turn in to several months. I have very fond memories of that job.

[Terrio]

My first job was at a campground. I was 16. I had to clean bathrooms, clean out the pool in the morning before it opened, stock the shelves in the store, and help out wherever it was needed.

[DopeyGirl]

I did a little babysitting between the ages of 13-15 but my first "real" job was at McDonalds when I was 16.

[3dogknight]

my first job was having a newspaper route with my brother at age 12 .we had 150 customers. Then we both worked at The House of Barbarcue . I was a dishwasher and he was a cook. I was 14 he was 17

[JackieB]

I was the neighborhood babysitter for a long time. It worked out great. I could study and do homework while making money. My first "official" job was a library assistant while in college and then life began and I've been a teacher for 28 years.

[Teresa]

Babysitter - I was 8. I watched a little girl (7 yo) and her baby brother (2 mo.) that lived down the street, 3 times a week.

Real, got paid by a company - newspaper deliverer. I was 11.

[KathyL]

My first job was as a Junior Counselor at summer camp that I had attended for many years. I was probably 16 or 17. I continued to work at the same summer camp every summer until I got my first real job after college.

[KMB733]

I was the neighborhood babysitter starting when I was 12.

[Cam22]

I started babysitting when I was thirteen, but in the late 60s and early 70s at 50 cents an hour, I didn't really consider it a job. My first real job was in a bakery where I did a little bit of everything at the age of 17.

[CrunchyMom]

My first (REAL) job... washing dishes (by hand) for a family owned and operated German Restaurant. Weekends mostly, and only for short stints (often to help during rush-hour).

Then came babysitting (1970's). Started babysitting when I was 11, though I had previous experience helping with baby siblings and baby cousins beforehand. Made .50 cents an hour.

Hired on at our local Diaper Service after graduating from high school (age 18-20). Worked in the back sorting, washing, drying, and folding diapers.