On a long & thankfully boring Sunday, my mind has really been passive, allbeit not too creative. Today, my mind wandered over to the numerous jobs I've had since 1987. That list has been steadied a bit by the five-year stint I've had (and not enjoyed) at the airport. My goal today was to see if any of those former places are on-line, so that viewers can see where I've been.
A few simply don't exist anymore, including my first job at Photocrafts in Lincoln Park in '87. They were a photo developing & refinishing studio which existed before the advent of the digital camera.
Now, whether the boss had too much confidence in a 16-year old or was just plum out of her mind is in question, but she wanted to turn the keys to the business over to me, solo, for two weeks while she took a hastily-arranged vacation up north. I looked at it as a challenge, but was probably too young to remember legalities: I could have been in a world of trouble had I been caught at that age.
Other businesses merged, as in the two cab companies I've worked for. Some don't have the funds to go online, as was the case for Maximilian's Mexican Restaurant. Some advertise only in the print media, like Dialogue Marketing. And at least one job was won, but never taken: kitchen helper at Steak & Shake.
Here are others online, in order of work history:
http://www.heritage.com/ -- local newspaper where I was a copy boy (1989-91)
http://www.detnews.com/ -- where I was a press cleaner during the summer of 1994
http://www.hfcc.edu/ -- where I had my first paid TV job running a cable channel (1996)
http://www.grosseile.com/ -- the plateau of my career so far (1996-98)
http://www.technicolor.com/Cultures/En-Us/Home/ -- an inventory job I enjoyed more than I gave it credit for (1998-2000)
http://www.calderdairy.com/ -- another job I would immensely enjoy now that the airport has corrupted me (2000, 2001)
http://www.romulusgov.com/ -- my last (to date) job in television & the only job I've ever been officially fired from (2001)
http://www.trinitytransportation.com/ -- two separate occasions with different names (2000, 2001)... the last job I had before the airport
