Through the Maze

I remember when I was chatting to someone at a pre-departure reception, prior to going to the JET Programme in Japan and they asked me about my career path. I told him that I didn’t have a career path, I had a career maze! Hence, my biography would be called Through the Maze!

My jobs in order have been Non Marine Policy Clerk at Lloyds Insurance, Admin Clerk in the RAF, a range of casual jobs via Parkinson Staff Bureau including administrative support for various building and construction firms, tea boy at British Gas for a couple of weeks, casual work at Leeds Castle, Admin at the Unemployment Benefit Office in Chatham, a term teaching Business Studies and Economics at a private school, venue support at Kidderminster Town Hall, the JET Programme in Japan, store assistant at Argos in Morecambe, Native English Teacher in Hong Kong, casual work at an EFL organisation in Sydney Australia, and finally various jobs in London as an EFL / EAP teacher with 6 months in Saudi Arabia nearly two decades ago fitted in to pay off our debts from my Masters.

So, I can definitely say that I have had a huge range of employment experiences and that every single one has benefitted me as a person. I have learnt something from every single one and done my best for every employer even if it wasn’t good enough.