Farm and Dairy recently compiled some words of wisdom from readers about the lessons learned on their first 'real' paying job. You can read their comments in this story: "On-the-job training (or what I learned from my first job)" But we know there are lots of you who might have lessons to share, and we'd love to hear them in this forum!
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I learned to dress for the job you want - and not for a potential tryout as an "extra" in the next Cyndi Lauper video. Very embarrassing!
On a more serious note: that showing up - and showing enthusiasm - goes a long way.
Doing your very best, nothing more than that. It's about attitude. My first real job was as a stock person in a fancy gift store. I unpacked, assembled, and priced everything from inflatable furniture to Tiffany lamps. I kept my nose to the stock table, moved like lightening, and was always pleasant, neat, and on time.
When, perchance, I happened to knock an expensive milk glass pitcher off a stock room shelf onto the concrete floor in front of the store owner, I was devastated. My record was ruined, I thought. My boss merely stepped over, helped me down from the ladder, and said, "Don't cry over spilled milk glass.
I've always remembered the lesson and used it when I eventually became someone's boss. As long as you do your very best, don't sweat the small stuff.
Definitely! You don't have to demonstrate that you "know it all" as much as that you are "willing to learn it all."
I already tell my 11 year old "you are not "too good" to do anything."
My first job at age nine at a golf driving range taught me that "don't spend all afternoon driving golf balls so that you have plenty to pick up the next morning because the skin on your hands will disappear".Also,when picking up balls,if you hear a lot of balls landing real close, you are now a walking target.
.Also,when picking up balls,if you hear a lot of balls landing real close, you are now a walking target. ---
So you learned to be quick and keep your head down then Steve? ;)
Yes I am quick, but actually my boss "Pro-Ken Stone" decided to provide us a helmet with a metal face grill and a padded spine pad after going through a lot of workers.I was a nine year old ready to make war!
And if you ever got hit on the ankle buy a golf ball, keeping your head low was not what you want to do.
10-15 bushels of balls picked up in the cold morning dew at 60 cents a bushel made the quick bike ride to the dairy queen for a hotdog a highlight of the day.
And I still have a smooth golf swing for real!
And I still have a smooth golf swing for real!
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And that, my friend, is what really counts! It's those "life skills" we master that pay real dividends in the end ;)
Dear Kymberly,
I noticed our membership date is the same,scary.Thanks for the feedback on my jargon.Hope to hear from you again! Bye, Steve
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