What do you do for a living?

[Big Dave]

Always find it interesting to see the diverse range of occupations on a board like this.
So tell me, wadda y's do?

[Waylander]

Working on it...

[SPORK]

I am currently involved in the intensely intellectually demanding profession of delivering junk-mail :no:

[MrMelon]

Full time student/Part time computer nerrrrd.

[White trash]

I don't work. But you knew that big/slim guy.

I just fuck around, talk about bikes, look at bikes, ride bikes, go on company funded trips to Australia to learn about bikes and dust bikes.

And for this terribly taxing passtime, someone deposits money in my bank account each week.

Quite why the fuck anyone'd want to drive trucks is beyond me.......

[vifferman]

I turn up here, sit down in my cubicle, and log in to KiwiBiker. :yes:

I think I should be paid more for it though, as the quality of postings is a bit crap lately.

Like this one... :confused:

[vifferman]

Quite why the fuck anyone'd want to drive trucks is beyond me.......
To run over smug bastids like you? :rofl:


Sorry - it's actually great to read about someone who's really happy in their work. :weep:

[SPORK]

I don't work. But you knew that big/slim guy.

I just fuck around, talk about bikes, look at bikes, ride bikes, go on company funded trips to Australia to learn about bikes and dust bikes.

And for this terribly taxing passtime, someone deposits money in my bank account each week.

Quite why the fuck anyone'd want to drive trucks is beyond me.......
But what will you do in teh orkland!?

Surely no-one would let you get away with the same level of nothing up there!?

[zadok]

It doesn't worry me if anyone knows what I do.
Prison Officer! Worked at the Farms in Turangi for eight years.
W.A Dept of Justice for nineteen years. :eek5:

[bugjuice]

I save my company 10s of thousands of dollars in design and print fees. In turn, I don't see a cent of it above my 'average' wage, which does not reflect how much I save the company. Officially it's 'Graphic Designer', but 'Dogs Body' or 'Jack of trades' would better fit

Oh, but they give me $100 to my phone and 'net bill..

[White trash]

Surely no-one would let you get away with the same level of nothing up there!?

Unfortunately not. I'm gonna be werkin' fo ma muney!

[Riff Raff]

Big white taxi driver, plaster master, blanket therapist, picker upperer of unwanted parts due to innebriation vs inanimate objects etc

[Sniper]

I am currently working in a rental car outfir, trying to convince the directors that I need a company funded R6 for work purpouses

[SPORK]

Unfortunately not. I'm gonna be werkin' fo ma muney!
You poor thing!

[White trash]

Big white taxi driver, plaster master, blanket therapist, picker upperer of unwanted parts due to innebriation vs inanimate objects etc

Best you follow me around for a few kays then. I need all of those essential services.

Just don't turn the sparkly lights on, they scare the shit outta me......

[T.I.E]

I don't work. But you knew that big/slim guy.

I just fuck around, talk about bikes, look at bikes, ride bikes, go on company funded trips to Australia to learn about bikes and dust bikes.

And for this terribly taxing passtime, someone deposits money in my bank account each week.

Quite why the fuck anyone'd want to drive trucks is beyond me.......

any jobs going in your area then?

[White trash]

any jobs going in your area then?

Ummmmmm

Click me====> http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12759

[T.I.E]

and i watch televison for a living. ya i found a job which does that. ha ha ha ha and i'm not kidding hahaha.
i knew i wiuld find a job watching tv so big up's to those england teachras at my old skool.

serioulsy i do watch tv. work for tvnz director blah blah blah.

a monkey that pushes flash buttons

[Riff Raff]

Best you follow me around for a few kays then. I need all of those essential services.......
I'm going to try and beat that habit out of you!!


Just don't turn the sparkly lights on, they scare the shit outta me......
Is that why you do runners from them? We don't have the power to stop you or give you tickets you know!

[Waylander]

Ummmmmm

Click me====> http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12759
And I just need to get my arse down there for an interview.

[GROOMER]

Parts salesguy at a Mitsi dealer.
And I love it too :)

[Waylander]

Is that why you do runners from them? We don't have the power to stop you or give you tickets you know!
Peaple at the other end of the radio do though...

[T.I.E]

Ummmmmm

Click me====> http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12759


crap wellington thats no good. but dam sounded like fun

[White trash]

Is that why you do runners from them? We don't have the power to stop you or give you tickets you know!



Peaple at the other end of the radio do though...

Any ambo officer that wanted do have me in the shit for stupidity only has to follow me for a few kays. Then they can make a citizens arrest as they haul my broken arse off in the meat wagon.

[Quasievil]

I am a Doctor.

[GROOMER]

I am a Doctor.

A doctor of ....?

[Waylander]

A doctor of ....?

EVIL!!!!!!!

[White trash]

I am a Doctor.


A doctor of ....?

Certainly not "love" or good looks......

[MSTRS]

I work for me one day a week. The rest of the time I work for the polly's junket fund. I suspect this is a common occupation.

[Quasievil]

no ,Actually I am a Doctor of Evilness, I plan on taking over the freckin world someday soon. once I have done that I plan on taking the easy life of relaxing by the pool with my many fembots whilst construction occurs on my new motorsport park, where there will be 3 km of GP quality racetrack complete with lodgings for 100 of my friends and full workshop and garage faclities, complete with the leading models from all motorcycle manuafacturers.
Umbrella girls will be available to keep the sun off in the artifical weather of the huge Dome this complex will be housed in, when the girls are not holding umbrellas they will be with me and me good mate WT by the pool.
Additional to the above will be a motorcross track as well as a complete ski slope, umbrella girls also available in the colder enviroment with no additional clothing.

wake up quasi wake up



WOOoo oo oOOOOHHHHh oh shit fell asleep dreaming again......... right home time later Suckers !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WINJA]

IM A MALE MODEL

[Gazzar]

I am a truck driver in the big shithole [Auckland] and use diggers for drilling building piles. :yes: Its a good job if you like wanker cage drivers cuting you off all the time. :weird: I :ride: to relax in the weekends. :motu:

[onearmedbandit]

I used to have a job.

[Drew]

Does it sound this boring, when I tell people what I do? That is some depresing shit to think about.
I build ceilings, no not the walls, floor or roof, just ceilings. Real dull, but the money is good, and I write my own ticket.
P.S. WT is a gay CUNT for moving to dorkland. And by cunt I mean front bum

[Jonty]

I am a structured finance solicitor who sits in front of a computer all day and wonders what he is doing as there are to many big words :no:

[Big Dave]

I don't work. But you knew that big/slim guy.

I just fuck around, talk about bikes, look at bikes, ride bikes, go on company funded trips to Australia to learn about bikes and dust bikes.

And for this terribly taxing passtime, someone deposits money in my bank account each week.

Quite why the fuck anyone'd want to drive trucks is beyond me.......


We both know that specialty sales is a numbers game. you have to write x amout of estimates and presentations to get to the sale. That repetition and the persistence to make the calls and talk the talk even though you are having a prick of a day is the work, key and effort that it takes.

You also have to deal with constant rejection, being undercut and undermined by your competitors and a fickle public - and that's just *your* home life - wait till you get to work.

[Slim]

I sell motorcycle accessories & clothing for a guy who will only pay me what I'd expect a 20yo to be thrilled to receive. I'm liking the job, but hating the 9am-3pm Saturday every week. :wait:

I used to manage the Telecom & AAPT (Australia) phone networks and I test at 140+ on IQ tests.

I'm currently looking for a new job. :whistle:

[WINJA]

I sell motorcycle accessories & clothing for a guy who will only pay me what I'd expect a 20yo to be thrilled to receive. I'm liking the job, but hating the 9am-3pm Saturday every week. :wait:

I used to manage the Telecom & AAPT (Australia) phone networks and I test at 140+ on IQ tests.

I'm currently looking for a new job. :whistle:
ARE YOU AT MOTOMAIL ? CAN I COME AND HANG OUT AND ASK STUPID QUESTIONS ABOUT STUFF I CANT AFFORD?

[Two Smoker]

Im a truck driver (just a little 5 tonner HIAB) and do general fence fix ups and a few otherthings... It helps my debt only slowly increase rather than rapidly...

[Kwaka-Kid]

too smart for the trade huh! :P

[XTC]

I'm a waremaker. It is my job to ensure my machine puts out good "ware" if it isn't then I have to figure out why and then rectify the problem while a steady stream of bottles flow by at 450 degrees celsius. It's loud hot and dirty but it pays well.

[Reno]

A glorified taxi driver, move people from A to B and will also be teaching up and coming people movers in a month or so.

[mikey]

And I just need to get my arse down there for an interview.


STAY IN AUCKLAND> STAYYYYYYY II SAYYY

[dveus]

Im a computer geek, get to play round with ~350PC's each day.

[mikey]

IM A PROFESSIONAL SURFER.

[Coyote]

IM A ROCKET SURGEON

[Hitcher]

I get to use a red pen. And save other people from themselves...

[NhuanH]

STAY IN AUCKLAND> STAYYYYYYY II SAYYY
hey, hey, get it right fella: The Waylander is a guest of Hamil-hole! :nono:

[GROOMER]

IM A ROCKET SURGEON

You perform surgery on rockets??

[Coyote]

You perform surgery on rockets??
And I also repair demolished bulidings

[GNR]

i install pelet fires :D :D www.naturesflame.co.nz

[pyrocam]

in the last 5 months:
Claims Handler for AA Insurance
Computer Assesor
Desktop support for a lawyer firm

Sweet

[FROSTY]

I sell cars big bike eating cars --volvos and suchlike

[Virago]

I'm a self-employed Fire Alarm Service Contractor. Worked for a large multi-national outfit until about 2 years ago, when I left to set up my own business.

Job positives: Great variety of work, never boring. Get to follow the big red trucks around to fires. Good money.

Negatives: On call 24/7/365, which limits biking opportunities (although in summer I tend to have some "extended lunch breaks"). Being self-employed, I spend my days working and my evenings / weekends doing the paperwork (although since finding KB my paperwork has suffered somewhat - can't understand why).

[Quasievil]

hey, hey, get it right fella: The Waylander is a guest of Hamil-hole! :nono:


Watch the Hammy Hole shit buddy !!
might have to open a can of zxr whoop arse on ya for that !

[HDTboy]

I fix cars, Don't hold it against me

[phantom]

work as a computer tech Monday to Friday and as an unpaid volunteer labourer for my partner's commercial garden maintenance company most Saturdays

[SPman]

I stop people building houses!

[DEATH_INC.]

I do very little,yak to mates on cellphones,look up cool stuff I can't afford,make stuff for my bike,and occasionally fix alloy wheels you lot bend on yer cages and sell mags and tyres and stuff.....

[justsomeguy]

Recent Business (IT/eBusiness double major) grad - looking for some business analysis project management work -- while doing some Information Analysis for a going broke IT security firm - and no, it actually is more boring than it sounds..... basically I get paid to read e-mails..........and understand what they mean as I process them.

But I get to work from home and the pay (when it comes) is OK.......

So perks of the job are 5 second daily commute and unrestricted access to KB.:Punk:

[scumdog]

Shoot fuckers that need it.
Speed when I need to
Impede the progress of innocent motorists
Annoy drunk-drivers
Make people pay for stuff they take.
Force people to wear seat belts.

Have sleepless nights
Tell people their loved one(s) ain't coming home.
Strip dead people.
Scoop bits of people into bags
Humour loser-wankers.
Do WWF type controlling of people that don't want to be controlled.
Tell people the screaming obvious why their relationship is down the tubes.
Try and reason with the pharmaceutically enhanced mental midgets.

And try and stay sane and have fun.
And not look into the bottom of too many bottles. (Like now?)

AND you guys pay for all this.

[justsomeguy]

Shoot fuckers that need it.
Speed when I need to
Impede the progress of innocent motorists
Annoy drunk-drivers
Make people pay for stuff they take.
Force people to wear seat belts.

Have sleepless nights
Tell people their loved one(s) ain't coming home.
Strip dead people.
Scoop bits of people into bags
Humour loser-wankers.
Do WWF type controlling of people that don't want to be controlled.
Tell people the screaming obvious why their relationship is down the tubes.
Try and reason with the pharmaceutically enhanced mental midgets.

And try and stay sane and have fun.
And not look into the bottom of too many bottles. (Like now?)

AND you guys pay for all this.

What sort of advanced driver training/ rider training do you and ambos get???

[scumdog]

What sort of advanced driver training/ rider training do you and ambos get???

Us & 'ambo drivers' (no offence SM) get all the training for our job from 25 years of being speeding screming tyre-burning larrikin petrol heads!!
Then we join up and get 'proper' training!!

[James Deuce]

I don't do anything I ever wanted or expected to do.

[Brett]

Im 21 and I work as a Project Manager for a medium sized construction company. Basically we build shit, residential and semi commercial. I get a huge range of different tasks to do, and get to dictate what I do mostly myself...but somehow it still gets really boreing at times...tho it also rocks at times.

[Biff]

What I do is so secretive I don't even know what I should be doing. So I spend my time on here just in case somebody finds out what I should be doing and asks me to do it.

[WINJA]

Recent Business (IT/eBusiness double major) grad - looking for some business analysis project management work -- while doing some Information Analysis for a going broke IT security firm - and no, it actually is more boring than it sounds..... basically I get paid to read e-mails..........and understand what they mean as I process them.

But I get to work from home and the pay (when it comes) is OK.......

So perks of the job are 5 second daily commute and unrestricted access to KB.:Punk:
WHAT A TWAT YOU GOT NO JOB CAUSE COMPUTERS ARE A FAD THATS PAST ITS DUE DATE , I PREDICT WITHIN A YEAR OR 2 THAT PEOPLE WONT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT A COMPUTER IS YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETER OFF LEARNING HOW TO FIX TWIN TUB WASHING MACHINES WITH A WRINGER.

[Ixion]

WHAT A TWAT YOU GOT NO JOB CAUSE COMPUTERS ARE A FAD THATS PAST ITS DUE DATE , I PREDICT WITHIN A YEAR OR 2 THAT PEOPLE WONT EVEN REMEMBER WHAT A COMPUTER IS YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BETER OFF LEARNING HOW TO FIX TWIN TUB WASHING MACHINES WITH A WRINGER.

I can fix twin tub washing machines. And wringer washing machines. And computers. It's all the same. Just need A BLOODY BIG HAMMER :niceone:

[Sensei]

I make one off stuff that no one else can make or weld :Punk:

[Crazy Steve]

But soon to go in to the porn industry..

Because ive got a big cock.... :niceone:

Crazy Steve

[WINJA]

But soon to go in to the porn industry..

Because ive got a big cock.... :niceone:

Crazy Steve
FUCKING 2 CHICKENS AND A GOAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU A PORNSTAR

[Biff]

But soon to go in to the porn industry..

Because ive got a big cock.... :niceone:

Crazy Steve

That's disgusting. Even I don't get a kick out of porn films with chickens in.

[justsomeguy]

Us & 'ambo drivers' (no offence SM) get all the training for our job from 25 years of being speeding screming tyre-burning larrikin petrol heads!!
Then we join up and get 'proper' training!!

Yadaydayda

So what's the proper training -- saw an episode of Auto Motor und Sport - the german prog on Prime where they showed some euro cops put through their paces......

Through a slalom and a few obstacles in reverse gear - high speed spins and 180 and 360 turns - sudden directional change - high speed maneuvering at well over 100mph and lotsa other impressive stuff.

And all the stuff was timed and they had targets to achieve........:niceone:

[Crazy Steve]

Because ill be ramming chickens!!!!!!

Crazy Steve.

[justsomeguy]

Im 21 and I work as a Project Manager for a medium sized construction company. Basically we build shit, residential and semi commercial. I get a huge range of different tasks to do, and get to dictate what I do mostly myself...but somehow it still gets really boreing at times...tho it also rocks at times.

Nice:niceone: ...........

[Ixion]

FUCKING 2 CHICKENS AND A GOAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU A PORNSTAR

Would 4 chickens and 3 goats be sufficient ?

What about a camel ?

[scumdog]

Yadaydayda

So what's the proper training -- saw an episode of Auto Motor und Sport - the german prog on Prime where they showed some euro cops put through their paces......

Through a slalom and a few obstacles in reverse gear - high speed spins and 180 and 360 turns - sudden directional change - high speed maneuvering at well over 100mph and lotsa other impressive stuff.

And all the stuff was timed and they had targets to achieve........:niceone:

Got the Commodore on the rev-limiter in reverse going throught the slalom, thought I'd 'burst' the car and was disappointed I couldn't go faster..

[c4.]

check out Billy Connelly thread
answer there

[GROOMER]

Have sleepless nights
Tell people their loved one(s) ain't coming home.
Strip dead people.
Scoop bits of people into bags


Now THAT sounds like a tough job.
Although everyone has different opinions on police or anyone with any authority, I've got a lot of respect for you and your colleagues, and the likes of speedmedic & co when it comes to that sorta thing. Its gotta be hard.

[riffer]

I'm responsible for the death of millions of trees every year.

All sacrificed so your children can get a half-way decent education.

I'm the Prepress Manager:

http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/


If your kids are bored, get them to try a few games we've created:

http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/activities

[Biff]

If your kids are bored, get them to try a few games we've created:

http://www.learningmedia.co.nz/nz/online/activities

:niceone:
Love that alien space ship thingy. Baby Biffs can have a go in the morrow.

[FROSTY]

heheeehe--I only work once a year--knighting the worthy sods N stuff like thate -otherwise I just lounge around the palace :devil2:

[justsomeguy]

.......................good old dilbert

http://www.comics.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2005024415603.gif

[Zed]

Always find it interesting to see the diverse range of occupations on a board like this.
So tell me, wadda y's do?What happened to "you first" Dave?

My current position is that of Procurement and Inventory Controller for a large corporate signage company. My background is in Warehouse Management. Best part of my daily routine is commuting to work and back on my Blackbird! :ride:

[Brian d marge]

Hey I did that once ...

At the moment I am Bike Engineer/ teacher Was a Bike Mechanic but saw the lightbecame an Engineer ...... so now I teach in the Evenings ( Money In ) ...and Play with bikes in Morning ( Money out ) ..No I will expand the Engineering side slowly I want to do more work with suspension ..... But the teaching is so much fun ......If I had a magic wand I would drop an hour or so of the teaching and start at 5 pm ..that would give me enough time for the bikes ( as it is I get 5 constuctive hours only ..not enough ..and if I get out of bed late ..like 11 in the morning .....its 12 by the time I start on the bikes...Coffee u know :devil2:.)

Maybe next year ,,,,,,

Stephen

[Waylander]

STAY IN AUCKLAND> STAYYYYYYY II SAYYY

I would have to be in Auckland to stay in Auckland.

By the way, unless I get accepted into an aprenticeship for motorbike mechanics training I will be moving down to Wellington at somepoint.

[Big Dave]

What happened to "you first" Dave?



cheers Zed,
Freelance designer, artist, writer, photographer and geek.
:yes:

[Zed]

cheers Zed,
Freelance designer, artist, writer, photographer and geek.
:yes:Hey Dave, why do you think that artists or 'arty' people are a bit on the weird side? Comes with the territory you reckon, having to continually think/imagine outside the square of normality maybe? Honest question. :weird: It's interesting to me that the artists I know speak, dress, and act quite differently to your average Joe Bloggs (do u know Joe?). :spudwhat:

[Big Dave]

Shoot fuckers that need it.
snip
And try and stay sane and have fun.
And not look into the bottom of too many bottles. (Like now?)
AND you guys pay for all this.

So, how are things down at the recruiting office?
That's some tough gig.

[marty]

1st job is a dad, then an aircraft engineer, pilot, bmx bike mechanic, motorbike mechanic, car mechanic, boat mechanic, morris E doer upperer, ironman, waterskier, and anything else my wife wants me to fixer.....

[marty]

So, how are things down at the recruiting office?
That's some tough gig.

and dave - that's all in a days work

[Big Dave]

Hey Dave, why do you think that artists or 'arty' people are a bit on the weird side? Comes with the territory you reckon, having to continually think/imagine outside the square of normality maybe? Honest question. :weird: It's interesting to me that the artists I know speak, dress, and act quite differently to your average Joe Bloggs (do u know Joe?). :spudwhat:

Mate - better heads than mine have had a go at finding the Zeitgeist.
Robert Hughes - The Australian art critic for the New York times once described the artist as one who builds a bridge between two previously unconnected ideas.
Andy Warhol said 'Art is anything you can get away with.'
The physiologists point to hemispherical dominance in the brain.
Maybe in some cases it's drugs.
His critics said Warhol was the only 'genius' they knew with an IQ of 80. I admire what he 'got away with'.

I find i don't 'have' to think 'continually' outside the square, my spark is a love of the absurd and the quest to spot it comes quite naturally.
But are you implying i act and dress differently to any other large, hairy leathered up biker?

[Gremlin]

full time student during student times, and shit shifter (aka labourer, site technician, garbeologist etc) for a residential housing company in any free time.

And when working, I don't need my brain, so I can think up fanciful names for myself. ooh, also "cheap labour for anything that can't be done another way"

[crazylittleshit]

I'm A city safety officer. :niceone: be safe

[Waylander]

Mate - better heads than mine have had a go at finding the Zeitgeist.
Robert Hughes - The Australian art critic for the New York times once described the artist as one who builds a bridge between two previously unconnected ideas.
Andy Warhol said 'Art is anything you can get away with.'
The physiologists point to hemispherical dominance in the brain.
Maybe in some cases it's drugs.
His critics said Warhol was the only 'genius' they knew with an IQ of 80. I admire what he 'got away with'.

I find i don't 'have' to think 'continually' outside the square, my spark is a love of the absurd and the quest to spot it comes quite naturally.
But are you implying i act and dress differently to any other large, hairy leathered up biker?

That has to be one of the funniest things I've read yet. Think I'm gonna add it to the Quotes thread.:rofl:

[NC]

I’m a wood technician...

1st year apprentice Joiner

http://www.welcome-to.com/images/NewZealand/Wellington/Dining/Mojo/mojo_p.jpg

[James Deuce]

I’m a wood technician...



Pfffffftt, snork, bahahahahaaaa

Sorry - couldn't help it.

[NC]

I would have to be in Auckland to stay in Auckland.

By the way, unless I get accepted into an aprenticeship for motorbike mechanics training I will be moving down to Wellington at somepoint.
:oi-grr: NO! NO! FUCKEN NO!

[NC]

Pfffffftt, snork, bahahahahaaaa

Sorry - couldn't help it.
:laugh: I thought it was funny too

[James Deuce]

:oi-grr: NO! NO! FUCKEN NO!

Wot she said!

Move to the pseudo merkin town of Auckland!

[NC]

Wot she said!

Move to the pseudo merkin town of Auckland!
Ah "The merkin"

:rofl:

[vifferman]

:weep:

:cry:

I'm jealous - all you guys have such interesting jobs. Where did I go wrong? :spudwhat:

Must've been when I was still at school... :confused:

Well, it's all likely to change soon, when they fire me for spending all day on KB...

[Al]

Mikey, lay off that "shit" before attempting to type on your keyboard!

I am a factory supervisor at one of the fence/nail/mesh making factories in east Tamaki.

I am a qualified metallurgist (BSc@uni), specialising in Aluminium, back in SA I was working at one of the Aluminium Smelters. Have been offered a position at Comalco, but wife refuses to move to Invercargill! :wait:

Al

[Slim]

ARE YOU AT MOTOMAIL ?
No. :motu:

[Jo Duncan]

Always find it interesting to see the diverse range of occupations on a board like this.
So tell me, wadda y's do?
I'm a Diversional Therapist.
Do u know what that entails?
Jo

[Zed]

I'm a Diversional Therapist.
Do u know what that entails?
JoHi Jo & welcome to KB.

I had to look up your chosen profession on the Net to learn about what you do. Do you recommend motorcycling in your leisure and recreation programmes? :2thumbsup If not, why not? :unsure:


Zed

[Big Dave]

I'm a Diversional Therapist.
Do u know what that entails?
Jo

Steering people away from the dark side?

[madboy]

I deal with lovely people with serious medical issues and usually give them lots of money, but the drawback is I have to put up with useless people with bugger all wrong with them who believe that just having their "disability" somehow means they don't need to work (and can live off us instead).

Yes - I work in disability claims. Kinda like ACC, but we like most of our clients.

What this job has taught me is that when it comes to money, many people quickly put aside their morals.

[250learna]

Student... YAY :niceone:

[JohnBoy]

i work for a civil construction company based in the tropical resort town of Te Kuiti. :rofl:

[thehollowmen]

I'm a full time student and work in a medical lab the rest of my time.

[StoneChucker]

Waylander, don't listen to the shyte people talk on here. When you come down, I'll buy you a beer :niceone:

Me? "Sterilising technician and purchasing officer" at a private hospital. Basically I clean shit realllly reallllllly well (so it's sterile) and I buy shit. Sometimes I talk shit on KB. People send me shit, and I unpack it and do the paperwork. It's ok, it pays the bills.

And I get to retire when? 65????? :wait:

[Waylander]

Waylander, don't listen to the shyte people talk on here. When you come down, I'll buy you a beer :niceone:


Had no intention of listening to them lol. And becarefull what you promise mate. If things go according to pan I'll be there in a week or so, so I'll hold you to it.:niceone:

[johnny]

Im a theatre technician!! Lighting/Stage Management

[Keystone19]

I sit in an office all day and try and understand big words like epistemology and phenomenology. Scares my friends anyway.

[James Deuce]

I sit in an office all day and try and understand big words like epistemology and phenomenology. Scares my friends anyway.

Can I have your job?

[sels1]

I'm a Diversional Therapist.
Jo

Thought about buying a Yamaha Diversion? :)

Welcome to the site Jo - yay another Kapiti person!

[erik]

I'm a full time student doing a diploma in mechanical engineering at AUT. I dunno how anyone studies and works at the same time, I don't have the energy.
In the summer I work (well, have in the past) for my aunt's partner painting and wallpapering houses.
I've got a year and a half of uni to go before I graduate, it's hard to imagine what it's going to be like having an engineering type job.

[Teflon]

I sell motorcycle accessories & clothing for a guy who will only pay me what I'd expect a 20yo to be thrilled to receive. I'm liking the job, but hating the 9am-3pm Saturday every week. :wait:

I used to manage the Telecom & AAPT (Australia) phone networks and I test at 140+ on IQ tests.

I'm currently looking for a new job. :whistle:

Have you given Brendon a ride on your Daytona yet?.

[idb]

heheeehe--I only work once a year--knighting the worthy sods N stuff like thate -otherwise I just lounge around the palace :devil2:
You're the Governor-General?

[idb]

heheeehe--I only work once a year--knighting the worthy sods N stuff like thate -otherwise I just lounge around the palace :devil2:
Oooooohhh, now I gedditt.
Sorry! :slap:

[v.ros`]

Im a GARBAGEOLOGISTS... :weird: :weird:

[Fart]

I am a gigalo for the well-to-do bored house wives who have too much time and money. :ride:

[Slim]

Have you given Brendon a ride on your Daytona yet?.
Nope, although he's had a look at it. Hell, The Man hasn't even had a go on it yet! Other people only get to ride it when it's not new anymore (and The Man only gets to have a ride after I've dropped his baby first! :devil2: )

[Big Dave]

I am a gigalo for the well-to-do bored house wives who have too much time and money. :ride:

And you're not getting much work because your yellow pages entry is wrong.
gigolo.

[vifferman]

Nope, although he's had a look at it. Hell, The Man hasn't even had a go on it yet! Other people only get to ride it when it's not new anymore (and The Man only gets to have a ride after I've dropped his baby first! :devil2: )
Umm... are you sure you meant that to read like it does..? :confused:

[cruzer]

Mortgage Broker :weird:

[Timber020]

Arborist, no tree to big, not cashie refused.

[Roadrash]

I fix stuff that other people break, like trains and big old machinery that needs to be thrown away that people ring you up at 2 in the morning because its fuked and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
i need a new job
:weird:

[FlyingDutchMan]

Student... but that finishes in 6 weeks. Must then find real job.

[Jo Duncan]

Cause they already look at me as a loonatic! Cause mostly men rode those days.

[Fart]

And you're not getting much work because your yellow pages entry is wrong.
gigolo.


I dont need to advertise. My services is legendary and referrals far exceeds my timetable can accommodate. :Punk:

[Big Dave]

I dont need to advertise. My services is legendary and referrals far exceeds my timetable can accommodate. :Punk:

Beware of gigolo blowing his own horn.

[SPman]

Beware of gigolo blowing his own horn.
At least it shows a bit of flexibility.........:rofl:

[MikeL]

At least it shows a bit of flexibility.........:rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[orangeback]

I was just curious what other Kiwi Bikers do for a living. I'm sure this has been posted before so point me in the right direction if this is the case.

I'll start it out.
Sales Rep for Heavy Transport & and Engineering Supplies

[deanohit]

Currently doing a full renovation on a 21ft launch from the 70s.
Normally builder, tree doctor, gardner or anything outside

[c4.]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=12805

[Oakie]

Yep. We've had this thread a couple of times before but jobs change and we've heaps of new members so why not do it again?

I'm a Payroll / Human Resources Coordinator with an organisation that looks after adults with a mental disability. (No, not Parliament). http://www.hohepa.com/canterbury.html

[Trudes]

I corrupt young minds for a living. Supernanny Trudes or Saint Trudes, I'll answer to either, lol. I'm also a part-time student.

[ozrobo]

furniture restoration its all good wish i could weld would be a lot more helpfull for riding haha

[DEATH_INC.]

I'm a manager for a Mag and Tyre shop :)
www.magsandtyres.co.nz

[Edbear]

I was Area Manager for SULCO Tools and Equipment, but quit last month. Currently awaiting the results of interviews. Should have a job by next week.

[200BUSA]

I work for a large NZ company, and look after a computerised plant.Great job,well looked after but being on call 24/7 can be a pain.Cuts into the riding time.

[Drum]

I'm a Civil Engineer for Meridian Energy.

[Deviant Esq]

I work for NGC Metering - we own the power meters attached to your house, the powercos lease them off us. I'm in the office in the metering team... we're basically the go-between guys between the electricity retaillers (Genesis, Mercury etc), and the contractors (well, the big area companies that hire the contractors and techs) - the guys who do the work on faulty meters, replace old meters, confirm meter details, change configs, etc etc. It's a pretty cruisy job, I like it. Comfy office, my own desk, computer and phone (with my name on the screen! :lol:), a direct dial line etc... the hours are pretty good too.

[Oakie]

furniture restoration its all good wish i could weld would be a lot more helpfull for riding haha

I have seen different photos of wooden bikes. :yes:

[canarlee]

work?


whats that?


work is the curse of the drinking classes!

[Krusti]

I am currently bludging off all you tax payers, ACC.

Did my Driver testing training couple months ago, worked for couple weeks and back could not hack even that.

Ex cop....ex cow cocky untill cartwheeled ATV at 80kph off corner riding home from run off block.

[babyblade250rr]

I'm a quality assurance technician for a dietry supplement/complimentary and pharmacueticals company.

[Edbear]

I'm a quality assurance technician for a dietry supplement/complimentary and pharmacueticals company.




So you assure people that the vitamins are of good quality...:innocent:

[babyblade250rr]

generally assure what we claim is what your getting yes:yes:

[janno]

I'm a freelance journalist, currently writing features for Aus magazines including Australian Motorcycle News.
Previously ASME IX coded welder and after that, fishing boat cook.

I'm also waiting for my next kidney transplant, so working less than optimum hours. Moving back to New Plymouth in two weeks, so will be scratching around trying to sell stories to whomever I can.

Story, anyone?

[James Deuce]

Same old soul destroying 60-70 hours a week shit that no one sees because they all fuck off at 17:00 hours. Or earlier.

Anyone have a job stripping motorcycles, cleaning them, and then putting them back together for about $6-$700,000 a year?

[Big Dave]

Story, anyone?


http://www.kiwirider.co.nz/contribute.html

[chanceyy]

I work for NGC Metering - we own the power meters attached to your house, the powercos lease them off us. I'm in the office in the metering team... we're basically the go-between guys between the electricity retaillers (Genesis, Mercury etc), and the contractors (well, the big area companies that hire the contractors and techs) - the guys who do the work on faulty meters, replace old meters, confirm meter details, change configs, etc etc. It's a pretty cruisy job, I like it. Comfy office, my own desk, computer and phone (with my name on the screen! :lol:), a direct dial line etc... the hours are pretty good too.


hmm I need your direct dial then .. when we can't get info we want on meters from NGC you'll be able to tell me wot I need to know then :yes: :lol:

[BarBender]

I'm Learning & Organisational Development Manager for Harrison Grierson Consulting.



"What the hell does a L/OD Manager do?":scratch:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_development

[SARGE]

full time tool-pimp

[Manxman]

..international playboy, part-time espionage agent and on-demand stud...:bs:

Actually, I'm a beanie....Shit, that's the end of that conversation then :zzzz: (at least it lasted longer than it normally does...hahaha):thud:

[Robbo]

Self Employed Layabout. Ex Electrician

[bell]

Ranger - weed control, building tracks, huts, etc.

[Big Dave]

Anyone have a job stripping motorcycles, cleaning them, and then putting them back together for about $6-$700,000 a year?



Sergeant at arms for a large chapter. (plus other duties)

[Zuki Bandit]

Im a graphic designer in a sign writing firm...and part time lazy bastard.

[Grub]

Actually, I'm a beanie....

Whazzat? I don't know what one of those is.

BTW ... since you're also in Fitby, when we going to see you on a TCSMR?

[Crasherfromwayback]

Who needs one?:innocent:

[Manxman]

Whazzat? I don't know what one of those is.

BTW ... since you're also in Fitby, when we going to see you on a TCSMR?

Beanie = bean counter = accountant = End of that part of the conversation (:yes:). Not a hat thing, but just as exciting, if not less so!!

TCSMR = ??

[terbang]

Aluminium tubing...

[James Deuce]

Sergeant at arms for a large chapter. (plus other duties)
Heehee. Better clean up the beakers and gas burners.

[Edbear]

generally assure what we claim is what your getting yes:yes:


Ribena may have an opening for someone like yourself...:shutup:

[GSXRjohn]

playing on net most the time and on the pay roll for a Global mobile phone company fixing other peoples SHIT!!:whocares:

[puddy]

Full time Drainlayer, Part time Dad, and Part time Student.

[riffer]

I manage a company specialising in the digitisation of historical microfilm.

[Pussy]

Aluminium tubing and guano

[mbazza]

I am currently working in a rental car outfir, trying to convince the directors that I need a company funded R6 for work purpouses

Good luck with the R6, sometimes employers see it our way. See my trip write up in Adventure thread - Work made me do it - not quite an R6 though. Happy teacher of teenagers. Cheers :sunny:

[rudolph]

I have to work on peoples dirty stinkin race bikes

[Grub]

TCSMR = ??

Meh, nothing to be ashamed about being a bean-counter.

TCSMR is the Cruisy Sunday Morning Ride - Read All About It !!! :motu:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=48572

[kickingzebra]

I own and work in the mighty huge business of KZ Carpentry... Employs all motorcyclists, and allows time off for track days, testing and racing... Any qualified carpenters in waikato want a job?

[marioc]

Network Analyst/websurfer :yes:

[DougB]

Now at age 74 I do what I feel like doing as I have pensions totaling nearly $50,000 a year.

Started work in 1950 as an apprentice fitter and turner, became a tool and die maker, and instrument repair technician. Qualified as a marine engineer and machinist. Became an engineering teacher, then a hard crafts teacher, joined the New Zealand Army Band as a musician (marched up every NZ main street from Kaitaia to Invercargal, saw NZ at the Armys expense), gave that up and became a locksmith and engraver in Paihia, also drove taxis and buses for Fullers. I conducted history tours in the Bay of Islands, my family home for 180 years. Now retired to Hamilton to play in my well equipt engineering workshop, make music, and ride my bike.

Ulysses club member number 193.

[Oakie]

You win DougB. We are not worthy. Obviously a life well lived. :Punk:

[fireliv]

I dont get paid enough for what I do......
Makes me depressed to talk about it.....

[DUCATI*HARD]

entrepenuer:Punk:

[Laava]

I thought long and hard of a clever way to make me sound like a 6 figure professional but, nah, I'm still a dumb builder!:zzzz:

[Pussy]

I thought long and hard of a clever way to make me sound like a 6 figure professional but, nah, I'm still a dumb builder!:zzzz:
The black thumb and shorts that leave half your arse crack showing were the dead giveaway

[DUCATI*HARD]

oh and i also get to,wake up when i want and go riding anytime,anywhere,just cause i can,he he.or go on holiday or just do what ever i please....life is good:Punk:fuck work

[Winter]

I spend about 80 hours a week as a theatre tech based around the Civic Theatre / Aotea Center / Town Hall here in Auckland.

[Kflasher]

I draw pictures for a living.... it pays for the fuel I require.

[Keystone19]

I'm a University lecturer. In past lives I have worked as a Registered Nurse, Ski Patroller and ambulance officer (occasionally all at the same time).

And I'm a mum!

[Disco Dan]

I work in Mental Health, rehabilitation sector. Supporting my clients back into the community, getting them jobs and a place to live etc.. all while helping them deal with their mental health.

[phantom]

Work three days a week as a computer tech, the rest of the time I help "she who must be obeyed" with her gardening/landscaping business

[yod]

design and build web based info systems to pay the bills but really im a net junkie/game freak/pure pwnage advocate/rider of bikes/watcher of sports/drinker of bourbons/hacker of golf balls/husband of cool chick

[NordieBoy]

I still fix computers.

[Dilligaf]

My chain does not extend far enough for me to leave the home thus the only job I have is fighting entropy.
Earning a living is what the husband does...
:gob:

[steved]

Product Development for a plastics company. However, I am soon to move into a new role .... in Product Development for a different plastics company. Woo woo!

[Deano]

Local Government Enforcement Officer.

Some would say a Council Nazi.

[klyong82]

I work in the university IT department. Trying to get back what I paid over the years for my degrees.

[sinned]

I used to have a real job and worked ridiculous hours. Now I spend money on projects that might make money and work as I need to fund them. "What do you do?" is a difficult question to answer.

[Magua]

I survey liquor stores on behalf of Lion Nathan. Greats hours for a uni student.

[cooneyr]

Something new - I just read the previous 201 posts cause I've got time - I'm a Transportation Engineer with previous experience in Traffic Engineering and Contract Management. Work for a small firm providing info to Transit and councils on how development and growth is going to fuck their precious roads up. Alternative job is argue with others on here about the "stupid things" the guberment does (OK some of them are stupid)

Time off consists of fixing (or trying to) any computers, machinery, plumbing, electrical appliances, wood work, gardening etc etc that the extended family decides to bugger up or decides needs work.

Cheers R

[Toaster]

I'm just up to no good as usual..... hehehe.

[Swoop]

Aluminium tubing...
What if I wanted this aluminium tubing delivered very fast???




Lecturer.
Weekend work can involve assisting people out of aluminium tubing...

[Animal]

I worked in aircraft engineering most of my life, with various moonlight enterprises keeping me amused along the journey. I started as an apprentice, then moved around the industry, looking for better opportunities as I became bored and / or retrenched. I've worked in a variety of roles through the industry, as an maintenance engineer, production planner, quality controller, engine shop superviser, maintenance supervisor, maintenance manager, inventory manager, and maintenance programme engineer. I eventually overcame two decades of denial and accepted that the aircraft engineering industry had become progressively more unstable and under constant threat of retrenchment, financially under-valued, bureaucratic and over-regulated, frustrating and unsatisfying - and pissed me off completely!
I now have a Computer Aided Design business, where I get to design all sorts of machinery, parts and products through a range of industries. Sometimes the work is uninspiring bread-and-butter 2D drafting stuff, like site plans for civil engineering consultants, or converting old hardcopy drawings into digital format. The job becomes fun when I work with multidisciplinary engineering consultancies on developing new products in the high-tech sector.
Like all small businesses, mine has felt the impact of the economy being out of control, and have had a fairly shit year, which has forced me to put the business on ice for a short while and find full-time work until the economy stabilises and no more of my clients go into insolvency.

[Coldrider]

I was (am) an Electrician, did a Massey degree extramurally and am now an Accountant for a multi national, sick or what?

[oldrider]

I used to operate and maintain hydro power stations.

Now I am CEO of a retirement home with two permanent client/residents.

I like to ride my bike and log onto Kiwi Biker, otherwise I think I would go Fu*king nuts! :yes: John.

[Ocean1]

I used to operate and maintain hydro power stations. John.

So it's all your fault :bleh:

I made bits for some of them, which ones were your babies?

[Laava]

Now I am CEO of a retirement home with two permanent client/residents. :yes: John.
Fucking classic! Good one!:sunny:

[vifferman]

I dunno what the ferk I yam.
I've done lots of stuff, but none of it relates to my 'qualifications'. The most accurate (given the amount of time I spend on forums like this) would be to say I'm a professional browser of the Interdweeb.

[sugilite]

I sell crystals and mineral specimens over the net. It lets me live out rural so my kids can actually get a childhood and not be offered P at the school gates!

The net is great, I buy crystals from the usa and sell em back to people that live there, same for Aussie and Brazil :yes:

[boomer]

I make copious amounts of weed and i don't look like the average horticulturalist.

When i'm not making sticky shit i pimp myself out to the highest bidders

[Nasty]

Portfolio Manager - Information Technology Unit at MOH .. I look at how projects are resourced .. and advise managers on upcoming work and resource requirements ... well I try anyway :yes:

[Zapf]

I am the overlord of clusters of computers around Auckland, I make sure they behave and are sending the correct bits and bytes to each other. If they don't do as they are told I get to have my way with them. I also interface with their users and bosses as most of them do not speak the same language.

[Winter]

I am the overlord of clusters of computers around Auckland, I make sure they behave and are sending the correct bits and bytes to each other. If they don't do as they are told I get to have my way with them. I also interface with their users and bosses as most of them do not speak the same language.

Similarly, I am the overload of a bunch of computers stashed in radio stations around the country. I make sure they behave and enable the broadband enabled public to stream radio.

[Manxman]

Local Government Enforcement Officer.

Some would say a Council Nazi.

Shouldn't that be t'other way around???:shutup:

[cowpoos]

I'm a fairy princess...and I'm very good at my job!

[robertydog]

I run and maintain a Hydrostatic Steriliser

[kro]

I sell P - pipes (PVC pipes you mongrels, not drug pipes.)

[LilSel]

I make copious amounts of weed and i don't look like the average horticulturalist.

When i'm not making sticky shit i pimp myself out to the highest bidders

haha... hook a sister up :innocent: :nono:

I work in the power industry

[outlawtorn]

I'm a interactive producer at a company in Auckland called Oktobor, working in the interactive department (naturally) I produce everything from websites, CD-Roms, touch screens etc etc etc

And I love my job to death! Previously I was a senior web designer but after 9 years in the creative industry I felt it better to order designers around than actually design.......

[oldrider]

So it's all your fault :bleh:

I made bits for some of them, which ones were your babies?

Well, there were three in the North Island, thirteen in the South Island and TransPower's Benmore HVDC station and cable station at Fighting Bay.

I guess you probably made bits for at least one of them. :yes:

Our paths may well have crossed already, amicably I trust! :D Cheers John.

[Swampdonkey]

I grow oysters...but needing a law degree to deal with stalinistic boffins destroying an industry..grrrrr

[Xile]

Student in marine biology...hoping to get a job in aquaculture or at the Department of Conservation when I'll finish, but mostly hoping to find a job just to stay in NZ and ride it :Punk:
oh and working part-time at a café with an awesome view on bikes..hehe!

[roadracingoldfart]

Im the workshop foreman for a FORD dealer.:yes: fark , here come the Holden / Ford :zzzz: bullshit comments now i suppose.

[MidnightMike]

Im still at school, so I have to work part time. :(




At countdown

[Southern man]

I'm a jeweller so if you need nice new shiny rings give me a call.

[Curious_AJ]

what do i do for a living? nothing, i don't have an income, hence i'm a poor student.. though tiz all i can do to try and get work, yet trying hasnt gotten me anywhere yet...

how ironic...

[Bullitt]

Im an Investigator :sherlock: for IRD. Everyone here is probably safe though as I specialise in registered banks

[Zapf]

I specialise in registered banks

Is John Banks on your list? hehehe

[oldrider]

what do i do for a living? nothing, i don't have an income, hence i'm a poor student.. though tiz all i can do to try and get work, yet trying hasnt gotten me anywhere yet...

how ironic...

You sound quite despondent AJ.

Think about the fly on the window pane, he can "try" as hard as he likes, won't make any difference, he will just die there, trying!

He has to turn his thinking and subsequently his actions around and he "will" get a different result!

Do your homework on the prospective company/manager/employer/etc.

What's your point of difference? find out how that relates to the employers requirements and then peddle it for all you are worth.

Be confident and convinced why they should employ you.

Practice selling your self. (well not literally, unless that is the job you are after)

If it doesn't work first time, don't worry, change tack and run it again, employers need persistent people.

Show them you got tons of it, after a while they will be expecting you, maybe even tailor a job for you!

Adage: Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel, go on down and light the bugger yourself! :yes: Good luck, John.

[Sanx]

I'm a contracting IT Consultant, specialising in (depending on who I'm working for) Citrix, Active Directory, Exchange, SMS / ADS / BDD / ZeroTouch. I also design websites including one soon to be released pimping aftermarket bike bits. Yes folks, they can even make Suzukis look good.

[shafty]

SALES AGENT for: CEMIX CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS (Concrete additives and products) - CEMIX DRIMIX (Dry bagged Concrete, Mortar, Plasters and Masonry products) - HUSQVARNA OUTDOOR PRODUCTS (Poulan, McCulloch, Weedeater, Flymo) - MIRROR IMAGE (Mirrors & Demister Pads) - METAL MATE (Merchandised Aluminium & Steel Profiles & Sheets) - ONDULINE (High Performance Roofing and Cladding Systems) - SPANBILT (Garden Sheds & Carports) - TETRAL HARDWARE (Tetral Hardware, Mactrac Curtain Track Systems & Guide Handrail Systems) - TOTARA MARKETING - (Sink Benches, Inserts & Sink/Cabinet Packs, Astrapak Toilet/Cistern Pack, Precut Plywood)

Plus, in my SPARE time...... www.funbus.co.nz

[yod]

Im the workshop foreman for a FORD dealer.:yes: fark , here come the Holden / Ford :zzzz: bullshit comments now i suppose.

i ate an xr8 for lunch on sunday....:devil2:

it was his fault, he decided to pass me in the first place....:innocent:

[XF650]

I'm a jeweller so if you need nice new shiny rings give me a call.

I should have called you before I gave my wife a chainsaw for her birthday

[babyblade250rr]

Ribena may have an opening for someone like yourself...:shutup:

Haha yeah,

My sister works for Glaxo smith and klein in australia, I give her heaps about the vitamin C content in Ribena concentrate haha

[roadracingoldfart]

i ate an xr8 for lunch on sunday....:devil2:

it was his fault, he decided to pass me in the first place....:innocent:

You must have ben a very hungry fella huh!!!
I hope you dont get sick from the synthetic oil in the engine.

[peasea]

Always find it interesting to see the diverse range of occupations on a board like this.
So tell me, wadda y's do?

I have six different bosses, five of them publishers of seven different magazines.

The sixth is a primary school principal.

I work inside/outside, it's varied, the work is almost always positive, predominately flexible and I do a LOT of k's. Even though I spend long hours in front of the monitor I'm in good shape and hate being cooped up on sunny days.

I see truckloads of custom cars, hot rods, classic cars/drag cars and bikes of all types, custom bikes, vintage bikes, bobbers, sleepers, some amazing sheds/collections, meet hundreds of way-cool people each with their own story to tell and don't get tired of it.

If you can put a label on that I suppose I'm a self-employed, self-propelled lucky bastard.

[yod]

I have six different bosses, five of them publishers of seven different magazines.

The sixth is a primary school principal.

I work inside/outside, it's varied, the work is almost always positive, predominately flexible and I do a LOT of k's. Even though I spend long hours in front of the monitor I'm in good shape and hate being cooped up on sunny days.

I see truckloads of custom cars, hot rods, classic cars/drag cars and bikes of all types, custom bikes, vintage bikes, bobbers, sleepers, some amazing sheds/collections, meet hundreds of way-cool people each with their own story to tell and don't get tired of it.

If you can put a label on that I suppose I'm a self-employed, self-propelled lucky bastard.


need an assistant? i reckon i'd be a pretty good lucky bastard....

[Madness]

I sell Cigarettes, all strictly legal like.

[peasea]

need an assistant? i reckon i'd be a pretty good lucky bastard....

Sorry, no, and I'm on the verge of making it better; if you can believe that!

[Curious_AJ]

You sound quite despondent AJ.

Think about the fly on the window pane, he can "try" as hard as he likes, won't make any difference, he will just die there, trying!

He has to turn his thinking and subsequently his actions around and he "will" get a different result!

Do your homework on the prospective company/manager/employer/etc.

What's your point of difference? find out how that relates to the employers requirements and then peddle it for all you are worth.

Be confident and convinced why they should employ you.

Practice selling your self. (well not literally, unless that is the job you are after)

If it doesn't work first time, don't worry, change tack and run it again, employers need persistent people.

Show them you got tons of it, after a while they will be expecting you, maybe even tailor a job for you!

Adage: Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel, go on down and light the bugger yourself! :yes: Good luck, John.

thanks John. That's sound advice... though it is what i have been doing when i say "trying" ... just good to hear that i might be going about it the right way...

[Kittyhawk]

Im retired lol!

[Blackbird]

Im retired lol!

And I will be early next year! I'm currently Technical Marketing Manager for a couple of pulp and paper mills which means I dig the sales managers out of the shit when they tell lies. Mechanical Engineer by profession. Moving permanently to Coromandel next April to ride bikes, fish and kayak all day long. Unless Mrs B has other ideas of course.:dodge:

[marty]

Aluminium tubing and guano

or maybe aluminium tubing held together by guano?

most of the time i'm a dad and general housework bitch. other than that i'm an aircraft engineer. i then throw people out of planes on my days off and take rich guys to where they want to go on my other days off.

[Pussy]

or maybe aluminium tubing held together by guano?

most of the time i'm a dad and general housework bitch. other than that i'm an aircraft engineer. i then throw people out of planes on my days off and take rich guys to where they want to go on my other days off.

Not quite, although the said aluminium tubing quite often has guano on it, but mostly in it, before it gets dropped out

[NighthawkNZ]

I do as little as possible for as much as possible... :D

Actually I am a graphic artist for a printing company :doh:

I also build database (FileMaker) solutions and the odd website, write my own music... blah blah blah

[Edbear]

Well, finally, after quitting my four years with Sulco, and being "between jobs" since 22 June, (it's amazing how frugally one can live when one has to!), I start work Monday for a Financial Advisory firm, as a ... wait for it... yes, a Financial Adviser[I]!

Basically it's a high-tech brokerage for insurance, mortgages and investments. We cover personal and business risk insurances and have associates with a variety of companies, so a "one stop shop" for the best advice from people with 30+ years in the industry.

It's a far more regulated and specialised industry since I was doing insurance brokering way back in the early '90's, for sure and we now need to be accredited, blah, blah...

Anyway, sounds like a bit of fun and they insist I'll get well paid for my efforts so I'll give it a shot. Beats selling insurance on commission and you get to know all the major players and what's being offered around. Preliminary work I've done for them so far has been an interesting exercise.

So if anyone wants to know if they've got the best cover and price around, it'll cost you nothing to find out. No charge to the client for our services.

[BAD DAD]

We grow and sell subtropical plants and trees, and often end up planting them for clients as well. Also we host weddings and other small private outdoor functions in our gardens. It's been 7 day-weeks for a long time but we've just started taking sundays off.

[yungatart]

I am a teacher aide at a local high school. I work with moderately to severely disabled teenagers and as in class support in low band classes for Maths and English.
I love my job, but wish the pay was bettter...
I also help Mstrs in his business.. debt collector, do GST returns, help select colours and designs etc, occasionally roped in to apply the stuff as well.
Other than that I play mum to a busy household, parent a teenager, am an awesome Nan to my grandkids and ride motercycles.
Pretty average kiwi lady really....

[DMNTD]

I own and operate my Co. from home preparing repo'd cars/bikes for sale which enables me to be the full time parent that I am.
Hugely over paid and happy for it.

[Daffyd]

Retired electrician...working part time over winter. Hope to hit the road in a motorhome (bike attached of course) in the near future.
Plan on picking up the odd job here and there.

[marty]

hey Pussy - seen this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63oL3DqklZc