What jobs have you worked between seasonal positions?

Ask a Biologist Monday 6/27/22

Answers from Biologists:

• Fast food and grocery store.

• Pizza delivery, plumbing, security system installation, furniture mover. naturalist guide.

• Bookstore clerk

• File cleaning at a law firm.

• Client support over the phone to sell fridges.

• Retail and substitute teaching. I highly recommend teaching!

• Veterinary clinic, food industry.

• Assistant ranch manager, veterinary tech, horse trainer.

• Vet tech, laundry attendant, UPS store clerk.

• Swim instructor/lifeguard.

• Shoveling snow.

• Bartending.

• Bartender, waitress, lab assistant, farm hand.

• Farm hand and biology instructor.

• Bakeries and coffee shops. People skills, networking, and time to write.

• Bartender, nanny, warehouse package person.

• Loading luggage at an airport, waitress.

• Babysitter, waitress, unemployed.

• Waitress.

• Dog boarding kennel receptionist.

• Local humane society.

• Hotel front desk.

• Ski instructor, hiking, backpacking instructor/guide, environmental education.

• House and dog sitting, grass mowing, town laborer, elementary TA, liquor store clerk.

• Dog day care. They liked that I had husbandry experience.

• Substitute teacher. Only needed my bachelor’s in the state I was in. Flexible and good money!

• Vet assistant.

• Bartender, line cook, nanny.

• Waitress.

• Museum camps.

• Cashier at a grocery store, customer service at Lowe’s.

• Pet store employee/manager, computer part warehouse, Panera bread, and unemployment.

• Barista in the fall/winter.

• After school teacher.

• Kitchen work. You can move anywhere and find work.

• Restaurant hostess, unemployed, animal talent handler.

• Vet assistant, outdoor gear retail, farmhand, unemployed.

• Climbing gym receptionist, server, online freelancer.

• Waitress, farm hand, substitute teacher.

• Landscaper, housekeeping, retail, food service.

• Substitute teacher.

• Summer basketball coach.

• DQ, bartender, retail, science programs for kids.

• Retail.

• Babysitting, Lyft.

• Gardener, camp counselor, HR assistant, outdoor adventure guide, grocery store clerk.

• College lab tutor/TA.

• Bartender/server, jewelry sales associate, Amazon picker, afterhours stocker, and retail.

• Vet tech/assistant.

• Catering, cashier, Grubhub, pet sitting, hostess, snowboard instructor.

• Movie theater employee, receptionist, cashier at a liquor store.

• Weed farm, animal shelter, vet tech.

• Uber eats, postmates, substitute teacher, dog sitting.

• Daycare teacher.

• Lowe’s

• Waiting tables.

• Program area director at a Scout camp. 2 of my classes were fishing and I loved it.

• Seafood processing.

• Substitute teacher.

• Substitute teacher.

• Sub teacher, bartender, camp counselor, receptionist.

• Barista, delivery driver, farmer’s markets.

• Cashier at a bait/snack store on a city lake.

• Cross country coach and lots of pet sitting.

• Front desk receptionist at a campground.

• Starbucks while part time seasonally.

• Babysitting.

• Gardening/landscaping/hazard tree removal.

• Grad school side gigs: stable hand, retail, waitress.

• Amazon warehouse-benefits day 1.

• Illustration for language learning materials.

• Farmhand.

• Fallback job on the same farm I worked at since I was 13.

• Retail job.

• Collecting unemployment.

• Server, bartender, lifeguard, horse caretaker.

• Zoo custodian, librarian assistant.

• Warehouse worker at a college textbook company.

• Target, Victoria’s Secret, restaurants.

• Food service, usually coffee shops.

• Housekeeper, ski lift, unemployment.

• Hardware store.

• FexEx, custom clothing company, a bank, a dog walker.

• Naturalist, watch repair, bank teller, gym membership rep, server, horse wrangler.

• Dog and horse sitter.

• Coffee shop barista and assistant manager.

• Harvested grapes for a university coop extension ag research program.

• Server at a seasonal restaurant.

• Aquarium ticker agent (w/MS degree).

• My own beadwork business.

• Customer service, Instacart, Rover.