Thursday, June 15, 2023

List of jobs



Jim's Work/Careers Photo Album



A few tapes from my radio talk show in 1996

  1. Paper boy - Approx 1954 
    1. Jersey Journal
    2. Union City, NJ
    3. Approx 12 yrs old
  2. Contractor's Helper - 1959
    1. Central Home Improvement
    2. Union City, NJ
    3. 17 yrs old
  3. Stock Clerk - 1960
    1. Sears Roebuck
    2. Union City, NJ
    3. 18 yrs old
  4. Order Filler - Approx 1962
    1. Ampex Corp
    2. Hackensack, NJ
    3. 20 yrs old ?
  5. A year + in Europe - 1965/66
    1. Odd jobs for a few months
    2. Learned basic German
    3. Learned Spanish - Speak/read/write basic.
    4. Carpenter in Heidelberg, Germany
    5. Got Married
  6. Order Filler - 1967 Approx
    1. Cluett Peabody (Arrow Shirts)
    2. Garfield, NJ 
    3. mid-20's
  7. Production Mgr. / Sales support 1968-71 Approx
    1. Lang electronics
    2. 5th Ave, Manhattan
    3. Curiosity led me to learn basic electronics while here. Spent some time on weekends with the chief engineer who was happy to show his great sound and radio systems and answer my questions about how do transistors work, etc etc.
  8. Installation of the 1st digital telephone switching system - 1971 to 1973
    1. Western Electric Installation
    2. Hudson and Bergen counties, NJ
    3. Attended numerous 1 or 2 week company tech classes. I learned things like boolean algebra, how a CPU works, and how to trace the bits through the CPU to ensure the processor was working correctly.
    4. I quit and moved to Brazil.
  9. Office Manager - 1973
    1. Hair Center do Brasil
    2. San Paulo, Brazil
    3. Learned to speak/read/write Portuguese
  10. Owner/director -1975
    1. Hair Center da Bahia
    2. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
    3. Sold business, returned to US
  11. Craps Dealer - 1976 - 
    1. Hotel California - 1 year
    2. Las Vegas Hilton 
  12. Owner Operator 18 wheeler
    1. Flatbed trailer, carried large wooden boxes
    2. Contracted with Lyon's Moving and Storage
    3. Drove 48 states, mostly long-haul
  13. Owner Rainbrush Art
    1. Murals, Airbrush T-shirts, etc
    2. Las Vegas.
    3. See Album - Click here
  14. Owner - 1st Page
    1. Beeper business in Las Vegas
  15. Director
    1. International Dealers School
    2. Redondo Beach, Calif.
  16. Owner, CEO - Careers Unlimited
    1. Pasadena Vocational School
    2. Accredited Barber college
    3. Accredited casino dealer's school 
    4. See album - click here
  17. Vice President - Rosston College
  18. Western Education Network
  19. Next Day Tax Service
  20. JLCC
  21. The Computer Guys - Radio show
  22. Polo Towers
  23. The Manhattan club
  24. 360 Marketing
  25. Roll Portugal






















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