How many jobs have you had since you started posting here?

Joined in April, 2007 (And WHERE were all of you with the 7th year anniversary presents?!)

At the time I was SE of a bi-weekly along with being the afternoon jock at the local classic rock radio station and sports play-by-play on Friday nights.
Since:
Sept. 2008 - Jan. 11 - Assistant SE (later Night News Editor) of 8K daily along with DJ voicework for small radio station
Jan. 11 to now - Sports copy desk/freelance reporter at mid-major metro and DJing for local radio station

 

Two:

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Army

 

Including a couple of positions that don't get included in my resume for obvious reasons, I'd say eight. Of those, only three would count as "real" jobs.

My last shop
Delivering The Washington Post
A nascent public relations gig
Four years of umpiring baseball/One year of reffing high school football/one year of reffing adult Christian flag football/One year of reffing high school lacrosse
Call center position I had for an extremely short time
Temp position (several client companies, but same agency)
My current gig
"Citizen journalism" gig online that's actually paying me pretty decently

The fourth one doesn't *feel* like a job although I can get paid pretty well.

 

Two

-- Sports reporter for two weekly papers, 2.5 years
-- Sports reporter for one smallish daily paper 6 years (and for six months, sports editor)

I've never been opposed to moving on but haven't been aggressive about it. I'm happy where I am for the time being.

 

Been here since 2006:

June 2004-December 2006 -- Worked at a weekly as a copy editor and designer
March 2007-August 2007 -- Worked at big city paper as a news copy editor and designer
August 2007-June 2010 -- Went back to the weekly gig under same position
June 2010-June 2013 -- Went back to big city paper as a sports copy editor and designer
June 2013-Current -- Work as a deputy sheriff in the county i live in (the best job i've ever had, and all my journalism gigs were awesome)

 

Got ya beat by almost six months. After being turned down for two positions this month, I'm done with full-time journalism (not that my spinal cord would handle it). I'm going to freelance, pursue a few book ideas, and find a disability attorney. No shame on giving up one dream as long as you have another. Mine is to eventually publish a book.

Good luck to you.

 

I actually had to look up when I joined and first posted -- November 2005 and May 2006, respectively. I'm pretty sure by that point I'd actually already switched away from sports in what turned out to be a permanent move, so four jobs with three employers, with a transatlantic move in the middle. From sports to news copy desk to copy editing financial news to editing financial news.

In the end, it's all statistics ...

 

That sounds like a big change.

Are you in a PR position, or are you doing law enforcement?

 

A lot. Started posting here right out of college in 2007.

-Sports editor gig at a small newspaper that lasted about 6 weeks. (That never made it on the resume).
-Landed at a large Gannett paper to be a sports web editor
-Transferred within company be main web editor with daily paper
-Got out of the business and landed a digital communications specialist with an insurance company
-Finally cracked into the advertising industry working in social media
-Moved client side and now work as a social media manager for a top-20 restaurant that you've heard of and eaten at.

It's been a wild seven years and thankfully I'm a millenial because the recruiters don't seem to care about my job hopping.

 

I don't think job-hopping is frowned upon in journalism. I think it's usually a sign of someone being very good, and having a lot of opportunities to move around.

I worked for a boss who had 10 jobs in 15 years. I have a friend who is on his seventh job in 10 years and every step has been a huge move up.

The red flag would be if you left more than 1-2 of them under less than ideal circumstances.

 

I joined in 2005. Counting that job, this is my third full-time position since then. I also had a period when I was a full-time freelancer (read: I was looking for a real full-time job) and have worked at a couple part-time jobs.

I am no longer in journalism, though one of my duties as a communications director is editor of a national trade magazine. I do, however, continue to freelance my ass off, mostly covering sports events for newspapers as well as occasional features and some corporate assignments.

 

Law enforcement. It's something I had thought about doing for about 5-6 years prior, but had to take some convincing the old lady, and just the right timing, etc.