All My Alternative CV articles – Page 19
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Ben Roberts, Bird & Wild, on cooking, Craig David and coffee
When I was at school, I worked part-time in a local seafood restaurant…
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Jack-Robert Møller on seafood, broken flags and Pink Floyd
When I was around 11 years old I had a summer job maintaining pelagic fishing vessels…
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Moussa Clarke, Bath Ales, on DJing and Japanese cartoons
I was a club and rave DJ for nearly 20 years and still moonlight on the wrong side of the mixing desk…
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Bob Clark of Clarks Maple Syrup on Spinal Tap and Jamie Oliver
I went for a job with Bowater Containers. I didn’t know what the job was and had less of an idea when I left…
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Andy Clarkson of Greenvale AP on coffee, clichés and cool beer
How do I describe my job to my mates? I just sell a few potatoes!…
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Amy Cheadle, Northern Dough Co, on pizza and bellybuttons
My first job was selling trainers and tracksuits in a sports shop in Preston…
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Phillip Oppenheim on The Cuba Mountain Coffee Co & Chelsea FC
I had to cold call receptionists pretending I had complimentary tickets for film premieres to get sales leads…
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Richard Baister of Sumo Drinks on rap, sharks and Clarkson
I’ve never had a ‘normal’ job. My first ever business was selling sweets at school…
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Discountvouchers.co.uk's Gareth Robinson on his alternative CV
My first job was in dog quarantine kennels because I’d always wanted to work with animals…
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Henrietta Lovell, Rare Tea Co, on hard work and George Clooney
When they heard my English accent they all fell about laughing. They said I’d get eaten alive…
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Nick Tolley of Harris + Hoole on tennis balls and Star Wars
I tripped up on one of those classically impossible consulting questions: “how many tennis balls are there in the world?”…
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Giles Henschel, Olives Et Al, on car washes and Noël Coward
I set up my own car valet business, aged 14, in Henley-on-Thames. Apologies if you were a victim…
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Brett Beach, Madécasse, on water fights and his fear of snakes
My first job was washing dishes at a small university. We had some fun water fights with the spray guns…
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Belinda Williams, Yorkshire Provender, on helicopters & horses
I did potato picking in my school holidays and got £5 a day. Sadly, I lost my first-ever week’s pay…
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Dell'Ugo head chef Steve Walpole on Superman and Gok Wan
I have to magically make food taste great, look great and fit a budget…
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Adam Sopher of Joe & Seph's Gourmet Popcorn
I toured children around a farm showing them how to make animal noises so they could annoy their teachers…
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Emma Herring of DS-gluten free on Michael Jackson and wasps
I loved to sell and drove Christmas sales of Filofax through the roof!…
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Petra Wetzel of West Beer on her alternative CV
My first job out of university was selling Glasgow as a business tourism destination…
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Anthony Mills of Savanna Cider on New Zealand and Led Zeppelin
My first job was working in my parents’ sports retail store during the holidays…
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Gabriela Moncada Peña of Jose Cuervo on Mexico and make-up
I worked for my parents as a ‘secretary’, as they felt it was important for me to learn the value of money