9. What types of jobs have you held throughout your time in the US? How did you feel about those jobs? What obstacles/limitations were faced?

I have worked in restaurants, as a busser, i have been shy and didnt want to get involved as a server, Ive worked a s a dishwasher and in warehouses, and now retail and possibly soon in a printing press plant. my limitations have been lack of experience and feelings of helplessness when I am desperate

Lots of yard work. Shoveling snow, raking & mowing lawns, painting, garden work, etc. There was also walking dogs, babysitting, doing people's programming homework online for money, and odd jobs. Briefly worked at a shady used appliance store where I was paid in cash to clean old fridges and ovens out so that they could be sold to people... Unfortunately never made enough to do anything other than subsist.

Basically just babysitting and hardly any of that. I would try to apply to jobs and I wouldn't have any luck where I would look because they wanted me to put down a number but I was too scared to do it. I didn't want to put down a made up number and then have it turn out that it belonged to a real individual or something like that. I was really scared of putting my family in danger of deportation.

My first job was working for my uncle in an upholstery shop. After that I worked in three different restaurants, and now currently work for a manufacturing facility.
What obstacles/limitations were faced?
most of my limitations have been financial due to me not being able to get a descent job.

I was very young when I left my home and my husband wouldn't allow me to do much. So therefore didn't have any jobs.

I’ve had jobs as an administrative assistant, admitting rep at a hospital and customer service rep in the hospital’s billing office, customer service job for a personal loan company, babysitter, and housekeeper. I feel like I gained valuable experience at all my office jobs. I hated babysitting and housekeeping. The obstacles I faced were: not knowing if I was going to have a job the next week, I felt I would be fired all the time because of my status. The application process was always nerve-wracking because I didn’t know if my fake social would be accepted. And I also could never advance in my positions because they required further background checks.

I do not feel comfortable revealing what I have done for work most of my life (not anything illegal or degrading, just wanting to protect identity and what not) I did for a brief time work as a server at a small restaurant that did not ask for any documents. They did not pay me a salary; I only made money with tips. My boss was a very scary man and I very much disliked working there. I lived a little on the far side from this job and I would often show up for work and there would be no business so I would end up making $20 or less ($0) and then leaving early since they did not need more than 1 server that night. This would be basically me paying for gas to drive there and back and working for free. Sometimes my boss would tell me that he didn’t have money to pay me that week and he would pay me the following week. I would have to tell him how much he owed me and sometimes he would question the amount or question if he had already paid me or not. In fact, I’m pretty sure he owes me $8 but I was too scared to ask for it. I ended up quitting for a few reasons, but what really made me make that final decision was when I got pulled over after work one night for not having a driver’s license. Luckily, I was given a warning, but finally I had a very valid excuse to get the hell out of there. The older I got, the harder it was to grasp the reality that I did not make much money and did not have any money saved up. It was awkward when friends would wonder why I didn't have any money when I lived at home and basically didn't have any bills.


ebay, tutor, cell phone store, restaurant. i feel stupid. feeling that i know im cut out for things much better than this. biggest limitation: no SSN so not many place to work

None.

I worked at the regional airport here in my city, summer construction work and now have a career-oriented job and also run a business. Limitations would be the inability to travel overseas, which severely inhibits your qualifications as an aspiring investment banker.

I worked at the KFC for 4 years, 3 of those years as a shift manager. After that I have pretty much worked as customer service/administrative. I have gotten pretty lucky with my jobs. They aren't the best but I knew friends that are permanent residents or citizens and had crappier jobs. Although I got laid of my recent job in January and it sucks because, since I'm pregnant I really needed that job. My husband and I are barely getting by but we are optimistic. As soon as I have my baby I will be job hunting again. No one seems to want to hire a very pregnant woman right now.
I've worked as a babysitter, worked at a non-profit, and worked at a small company. As a babysitter, there were no questions asked; the parents would leave me with the children and pay me hourly for my work. At the non-profit, the issue of an SSN did come up, but they made an exception for my case since I was a minor at the time. At the small company, I was working as a contractor and was absolutely terrified that they would find out about my lack of a social (this was before DACA). The anxiety started to get to me, and I started becoming depressed again.

Construction jobs. Oh lord, are those awesome.

My first job was at a Private Catholic School. I was an assistant teacher/substitute. Terrible! Not having a degree left me unable to grow. Not to mention the constant questions and interrogations as to why I didn’t just go to college and get my license. Severely under paid and unable to stand up to a horrible boss for fear of being fired.
Now I am an executive assistant (as explained in previous question) and life is better.

My first job was at a daycare in a beauty school. I only worked Friday night and Saturday and got paid cash. Then, my mom’s boss let us come work in his office during the summer. I had gotten a work permit from a previous case I had and was able to get a nursing job but then had to resign when the work permit was expired and I couldn’t renew. The job I have now is a nursing job but its per diem so I don’t work as much as I would like. Its definitely not where I thought I would be but it’s the only place I can work because they haven’t asked for a renewed work permit. I would love to get a new job but still waiting for my DACA approval so I'm just trying to be patient.


I've never had a real job. Most of the money I've made is either through babysitting or baking cakes haha. I love to bake and I'm pretty good at it so people will order stuff from me. It's not much but it was good for things like books and stuff. I was always too scared to work illegally that's why I stuck with school

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I have been a tutor, I have cleaned people’s houses, I have helped teachers grade papers, I have babysat, I have braided hair, I have helped people do little errands here and there. I did not mind those jobs, they were not bad. It was actually nice to work for my tuition. Some of it was back-breaking, fatigue-inducing work but it was work and I actually do not regret doing any of it.

I've gotta say I've been lucky job-wise. For one of my senior year in HS, I took a class that required me to get a job. I found a job in a small doctor's office and when I got fired from there, a previous employer of that doctor (also a doctor) asked me to work with them. From there, that doctor decided to go work for the university where she graduated and took me with her. I was able to work for that university until about 3 years ago when I got fired. That's 10 years of employment right there. After that, I had to actually start at the very bottom working for an agency doing hard, backbreaking labor. Luckily, I pick up on things very quickly and have since been promoted 3 times. I now have my own cubicle inside an office. My obstacles/limitations have been low wages and not being able to "choose" where I work. I've kind of had to fill out many many many applications and see who chooses to hire me.