Did you have one of the 20 most common first jobs?

Credit: Jim Witmer

Credit: Jim Witmer

A popular hashtag, #FirstSevenJobs, went around last summer on social media encouraging people to share their first seven jobs, underlining the variety of ways people reach the positions they do.

Facebook dug into the data to produce a list of the top 20 most commonly mentioned jobs on those lists:

RankJob
1babysittter
2cashier
3lab assistant
4newspaper delivery
5teacher
6camp counselor
7retail
8dishwasher
9receptionist
10manager
11waiter/server
12hostess
13intern
14mcdonald's
15student
16barista
17store clerk
18pizza delivery
19life guard
20research assistant

Facebook also studied from which industries those first jobs came. The following table shows the total percentage of the top 10 industries for the users’ first jobs.

PercentOccupation
17.4%Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media
13.0%Education, Training and Library
12.9%Managament
8.7%Sales and Related
8.0%Office and Administrative Support
5.5%Computer and Mathematical
5.3%Production
4.2%Food Preparation and Serving Related
3.7%Life, Physical and Social Science
3.2%Personal Care and Service

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