All My Alternative CV articles – Page 7
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My Alternative CVEmma Macdonald, The Bay Tree, on The Two Ronnies and family
I left school at 16 and worked in a vegetarian restaurant
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Steve Perez, Global Brands, on jets, the killer instinct and Alan Sugar
It pays to work hard and be tenacious
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Joe Taylor, Real Handful, on Chesney Hawkes and mini mullets
‘My first job was collecting court fees for my tennis club one summer’
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Vanessa Fairfax-Woods, Shropshire Trading, on yoga and bed
‘My first job? Clearing tables in a riverside café in Taunton’
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David Entwistle, Northwood & WEPA, on getting rattled
‘I was so nervous at my first interview the bone china cup & saucer I was holding sounded like a one-man fire alarm’
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Martin Murray, Dunnet Bay Distillers, on being early
‘I was asked in but then thrown out of the interview without being able to offer my excuse’
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Graham Houghton, Sarson's, on plastic and paper rounds
As a teenager, I started off with three different paper rounds, but soon progressed to working in my parents’ social club
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Harry Mayhew, Ember Snacks, on celery, terriers and Green Day
‘My first job? Selling Fenland Celery off the back of a van in Ely’
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Louisa Wilkinson, Hangry, on puns, parking and plastic bags
‘In my school holidays I would help out at my mother’s nursery school’s holiday clubs’
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Ryan Black, Sambazon, on Oprah Winfrey and 'purple love'
My first job was as a busboy at a busy Mexican restaurant, which was very intense…
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Charlie Hoare, Tapped Birch Water, on manhole covers and sap
‘My first job? Cleaning cars – I would cycle around the local villages with a bucket and sponge’
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Martin Myerscough, Frugalpac, on packaging and sailing
‘My first job? A yacht captain in the Med’
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Colum O'Sullivan, Cully & Sully, on manatees and Navy Seals
‘My first job? Picking potatoes for a farmer in East Cork’
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Charlotte Dauzat, Gato & Co, on good puds and 1930s films
My first job was intern in Japan for a brand of Japanese cakes and puddings
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Valerio Simonetti, Mr Organic, on tomatoes and Paul Young
I worked as part of my family tomato factory at the age of 14
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Peter Cusick, Roythornes Solicitors, on helicopters & heights
My first job was a clerical job at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Brian Woodward, HMY Group, on bogofs and Chicken Run
No two days are the same. One could involve global logistics, the next our college-positive action group
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Samuel Dennigan, Strong Roots, on hippos & Heston Blumenthal
I started as a framer in a print gallery, which stirred my interest in creative design thinking as a business tool
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Colette Twomey, Clonakilty Food Co, on David Essex & airports
‘I’ve witnessed a lot of bad interviews. It’s important to do your homework – it pays off!’
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Kathy Caton, Brighton Gin, on brutal hours and Nigella Lawson
‘The first job I applied for was seasonal gift-wrapper for John Lewis’
