It was a simple tweet that set twitter ablaze. Alaskan songwriter Marian Call said she was writing a song about work when she decided to tweet out “What were your first 7 jobs”? The query quickly morphed into the trending hashtag #firstsevenjobs, which had everyone from Stephen Colbert to Arnold Schwarzenegger tweeting out their condensed resumes. We put the question to the leaders of B.C.’s three main political parties. Here is what they offered:
Christy Clark, Premier of B.C., leader of the Liberal Party of B.C.
1) Dishwasher/ fry cook
2) Lottery ticket delivery person
3) Waitress
4) Call Centre co-ordinator
5) Fundraiser
6) Nanny
7) Researcher at B.C. Legislature
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Provincial Green Party leader Andrew Weaver got quite specific with his initial jobs list, kicking it off with labourer in the fish packing industry in Granton, Scotland.
John Horgan, B.C. NDP leader
1) Paper route
2) Food warehouse
3) Black ball ferry attendant
4) Roofer/plasters helper
5) Sawmill/ pulp mill worker
6) Summer camp counsellor
7) Waiter at the Keg
Andrew Weaver, B.C. Green Party leader
1) Labourer in ice factory for fish packing industry in Granton, Scotland
2) Digging fresh water pipeline in Jura, Scotland
3) Researcher at TRIUMF, UBC
4) Researcher at Deutches Elektonen-Synchroton in Germany
5) Sessional math instructor at UBC
6) Researcher at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
7) Researcher at University of Washington State, Seattle
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