My First Job: Tina Shafer, administrator

October 16, 2005

My First Job: Tina Shafer, administrator

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Tina Shafer

Current position: Administrator of the WorkSource offices in Auburn and Renton for the Washington state Employment Security Department, working with South King County job seekers and business. Recently honored by receiving the Governor's Distinguished Management Leadership Award.

First job: Picking raspberries in the Puyallup Valley and also picking green beans and blueberries and planting cabbage in the Auburn area.

How I got the job: Through a newspaper ad. The farmers would recruit pickers and provided bus transportation for many of the youth in the area wanting summer employment. It was fun since many of my friends were doing the same thing. As a teenager I spent my summers working at local farms and then going to Eastern Washington to work in the field crops to hoe weeds and later work during harvest time.

What I learned: Responsibility by supervising my brothers by making sure we picked berries instead of goofing around with our friends. I learned I needed to do a good job in order to earn money. I learned I had to be responsible to the farmer who was depending on me to help him pick his berries.

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