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I had a passion to not be a secretary forever. I was mindful of the customary career trajectory, and I knew I had to do something remarkable.

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.

I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.

And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money.

I saw the prospect of serving as labor secretary as a wonderful opportunity to further the policies that I have been fighting for my whole life, and I had to seize it.

I was a dog groomer. I delivered radiators; I was a photography producer. I typed classified ads for many years. It was my longest term job - years of typing classified ads while I was in bands.

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.

I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.

I worked as an interior designer. I worked as a furniture salesman. I worked as a financial adviser. I worked as a painter and decorator - that wasn't for very long. I was a baker for about four-and-a-half years.