Talking About Non-Professional Jobs in Interviews?

Curious how you all have connected previous work XP (e.g., Food Delivery Driver, Lifeguard, Server, Retail Associate, etc.) into IB... any skills to highlight? I've been working since freshman summer of HS, so wondering how I can connect this into something that differentiates me. 

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