HELP ME GET A JOB PLEASE

[amy]

Okay so my parents are finally letting me get a job now that I won't be spending the money on luxuries for myself.

I was going to apply places when 3rd quarter ended, around April 4.

But it turns out I'm going on a road trip (WOOOOO!!!) all of April vacation which is April 14-21. And you can't start work and then right after that, not be there, right?

Should I apply when I get back?

WILL THERE BE ANY JOBS LEFT???

Thank you <3

[Svenska Aeroplan]

There are always jobs open as a diet aide. Other than that, I don't know anything about your area.

[amy]

I live in MA and we are densely populated and there are a lot of people my age.

[stranger]

for the longest time i thought you lived in oklahoma

[Svenska Aeroplan]

for the longest time i thought you lived in oklahoma

Computers and internets don't exist in Oklahoma. Just Jesus and lynchings. :awesome:

[Mithrandir]

I have no idea how to get a service industry job. I've tried like four times and I suck at it. So I'm stuck working under-the-table as an assistant carpenter.

I can pass on a few pointers that I've learned in the past though:

-if you need a bunch of references (which you don't have or are too lazy to look up) give them the telephone number of a friend of yours along with a fake name (or their real name). Just make sure to let your friend know that they might get a call.

-When they ask you what hours you can work, say you're free all of the time that you don't have school (or something equally unmissable).

[amy]

Thanks for the tips Mith! I have this friend named Samuel. I think I'll use him.

I hear it's very difficult to get a job in California.

Mag, do you need any kind of experience to work at a nursing home? I've never even worked at McDonalds.

I think I would really like working at McDonalds.

[Tanni Foemangler]

looking for work sucks. get ready to drop off tons of applications and get one or two callbacks like maxor said

[Svenska Aeroplan]

-When they ask you what hours you can work, say you're free all of the time that you don't have school (or something equally unmissable).

Thats how I got my job. I even agreed to work Christmas and Thanksgiving.

..my job makes me want to stab myself in the face.

[Svenska Aeroplan]

Mag, do you need any kind of experience to work at a nursing home?

It helps, but if you agree to work any days, speak english, and can pass a piss test, you'll probably be better of than the other applicants.

The local paper has had the same ads for diet aides in the paper for a month and a half. It's not a job many people like doing.

[Pamuya]

britt lives in OK not amy, amy is liek in liberaltown

i need a job as well, i want to work in a bookstore but i am afraid it would be too hard on my back.

[FaultyClockwork]

You should go buy yourself some fish net stockings if ya know what I mean. :eyebrows:

[Natsu]

for the longest time i thought you lived in oklahoma

no that would be my good friend Brit-Brit..and she's in Texas now.

Amy try working at Dunkin Donuts

[amy]

I really want to

They all know me

We seriously play cards

[Natsu]

I really want to

They all know me

We seriously play cards

they give you the hook up yo.. and its temporary so.. ya know...

[FaultyClockwork]

Bookstore.

[amy]

Those are the hardest jobs to get

[Natsu]

hence why the suckiest jobs like working at Mickey D's are the easiest to get.. but wait are you Bilingual?

[amy]

I dunno not really =P I can understand Spanish movies though and I think it'd be really amazing to work where people were speaking spanish

[Natsu]

I dunno not really =P I can understand Spanish movies though and I think it'd be really amazing to work where people were speaking spanish

well in the fast food industry I know that its a must.. jus checking Amster..your a good person.

[Tanni Foemangler]

i just wrote a note to myself in my sketchbook in spanish

but uh, yeah. it's been my experience that the only way to get decent jobs is to have an 'in'. a couple years ago i had a pretty stellar resume (given my age) and couldn't get anyone to call me back, but i knew someone who knew someone and got a pretty sweet job at an art gallery

and the comic store job i had in high school i only got because i was tight with the owner and his predecessor

there are exceptions, of course, but if you wouldn't mind working at DD and you know people who work there go for it

also: http://geo.craigslist.org/iso/us/ma

[Natsu]

Also Amy if you put in an application to a place, try calling back or asking if they reviewed your application persistence helps out in cases and shows you want the job more

[The Lone Magician]

Amy needs to work somewhere that suits her personality.

[amy]

no, i think i could work anywhere

i'll try to do that calling-back thing too. Thanks for telling me about it =)

[Tanni Foemangler]

i've tried it more than a few times to no avail :closedeyes: