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Graviteh Red Paragoomba                  Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6385 days Last view: 6385 days |
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| I filled out a lot of applications
My options are thinnig down. The only thing left is food service stuff (restaurants) Think I should keep looking in other places before I start filling out applicatinos for restaurants? I don't want to be washing dishes all day. |
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Skydude Armos Knight    Since: 02-18-06 From: Stanford, CA Last post: 6570 days Last view: 6570 days |
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| Connections are the best ways to get jobs. Talk to your parents, your friends' parents, other adults you know who might have something in the company they work for or know someone who does and would recommend you for it. It's all about who you know. | |||
Danielle     6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE   Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| Call back. A few days after you turn in an app, call the place back and ask about the job. It shows you're interested and really want it.
And if a food place is the best you can do, take it. If nothing else, you can work for a while and then use it as experience, which is also helpful. And food places aren't that bad. I work at an ice cream shop, dishwashing only takes about 15 minutes of a normal day at work (part time). Just try to avoid fast food... I hear that's bad.  |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| I've made up my mind never to work in food service or anything like that but it probably depends a lot on location as well. If you're lucky enough to get a job at a place that is never really busy and just has a steady stream of clients with no real rushes or anything, it's probably better. Getting a job at a mall restaurant where there's always people standing in line... not so much. | |||
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Skydude Armos Knight Since: 02-18-06 From: Stanford, CA Last post: 6570 days Last view: 6570 days |
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| And if you don't want to do food service, which it sounds like you don't, talk to people. There are more open positions than you might think, and even if there aren't, a lot of places, when they find a friend's son who's supposed to be capable is willing to do the work, they'll realize they could use the help. That's how some of my friends lined up jobs, and that's how I got one of my summer jobs. | |||
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Sinfjotle Lordly? No, not quite.  Since: 11-17-05 From: Kansas Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| Call back until they actually tell you to stop calling back.
I have to go apply at two places tomorrow because the last two places actually had people yell at me to stop calling XD |
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insectduel Lantern Ghost Not welcome here anymore.  Since: 11-18-05 From: Bronx, New York Last post: 6540 days Last view: 6335 days |
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Originally posted by Dracoon That won't work, I tried that with Radioshack and still have no reply. The best thing to do is go find a job that they contact you easier. Tomorrow I have to go to Manhattan for the security training with my $80 deposit. There are a lot on Police and Security Guard newbies in NYC they hiring. |
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Clockworkz Birdon Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| I say jobs are for suckers.
Do what I do: Sell your talent. I sell artwork, I get big money. |
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Skydude Armos Knight Since: 02-18-06 From: Stanford, CA Last post: 6570 days Last view: 6570 days |
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Doesn't that only work if you have talent to sell? I don't really have much in the way of artistic talent that I could sell  |
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| How are jobs for suckers? Everyone will have a job eventually, what's wrong with getting one sooner? You spend time drawing for money, that's like a job. Not everyone has a "talent" that can get them money like that.
That's the kind of attitude I see everywhere at school, it drives me insane. |
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Yoronosuku Toss Tortoise Since: 11-17-05 From: Massachusetts is my new home.. Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6296 days |
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Originally posted by Graviteh I work in food service. They have me wait tables, and they have me doing pretty long hours (but, its because of the pay I get, so, I don't mind working very hard). If you don't mind doing all the work, food service might be the way to go. What I really want to do is cook, but you take what you can get =| |
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Ziff B2BB BACKTOBASICSBITCHES Since: 11-18-05 From: A room Last post: 6297 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| Whatever you do...don't get a job at a busy restraunt doing dishes. Hardest work, ever. And Ziff has had many bad jobs. Doing dishes at first was the worst thing that had happened in his sad, sad life.
Give them one or two calls back to show interest. Oh, and insectduel...Radioshack? They will NOT hire you. No matter what. They will destroy you. I swear, their hiring process is the craziest in all the known world. Two of my friends applied there. One of them had NO work experience and was asking for a higher starting pay and got the job. Shitty resume and cover letter, too. However, the other one that went didn't even get an interview. |
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Graviteh Red Paragoomba Since: 11-20-05 Last post: 6385 days Last view: 6385 days |
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| I will take your advice and call to let them know I exist, and I will try to get a job via connections.
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Silvershield 580  Since: 11-19-05 From: Emerson, New Jersey Last post: 6309 days Last view: 6297 days |
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| Using my own employment, as well of that of my friends, as reference, there's a pretty solid list of jobs that a 16- to 18-year-old might look for. I've been at a movie theater for the past couple of years, which is pretty terrible pay but free movies and such. If you're into movies, it will probably make you better suited to the job while also allowing you to see them without paying.
A few friends work at grocery stores, which seems to be the big employer of high school kids in my town. Most are cashiers which, from all reports, is a bit tedious, but a few stock shelves and do that sort of thing. They say it's not as bad. I know some people here at college who worked as waiters at home, or who have found jobs here as hostesses at local restaurants. The former job seems to have the most varied of appraisals, with the consensus being that customers can be a major difficulty but, on a good day, it's not a bad job to have. Tips also allow one to determine one's own fate, in a way, instead of receiving a straight paycheck. The latter job, a host or hostess at something like Chili's or Applebee's, is apparently not too bad, either. Workers double as busboys most of the time, but that seems to be minor. In North Jersey, where I live, I have the luxury of around three million malls being in range of my house, and any of the multitude of stores in those malls typically hire high school kids or returning college students. The options there are numerous. Finally, if it's a summer job you're after, as summer is fast approaching, a good many of my friends at school were lifeguards during high school and plan to return to it over summer break. Most say the hours are terrible, with long shifts and little opportunity for days off, but it is otherwise a painfully easy job. |
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Bella Red Paratroopa Since: 11-18-05 From: Mi Casa de Candy and RATE OR DIE Last post: 6299 days Last view: 6299 days |
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| If food service is the only type of thing you can get into then apply for hostess jobs or even a busser but just stay away from fast food. I applied at 1 and I'm glad they didn't hire me because weeks later I got hired at my job that I do now in retail.
It is better to start early looking for jobs and even fiinding a job because when you really need money at a later age, you'll have experience to find a good paying job. Well, that's the way I look at it because I already want a higher paying job . I'd rather be doing what I do instead of food service though. I had to wait until I was 18 to be hired for a decent enough job. |
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Muzgash. Red Tektite  Since: 03-28-06 From: A very cold place Last post: 6336 days Last view: 6336 days |
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| Have you tried applying for the city or town you work? Most cities have alot of jobs open. Seeing you age, you have limited options... However, if your town has a recreation department they should have quite a few positions.
The city I live in has a golf corse (before I get flamed, it is the only one and a recent, if not unsuccessful addition). Corses almost always can use a few caddy's. You just can't mind doing grunt work. Not knowing the game is fine. You could always apply to become a paige at a library I am in your boat though. I have a job, but I need a second one, or a kickstart on my career. What I have found is, there are always optiond that you never see. Some you don't even think of untill after the fact. |
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6298 days Last view: 6296 days |
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| Bussing tables isn't bad. A friend of mine works at a high-end restaurant as a busboy, makes $8 an hour + around $50 a night in tips. As a 16 year old, that is damn good money. Sure, you do have to work a bit and keep up with rushes, but if you're going to spend hours working anyway, why not get a job that is both demanding and rewarding? | |||
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1185 Newcomer  Since: 03-31-06 Last post: 6617 days Last view: 6617 days |
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| i currently do landscaping for 12 bucks an hour. but the bad things it the hours suck lol.... so i am screwed | |||
Vyper Kodondo Raging Venom  Since: 11-18-05 From: Final Fantasy Fire Last post: 6314 days Last view: 6314 days |
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| If you're not a serial killer and you can actually stand being by their grills all day, McDonalds will hire you. Trust me. | |||
1181 Micro-Goomba  Since: 03-30-06 From: Halfway between here and there times two. Last post: 6611 days Last view: 6611 days |
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Originally posted by Silvershield Yes, movie theater's are usually crap pay for staff, but it's enjoyable (for the most part) and overall a good job. I G.M. our town's only theater here and, yes, we pay employees absolute crap, but they all love their jobs (or maybe they just love their manager  ) . Plus, Ice Age 2 doesn't release until tomorrow and I just got through watching it...(edited by The Nic on 03-31-06 04:34 AM) |
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