Any tips on how to get a job (i.e. local mart, drug store, etc.)?

[GodSaveAmerica+Israel]

Hey my fellow FRiends :D

This is a huge and wonderful forum with so many like minded people sticking together and helping each other out as well :)

I am in my early 20s, still in college. I still live with my family and I want to get a job badly (like so many many other people)! I hate having to live off my parents, i feel really guilty, plus I want my own income and responsibility.

Any tips you can give me to really get the job and/or make myself stand out? I know tons of you have experience! I just want a basic job, like working at a supermarket or ANYTHING.

Any tips, or ideas for a small business (no matter how hard) that people need done for them and are willing to pay? Thanks! :D

[eyedigress]

What is your major?

[Jet Jaguar]

Ping for a job.

[GodSaveAmerica+Israel]

Marketing :)

[GodSaveAmerica+Israel]

What does “Ping for a job” mean? :)

[Cedar]

Great you want to work, but do enjoy living with family now. You’ll understand this comment much better in about 30 years when the memories mean so much to you.

You’ll think of family times a lot more than the jobs you’ve had.

[luckystarmom]

What did you do in high school: sports, band, theater? There are lots of sport, band, theater, etc camps that will be hiring for the summer. You might want to try to be a counselor. While you are doing that, you can look for another more permanent job.

[blackd77]

When I was 21, I flew to Alaska looking for work in a cannery. One day the fish came in, and all the folks who had jobs went into the cannery to start working. On the dock were 50 people just like me, looking for work. I sat there next to them for a few minutes. Then I stood up, went into the cannery and starting working. No one hired me, but I worked and got paid just the same.

I made $6,000 over the next six weeks because of that quick decision.

Don’t make the prospective employer take a risk on you. Show him that the risk has been assumed by you.

[sr4402]

Networking. Your task is to get in contact with the Hiring Manager at your target place of work. In order to do that, you talk with folks in the community around that work or employees in that work. Talk them up and express an interest in that place of work but DO NOT ASK them for a Job. Your target is the hiring manager or managers and get them to notice you in a good way. That way, when the next job comes around they will think of you.

[eyedigress]

The number 1 is persistence. If you pick 5 places and check in every week, it will pay off. Fill out your app and go in every week to ask if there is an opening. Your persistence will show your willingness to be responsible. I did it for dish-washing in the 70’s.

[Jet Jaguar]

Cindy, A freeper, has posted many threads during the downturn of the economy regarding employment.

She has made links to companies that are hiring right now.

She has a great compilation.

Perhaps, some jobs might be in your location and area of expertise.

[Mamzelle]

Prayers and blessings upon you.

Always make sure a potential employer knows what you can do for them.

[GodSaveAmerica+Israel]

When you guys mean going back every week, do I talk to the hiring manager? What do I say/ask? This sounds like a good idea :)

[Safrguns]

If your smart enough to be here, your smart enough to make your own job. You’ll make more money, you can hide it easier from the government, and you won’t have to worry about getting re-assigned to a manager who is a bleeding heart liberal jackass.

[RavenATB]

I know a 13 year-old boy who bought a mower and makes about $20/hr mowing yards. Getting work really isn't an intellectual challenge, son. Just get your ass out the door and make something happen for yourself.

[Cindy]

If you’re interesting in working at a supermarket, just go down to the store and find out how to apply.

Or google the stores:

Safeway
http://www.safeway.com/ifl/Grocery/Careers#iframetop

Walmart
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=1044526

KMart
http://www.searsholdings.com/careers/

McDonalds
http://www.mcdonalds.com/usa/work.html

Target
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-030796&ref=sr_shorturl_careers

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ON THE INTERNET:

Are you looking for a MARKETING-related job?
Start here:

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=marketing&l=

http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-marketing

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/search.aspx?sort=rv&vw=d&brd=3876&ss=0&FedEmp=N&FedPub=Y&q=marketing

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Also, look here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2441076/posts

[GodSaveAmerica+Israel]

Not only am I getting advice, I’m getting blessings and inspiration! :)

How do I look at Cindy’s compilation of Jobs?

[Errant]

Start by helping out around the house with chores and home/ yard maintenance and etc. It will help with your feelings of guilt and get you primed for other possibilities in your area.

[Jet Jaguar]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2441076/posts

Are you looking for a job?
TRUTHUSA.com ^ | January 30, 2010 | n/a
Posted on January 30, 2010 8:05:45 PM EST by Cindy

It’s a new year and time for a new thread.

If you’re looking for a job and/or a career; this is the thread for you — so bookmark it and tell others about this thread.

Updates will be ongoing.

Found it.

[max americana]

I’m not even 30 but here goes. Right after HS, instead of working at McD’s for the summer, 2 capitalist-minded friends of mine pooled our money together and created a site where u can upload umm..’video clips of an adult subject”...and made money of the adverts.

The morale of the story is: we didn’t want to work for a burger joint and enjoyed what we were doing and worked for ourselves. YOU have to make things happen. Obama aint gonna give you a job unless your ACORN or SEIU.