Christ, I'm a pathetic loser and even I've had 2 jobs. You know you're not supposed to honestly answer the questionnaires, right?

>75

What the fuck? How is that even possible?

Only job I ever got I got because my guidance counselor knew the manager, don't work there anymore, busy with college. There are plenty of scam-jobs for college-aged kids, though, if you're that desperate.

Move to Sweden.

I'm 30, never had a job and get enough money from welfare equal to a low wage job

>>39565341
The only questions on the applications are stuff like DO YOU HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

WHY DO YOU WANT THIS JOB

ETC. Thats it, these are all miniimum wage low tier jobs.

>75 job applications since I turned 18
Snag A Job does not count. You have to get your ass out of the house and look for one. Also you cant be picky.

it's really tough to find jobs nowadays. it's the truth.

try going to seasonal positions like party stores that are opening for Halloween, you might find some luck there.

>>39565447
I am pretty sure that they don't allow anyone on welfare unless they lost there job or have a family to support.

>>39565564

Herpa Derp, The only online application I have done was 3 for Home Depot and then the one for Walmart I did right now.

So you're only 18, your parents have SEEN you submit all these applications, recieve no job offers, and they're going to kick you out and let you be homeless despite all that?
Dude, you parents suck.

>>39565652
they do in sweden lol

nobody wants to hire neckbeards

>>39565447
GJ for being an absolute failure and waste of space. You are scum.

Putting in an application does not always work.

Fucking CALL them a day or so after you hand it in, and when you do hand it in, ask to speak to the manager.

Or you can be lucky like me and get asked if I'm looking for a job and get hired on the spot.

You either strongly agree or strongly disagree on questionnaire stuff. Call them, bug them, remind them that you're interested. Interviewing sucks, but it's something you get the hang of after a while. I'm 20 and haven't had a "real" job before, all the money I've gotten is from oddjobs for friends/family, commissions, and babysitting.

As for /v/-related jobs... Gamestop? EB?

Dipshit, you have to call the jobs back, ask for the hiring manager, tell them you put in an app and are they hiring?

Thats how you get interviews genius.

Also it sounds like your parents want to see you making an effort more than anything. If you absolutely cant get a job, tell the parents for your birthday you want a lawnmower, then print up a bunch of flyers and put them around town for a lawn mowing service. Then they cant say shit,even if you only mow one lawn a week, youre still trying and are technically self employed.

>>39565912
aaaaaw, you're hurting my feelings

>>39565652

In Scandinavia you can live on welfare as long as you are over 18 and don't have a job. You earn more than any American working at walmart thats for sure.

I tried this too. Send around 50 applications out but no job until I actually shoved up and asked to see a manager/whatever.

>>39565987
Wat

I never called the manager after putting in applications and I have had 4 jobs.

>>39566072

Yeah, and how many applications have you put in?

If you say anything less than 200 youre lying. Or referring to a time when jobs were actually AVAILABLE.

>>39566072
stfu you fucking laying FAGGO

What's your CV like?

I'm 22, haven't had a job since I was 16. Livin in a house my parents bought me just to get me out of their hair.

My parents are awesome tier.
 
 
 
 
 
 

I however, am not.

>>39565280
I know how you feel :(

I just got my first job and im 19. When you turn in your application, make sure that you ask for a manager before hand. If the manager is not there, ask when they will be in and turn it in then. Some poeple tell you to call the next day or so but I think its better to go in yourself and ask the manager about it afterwards. Some times you have to direct asking questions :what do I have to do to get an interview." If your hair is long, cut it. It really helps. Good luck anon :)

I'm saying this in all honesty, OP.

Go work at Starbucks. It's simple as shit to land a job there, just tell the manager you love coffee and believe it's a great tool to connect with people. After 3 months, sign up for benefits, find a fucking roommate and move the fuck out.


Also, I don't believe you put out 75 applications. You probably did a few online and hoped for the best. It's a number's game, dude. The more you throw out, the faster you find a job. Sign up with a temp agency, too.

I work at a cheese steak franchise called Phillie's Best. Been there about a month and a half now.

>>39566661
Starbucks has been cutting back on employees since the recession. I couldn't get a job at a local coffee shop because there was a deluge of experienced baristas looking for work.

...Still, couldn't hurt to apply.

>>39566839

work in a coffee shop, live questionable content in real life

great success?

Ausfag here on Youth Allowance for job searching.

I hate some of the stuff they make me do, so I'm glad it'll be switched when I go to College next year.

Having a sense of purpose feels good man.

>>39566839
I've seen regular customers become employees at Starbucks. Go in a few days a week and get to know the staff. Even though they've been cutting back on workers (including yours truly) they're always hiring somewhere.

>>39567014

Youth Allowance? What the fuck is that? Oh, it's probably about kangaroos though right?

>>39566661
>Go work at Starbucks. It's simple as shit to land a job there, just tell the manager you love coffee and believe it's a great tool to connect with people.
Not OP but I'm 21 and I've never had a job in my life....so what do you do at Starbucks? How easy is it to make the shit people ask for?

Use a temp agency.

Popeye's Chicken. Been working there a few years. SHIT SUCKS

>>39567044
I don't have enough money to be a regular customer, but I can understand the checking back every now and again thing.

I hate it when coffee jockeys call themselves baristas, thats like mcdonalds employees calling themselves line cooks.

>>39567086
It's real easy to make the stuff.

Steam milk, add syrup, pour on ice, ???, $5 BEVERAGE!

>>39567221
Oh ok, cause I know how to make myself a cappuccino (I have my own espresso machine) but I'm not sure how I'd fair under pressure though :3

>>39567283
I'm >>39567143.
Trust me you get used to pressure fairly quick. It all becomes muscle memory after a while.

>>39567283
Put the espresso machine having on the application, it's relevant.

Also that you eat coffee and poop better coffee like one of those french cats.

>>39567143
>>39567221
Wait. They use real milk?

I've had a few of their frappuccinos or whatever they're called. It basically tasted like water with some coffee-flavored creamer stirred in.

Similar to OP, I've never had a job since I've been rejected from everything I've applied for. Even picking up trash on the side of the road.

However, I've saved up enough money from dividends (Fuck year, Alaska) to get me through college. Afterwards, I will move to the Lower 48's and go to work in a zoo.

Feels good man.

To the OP: Putting in applications to retail stores and not following up with the hiring managers is like throwing a steak on a grill and never returning to check on the steak nor turn off the grill -- big mistake.

Jobs love to see interested candidates who follow up with their applications. If you want to land a job quickly I'd suggest looking into businesses that are EXPANDING instead of DOWNSIZING. Depending on your skill sets you could land an O.K. white collar desk job if your parents are really harking on you to get a job. The best possible situation is to get a job that includes medical benefits, which is possible to find but only if you look in the right places.

If you want a job I would suggest looking at your local Employment Bureau (Google Department of Labor for your state).

You can also try your retail stores (WalMart, Sears, etc) but try to aim for places that are staying in business and not struggling (movie theaters, food stores, home furnishing and supply, etc).

There's also looking on websites via Monster.com, Careerbuilder.com, and Craigslist.com (yes yes, Craigslist is sometimes legitimate). Try also temporary and part-time/full-time staffing agencies in your area.

>>protip: a construction job.

get diesel muscles and learn trades and good money
Just gotta know how to talk and some simple math

how about you go to college you fucking momo so you won't have to work these deadend shitty jobs for the rest of your life.

there is no excuse to not get higher education in America in this day and age, the only reasons you can't is if you are actually fully mentally retarded or don't have the money (and even the latter isn't true anymore, colleges give out scholarships like candy if you work for it)

Find a realistic store that one of your friends works at (i.e. department store, retail, fast food, etc.), put their name down as a reference, clean up your record if you haven't already (when you turned 18 you got the privilege to wipe the slate clean of any misdemeanors you've been charged with), and then clean up yourself if you look like a piece of shit.

Also, if you do drugs, stop that shit right now because any reputable company will require you take take a piss test as part the hiring process. It also wouldn't hurt to look up some common interviewing questions and prepare yourself that way. Like someone else said, follow up with the business after you put an app in. It shows the management that you actually give a shit about the position and makes it harder for them to resist you.

I got a job at 14, HOW HAVE YOU GUYS NOT GOTTEN JOBS?

>>39567353
Well there's 2 starbucks near me...one is 20 minutes away inside the mall, another is like 10 minutes away inside a Target...I'd probably go apply for the one in the Target :3 (seems less pressuring)

The problem I have is...I want a job, I know I need a job, I know I look horrible not having a job, but it's just..my fear of failure and not being good at anything kills my drive to go out and apply. Maybe I'll also try the local Gamestop see if I can get something with them for the holiday season and if I'm lucky won't get layed off afterward.

How about book store jobs? My friend is going to apply for that but I don't really read books nor am I book savy so I'm not sure how well I'd fair in a book store position... (Then again neither does he but he's still applying for the hell of it)

>>39567074
Basically I get paid 177 bucks a fortnight while looking for a job.

>>39567528
Yes, we had whole milk, 1% milk, and soy milk.

Some drinks do include water. And lots of ice. I felt so bad.

>>39567561
>>39567594

I lol'd, nice combo.

>>39567633
SERIOUSLY
WTF YOU GUYS

Join the army

>>39567074

Basically you can get handouts from the government if you're young and don't earn much. I work two part-time jobs and still get a bit over $100 a week from Youth Allowance. While living at home.

I applied for my first job at Best Buy a few weeks ago. I got an interview but no call back.

>>39567763
I MEAN REALLY
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD JOBS IN RETAIL AND ETC SINCE I WAS 14! Some of my friends since they were 12, and you are 18 and you can't get one?
YOU ARE MAKING A JOB OUT OF FINDING A JOB

Everyone says working in retail sucks.

I fucking love working at hollywood video.
It's an easy, fun job. And what with all of /v/ saying that all of /v/ is asperger's, I was afraid that maybe I was too.

Turns out I'm a great retailer, I'm the most personable one there I know. I even sold a powerplay subscription on my first day of training. You're not even supposed to, it doesn't even count.

Man, I'm awesome.

>>39567635
You don't have to be book-savvy to work at a book store. You just have to be able to understand a sorting system. Determine book's category -> last name of author. Done.

>>39565341

The 'questionnaires' are lol.

Questions like, "Do you think some people are bad? [Y / N]" and "How do you feel about having people spit in your face all day? [I KILLED MY MOM WHEN I WAS SIX / I WOULD ORGASM ALL DAY LONG]"

>>39568006
Am I supposed to think some people are bad or not?

You must be failing at something. I'm 20 and I've had three different jobs so far. Got the job every time I applied. Seriously, its not hard.

I was just hired at Target a month ago. Doing logistics stuff, pulling frieght. Try applying there, OP. Helluva' lot better than Wal-mart.

Also, overnight at walmart is fucking HELL. You really need to be a loner, in good physical shape, and a fucking retard to work overnight there. Trust me man... I worked overnight at a fucking grocery store. Once you know you will be unloading a trailer filled with 2000+ boxes and then stocking the shelves..Its harsh man.

Bust ass and go for cashiering. EASIEST fucking job in the world.

>>39568112

Hint: the correct answer is never the one they are looking for.

Fuck, I'm kinda in the same boat

22 with a Nursing degree and can't find a job, all of them want experience

I'd have to move out of my area to a larger city to get a job and January is the next time they accept applications for a new grad nurse at one hospital

>>39567182
Maintenance Engineer
Barista
Flight Attendant

>janitor
>drink vendor
>waitress

>>39568249
Well, what are they looking for?

>>39568220

I used to work at Goodwill. It's pretty much the same thing, except you're working in 110 F in the summer and 0 F in the winter, and you have to squeeze 14 hours worth of work into 8 hours while helping people unload their nasty broken garbage from their $50k pickups so they can defraud the federal government on their tax returns.

>>39568112
http://liekkisusi.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/unicru-assessment-guide-v1-3.pdf

Be warned it's a PDF file, so if your browser has compatibility issues with displaying PDFs (mostly just some old versions of Firefox) you might want to make sure you don't need any tabs or windows to stay open before you open it.

>>39568496

Sweet. Maybe I should start filling out these things even for jobs I don't want so I can waste the managers' time too.

>>39568676
HAHAHAHA you totally should! ...after you get a job, though. Don't waste time that could be spent making money.

>>39567182
I was a Refueling Technician, and after that a Customer Service Representative (And later a Tier 1 technical support representative.). Fuck those bullshit job titles.

>>39567635
>>39568220
Former Target/Starbucks in Target worker, both were actually good jobs, but cashiering at the front of the store was a fucking bore. I'd try to get the Food Avenue job as well as Starbucks, just sit around cooking frozen food all day, hell I even got tipped a few times just for bringing some people their food

Also did the pushing carts job, got some tips, $40 once

>>39568006
No kidding. They are quite possibly the most retarded aspect of trying to get a job. I'm so glad I'm in a career and not working at an hourly wage-slave factory anymore.

I AM TYPING IN CAPS SO EVERYONE READS THIS. NOW NORMALLY YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE ANY ADVICE FROM 4CHAN, BUT THINK ABOUT IT LOGICALLY. THE KEY TO GETTING A JOB WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE IS TO LIE YOUR ASS OFF. NEVER TELL THEM YOU LIKE VIDEOGAMES OR THE INTERNET DUMBASS LIE AND TELL THEM YOU LIKE READING BOOKS. RATHER THAN GIVE NO REASON FOR WANTING A JOB OTHER THAN MONEY, LIE TELL THEM THERE WAS A FAMILY MEDICAL PROBLEM AND YOU TOOK A YEAR OFF AND WANT TO START GOING TO SCHOOL PART TIME AND YOU NEED A JOB TO PAY FOR SCHOOL. WHEN THEY ASK ABOUT JOB RELATED EXPERIENCE ONCE AGAIN LIE MAKE UP A BELIEVABLE LIE ABOUT HOW YOU ACTUALLY HAVE DONE SOME OF WHATEVER THEY DO.
AND NOW THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PART TO GETTING A JOB, READY? MAKE SURE YOU RESPOND TO JOBS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE LOOK FOR NEW OPENINGS, AT MY NEW JOB I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS IN THE FIRST 15 RESUMES SHE LOOKED AT AND HAD A STACK OF OVER 450 RESUMES THAT SHE WAS JUST GOING TO THROW AWAY. THAT IS THE KEY DON'T BOTHER LOOKING AT 1 WEEK OLD AD'S, CHANCES ARE THERE ARE LITERALLY 100'S OF APPLICANTS AHEAD OF YOU WITH BETTER/MORE EXPERIENCE GOOD LUCK FAGGOT.

I worked at Toys R Us for about a year. First few months sucked and I almost quit, but then the district manager told me she was putting me in Video Games and said that was their original plan when I was hired.

Pretty cool job, only somedays though. I would have to restock games and accessories which would take forever sometimes. I got heads up on discounted games (got MP2, RE4, and Geist for $10 and got a GC with Mario Party 7 for $100) and got to take some video game posters, some perks

>>39567622
>implying OP has friends

OP HERE

APPLYAN AT TARGET..We have 5 stores within a 20 mile radius.

OP, I started my own computer repair, network maintenance, and graphic design company.

If you have any talents fucking make a job. You get payed really well if you aren't lazy.

i'm a nightclub host in vegas .... shit rocks. my lie is awesome

>>39570043
Cool Freudian slip, you fucking liar.

>>39569899
There is like a metric shit ton of computer repair things in my area. :(

>>39570138
ahhh yes that's pretty funny. but for real i am. i'd upload my business card but that's not something i'd put on /v/

OP, if you want to work at a mall, make sure they DON'T CHARGE YOU FOR PARKING!

Seriously, I pay like 9 bux for parking everytime I work. Thank god my store lets me work overtime.

I work at Hollister

Most people don't realize its quite difficult to get a job in these times even at McDonalds, people are just not hiring all over the world right now. There's no demand for anything at minimum wage and there's such a huge amount of applications for them. I've been applying for work for the past 3 years, only got 1 interview for a cafe dishwasher but they didn't hire me. Now I'm just doing a course and waiting till the holidays.

Tell your parents there just isn't a huge demand for work.

I gas given a job on mexican bureacracy by the father of a girl that I loved and friendzoned me. I've never done nothing on it. Just sit six hours playing DF and hearing gossip about petty politics. Her father left because he was a crook. Then I betrayed the girl, since she never loved me. Feels good man.

>>39570835
you aren't trying hard enough.

>>39570913
I have been as well as my mums ex and a few of my friends.

Back in 2003 KFC was like the 3rd job I applied for and got it straight away. I walked out on them and told them to get fucked lol. I should have made an effort to study but I only have myself to blame.

>>39570835
Is that why theres been reports of unemployment and a ton of openings?

Night jobs, bro. I assume you're not doing anything else, so go find one.

Night jobs are the BEST for losers who hate human contact, and they're often easier to get because if you're willing to work nights you're practically hiring material as far as employers are concerned. Not to mention you might get a night shift premium and you never have to deal with any fucking customers, EVER. And if you're lucky, no uniform either.

>>39570835

It's pretty easy down here in ausfag land, I've been headhunted 3 times this year and both my daughters found work fairly fast as well.

If you're ready to commit, you could always travel to a non english speaking country to teach english. The demand for english teachers is very high at the moment. I know a lot of guys who currently work in Japan, China etc as teachers without any qualifications at all other then being born as an english speaking native.

Going thru the same thing times are hard bro.

I've applied at a bunch of places and got one interview for overnight stock at Walmart. The interview was fucking horrible I wasn't prepared for shit, I probably looked like a fucking retard, how the fuck do I prepare myself for interviews? I'm also a quiet person that tends to stutter.

>>39570913
There has to be some truth to it. It also sucks that jobs will fire you for nothing. I missed my shift 'cuz of an electrical failure and I was fired outright. I've been looking around since.

I also have like 6 friends who can't get jobs.

>>39571213
>unemployment
>ton of openings

Gee, I wonder, what are all these unemployed people going to do? They're going to rush to all those open positions at the other jobs and apply.

And pit 18 year old OP with zero work experience against a guy who got layed off and has pretty good experience, and OP will lose every time.

I have the same problem. I've literally applied to every store around. Never get called back. One store even told me that my hours as a college student made me incompatible. I raged.

They want people who are desperate and will do anything. Most of these recently unemployed people aren't dependents, they HAVE dependents, so they're the kind of slimy whores that will work any hours at any job, for next to nothing.

And that's what these companies want.

At this time and age bro, apply ANYWHERE. Fuck pride, get some income and try to look elsewhere after you got some money saved up and some more experience.

Also, I work at Wal-Mart as an overnight stocker. Shit sucks, and I've been there too long. Almost two years already. =(

Youth unemployment is at 50% bros.

Your situations are not uncommon.

>>39571239
>>39571213
>>39571265
Oh I'm in New Zealand btw, the town I'm in is rather dead so I guess that's a big reason why. I plan on moving anyway eventually.

Also I kind of stopped since I started this course about 2-3 months ago as I don't need anything till the holidays at least. Though there was something on the news saying a few jobs have opened up.

>>39571405
Oh man, you are an unlucky fuck. My interview at a walmart-style store for overnight stock was the easiest interview I've ever had in my life. I took it with two other guys (that's right, 3 people interviewed AT ONCE). One of them was a chink who could barely speak english and the other was an old dude who thought I was the interviewer for half of the time and couldn't identify which bank he uses. I got the job, and so did the chink. The old man probably could have too if he'd showed more gumption.

>>39571577
Unfortunately, I've long since disposed my pride and resigned myself to becoming a human resource, but I still can't find a fucking job.

Fuck this shit, maybe I'll just sell drugs. I can imagine the drug business is booming in this time of depression.

Fuck, I kind of don't want another job but I need money bad. My main problem is I don't have a driver's license, which wasn't a problem when I lived in NYC and could walk/subway everywhere but now that I transferred schools and am living back in the burbs I NEED one. And the earliest I can get one is in 3 - 6 months. Shit sucks.

>>39567643

Wow fuck you man I get paid $200 a week working 40/hr a week ;-;

>>39571577
Yeah, you think stocking shelves will be easy because you see pimply teenagers slowly stocking shit during the day. What you don't realize is that the dayfags are on very easy mode and nighttime stocking is nightmare mode, with pallets upon pallets of shit you have to unload and cut open while every goddamn aisle is a mess because Whitetrash Mom and her kids grab items off the shelves and throw them wherever the fuck they want to.

>>39571405

You need to go to more interviews. All managers ask the exact same questions, just in a different order. If possible, try to observe the manager at length before the interview and mimic him during the interview. They are extremely narcissistic and love to hire/promote people like themselves.

>>39571815
Selling drugs is easy if you have a good supplier and if it's a 'soft' drug like weed or something. If you don't have a supplier though you're pretty much SOL as it's way too late to grow now and growing inside is somewhat risky.

>>39565280
you call them back and show up and dress nice dont sit on your ass expecting every1 to call you back. you have to show initiative.

Few tips here:

-lower your standards. Think you are too high and mighty to flip burgers or bag groceries? At least they making money.

- Holiday season is coming up try hitting up Grocery Sores or retail stores. (i.e. target, kmart, walmart, etc.) they really need help this time of year.

- If possible, go in person to fill out the application. Talk to the person in charge. It will show them that you are interested.
-

>>39572149

I dont understand the notion of calling them "back".
Send in CV and then call them? Thats not calling them back.
Getting calls of hav u read mah CV yet sounds annoying and not promising.

>>39572149
They don't let you call them in many stores nowadays. You ask them if there's a number you can call to find out about your application. They either say "no", or they give you the store number.

You call to ask about the status of your application.

Some random tard answers and tells you "Oh I wouldn't know we have a whole stack of apps we have to get through."

I can't tell you how many times I've been through this.

The "whole stack" thing is the worst. It means they're highly unlikely to pick YOU from the stack.

>>39572548
I used to work at a shitty store and we didn't give out applications, we just accepted resumes. If a hot chick came in, I'd take their resume and make sure the manager got it (unless she was kind of bitchy). If anyone else gave me their resume, I ripped it in half and threw it away.

>>39572548
What we used to do when I worked at the Puma store was accept every application, put it in a big ass stack in a drawer then when hiring time came around we'd go through them one by one and sort out those that had no chance of being hired (15 year old girls applying etc), throw all those out, then call back all the people we thought we might like to hire. Usually like 3 - 6 people were obtained from this process.

People only got hired on the spot if they handed in an app during hiring time or times like holiday season when we had seasonal people. Seasonal people usually became full employees too, unless you sucked horribly.

>>39572733

Thats nice.

What is a CV?

>>39572733
Somebody told me that they'd take the Resume, but they're just gonna trash it.

I o.O'd hard.

i am just waiting for my parents to die so i can inherit their property and sell them. Shit is cash man

>>39572809
See? This is what I mean. They'll look at that and see that I can't work mornings and afternoons, and I have no experience. Bam- right in the trash.

>>39572945

And this is where I think theres no point reading this thread anymore.

>>39572733
Fuck you asshole.

I hope you get AIDS and die.

Everytime someone hands in an application I trash it.

your parents suck OP. I never had a job and i am 22 and my parents STILL gives me allowances everytime i ask them

>>39573018
Yea, you're really not going to get a job with restrictions on your availability right off bat + no experience. It would have been better to get a job like that during the summer when you can have open availability and then when school starts you have enough clout at the place to change your availability.

I don't know what the fuck OP is doing wrong. Do you have criminal history or something? I had 4 different jobs, all of which I got offered to after I turn in the app. I have never once been to interview and didn't get hire. The moment I'm called to interview I already know I got the job. All the upper managements at any company are perverted olde people who can't resist delicious traps. Lucky for me :3

OP HERE I GOT AN EMAIL FROM TARGET FOR A INTERVIEW NEXT WEEK.

Holy shit, I applied for the night time seasonal price checking job.

>>39573205
Don't fuck it up, seasonal people sometimes get taken on as full time/part time if they like you.

>>39573205
>seasonal price checking job.
>seasonal

so you work what? 10 weeks a year?

>>39573205
I hit enter on Accident, How should I prepare for this interview?

>>39573048
In the end, it didn't really matter. We'd get a shitload of resumes and almost never hire, and even with the piles of highly qualified workers ("Hi I'm applying for a coffee shop and I WORKED AT A COFFEE SHOP FOR SEVERAL YEARS") the manager/owner of the store was such a fucking dumbass he'd go ahead and hire absolute retards and chinese people who couldn't speak english because he probably paid them under minimum wage. I guess he could've also thought that chinese= hardworking, but he was dead wrong about that one.

>>39573293
be good at sucking cock

>>39573205

If they contact you by e-mail, it's probably a group interview. Although I wanna say aim for higher standard for your jobs, everyone has to start somewhere. Good luck.

I am in the same position as the OP and I do all the dumb little "advice" things people give out here, they don't really do anything

>>You have to get your ass out of the house and look for one.

I do this regularly, but 90% of places just have online applications because they're easier to ignore, I guess.


I am extremely stressing out over not finding a job after so much work, it's like making me depressed. I shouldn't let a job get this much of a hold over me, but so much depends on it right now.

>>39573345
In group interviews you have a higher chance of getting the job. All you have to do is show how all the other people are less awesome than you are.

>>39573284
Seasonal is temporary hire. Some place feel they need more employees at certain times (like Christmas). Usually you just leave the job at the end of the "seasonal" but I do hear that a lot of people are hired on full time.

i joined the army

now im ripped and make decent money all profit

i got a tip for the fatties that go to thier fast food places alot. don't bother reading this if you can't even summon up the courage to talk with people you don't know:

try to go in at certain times when the supervisor or manager is working the register (you can usually tell, they wear different clothes than the other slaves), and just try to make small talk. doesn't have to be anything real, just small talk. if you've been going there for a while they pretty much know you, just throw out there that "yeah, times are tough, (so-and-so, no money, something that hints at it) and i can't find a job. if your lucky that they take pity on you, they might tell you to fill out an app. turn it in same day, and just stop by the next day and ask about it and you'll for sure be on their radar.

>>39573284
If he does a good job they'll probably keep him. If not he will have experience which will make getting another job a lot easier.

Just get a fucking job who cares where it is?

As long as you have a place to sleep.

>>39571265
How would one go about applying for such a job? Such travel would honestly be something I would be interested in personally.

>>39573423

If you are not ugly and will take care of yourself for atleast that one time you got a good chance.

Unless theres an avarage looking female specimen around, because she got the job when she entered wearing a vagina under her clothes.

>>39573515
The real trick for fast food is to walk in right when they want people. It's how I got hired at Mickey D's twice. Good timing. Go to a job fair, that helps. Usually Taco Bell and other fast food places mass hire people at designated times.

>>39573470
>>39567838

Whatever you do, now matter how desperate you are DON'T FUCKING LISTEN TO THIS. Goddamn grow some fucking brain and think about its implication before joining army. EVERYONE deserves better than this shit.

>>39573663
That pisses me off. My girlfriend gives me such shit for not finding a job 'cuz she NEVER has any problems when she needs a job. I keep trying to point out that it is because she's a FEMALE that she doesn't have to try. I rage hard at her.

Just got hired on at Target for Produce and I worked at Dollar General before as an overnight truck unloader/overnight stocker.

35.5 hours my first paycheck for Training? It's awwwwwright.

>>39573578
Get a degree in English and learn Japanese or at least start learning

Apply for JET

??????

I don't know if they are really accepting too many overseas English teachers though what with the worldwide recession. I was reading an article about how the Japanese Dept. of Labor sent home thousands of foreign employees because of the recession. They were mostly unskilled workers though like construction workers and such but a lot were nurses and teachers as well. Only really high qualified people got to keep their visas like doctors and engineers and such.

I got my first job two months ago, and I'm 23. I'm from Brazil and I work in Civil Service. 6 hours per day, 5 days per week, just checking price of stuff (from food to computers) on teh internetz. Pays relatively well (first salary = PSP + a few games and some to help in home's finances).

But in the same year my father did worse than call an ultimatum. He pretty much told me that I was a dissapointment, my mother was a dissapointment, and the only reason he didn't pack his stuff and went to live alone is because I was such a failure that he thought it would be unfair to my mother to leave such a failure in her hands.

Now he pretty much stopped bitching. Still complains that I spend most of my money on games but oh well.

UPS

>>39573883
Sauce? Do they do group interviews?

I fucking hate group interviews. Also, I don't want to wear those gay shorts.

Enroll in community college. Shouldn't cost more than $7,000 or so per year, pay for it in loans. Tell your parents you're investing in your future and they should support you with a roof over your head.

There you go, two or three years to figure shit out.

Also, just fyi, I'd had three jobs before I turned 18 (started working at 14). Get your life together.

>>39573858
>He pretty much told me that I was a dissapointment, my mother was a dissapointment, and the only reason he didn't pack his stuff and went to live alone is because I was such a failure that he thought it would be unfair to my mother to leave such a failure in her hands.
Guess you should've asked for more gold and reported some more people.

HUEHUEHEUHEUEHEUEHUEHEUHEUEHEUHEUEHUEHEUEHEUEH

>>39574008
You won't get hired as a driver man. You'll be loading trucks which pays alright (12/hr or so) but the atmosphere is bit draconian I've heard.

Fuck yo shit nigga, I'm going to start bothering people at raytheon and work fucking HELPDESK in ANTARCTICA

>>39574159
Loading trucks sounds easy as fuck.

>>39573741
>i have a girlfriend
>posts on /v/

>>39573849
That stuff doesn't work so well anymore because lots of people can't find shit after college, even Ivy leaguers are going to Korea to teach english so now the schools there have the luxury to pick the best of the litter (typically female, blonde, and white)

>>39573858
Your Dad is a failure as a parent if he says that about his own offspring. I hate all these stupid parents who don't accept they fucked up as parents.

>>39573707

I still consider joining the army because frankly right now I have nothing to live for anyway, and if I can get some badly-needed training, so much the better.

But I would only join if I was given medical training, because if I left the military alive, I would want a skill that would be guaranteed to be in-demand.

>>39574493
Yeah it is the dads fault for not cunt punting his faggot son outside so he can go get a job.

>>39572733
you know thats against the law right

>>39573858

Oh I can't wait for my dad to tell me to get a job or I'm kicked out of the house.

Hopefully he'll do it on one of the nights where he is so pissdrunk that he cant see.
Which is every night.

>>39574254

It's not mentally challenging, but depending on the workload it can be physically impossible. This is probably a conscious decision by the management to make you feel inadequate and less likely to push for a raise/promotion/etc.

Trust fund kid here. Delicious tears are delicious

I'm in a similar position as OP. I'm 18, I've never had a job, and I desperately need the money.

However, here's the obvious catch-22: Employers hire people with experience. You get experience if you get hired. Fuck me, I'm still in highschool (lol senior) and I don't have any true credentials.

Maybe it's just a perception bias or something like that, but it seems that everyone else I know can get a job as easy as that. My friend fills out an online application, and a week later they call her for an interview. No such luck here.

>>39574200
Why does a defense contractor have shit in Antarctica?

COSTCO. I basically sit in a room ALL DAY watching monitors with 3 other guys in cubicles next to me.

The security guards basically do all the work but If I see someone in my sector stuff things down their pants I radio the nearest guard and he does his thing.

>>39565280
>Turn in application
>Call back a week later to check "status" of application
>Becomes a corporate slave
>????
> Profit!...at the cost of your soul

>>39574803

>her

>>39574862
what are your credentials? Did you need any sort of experience to get such a job?

>>39574803
This really is the biggest problem, everyone wants experience... but you can't get any unless you get hired.

>>39574862
I shop lift from Wal-mart a lot. I didn't know people watched that shit.

>>39574911
Okay, so I just need to call them a week from when I filled the application out? I just have to say "Hi, I'm anon, and I filled out an application a few days ago. I was wondering how that's coming along?"

Honestly, I'm fucking clueless here.

>>39574915
I got hired when I was 18 at 10$ an hour.

I make 16$ an hour and I am 23 years old. It was my first job at a newly opened costco in my area.

>>39574978

you can alway lie about experience you fag.

>>39574998
The people that watch the cameras give as much of a fuck as you would in their shoes. Think about it.

>>39574911
How does one earn a living without a job? Drug sales?

I wish I could earn 1500$ a month without doing much from my home.

>>39575056
Don't they do backround checks and shit?

>>39565280
Whoa, OP you need to work on your CV - I've been working for 8 years now, put in 5 applications in that time and have had 3 jobs (decent ones too).

But I tend to go for shit I know I'll likely get, rather than the scatter gun approach.

Also, not videogames.

i wouldnt mind working but theres too many fucking minority anywhere in where i live

jobs are easy to get if you know someone, no matter how far removed

i applied for my current job conventionally 2 times no reply, but as soon as i found someone to tell the hiring manager that they knew me i got a call within a day

>>39575056
Enjoy your black balling bro. They call the phone numbers listed in your experience.

>>39575021
Yea, more or less. All that does is let them know that you filled out an app. The idea is that when they look through that giant stack they'll see your name and be like 'hey this is the guy who called, maybe we should hire him'.

>>39575172

or just have your friend be a reference but listed him as an employer

>>39575172
A lot of jobs don't. I know for a fact retail stores rarely call the numbers on the application unless you're getting hired for a supervisor position.

>>39575222
>implying that anyone on /v/ has any friends

>>39565280

My dad threatened to throw me and my mom out of the house if I didn't get a job. If I didn't get one. Not my mom, I'm 18 years old right now and have been at job-faires, did the whole 9 yards. And i've just been applying for measly shit like starbucks or cvs, jobs which are usually good for kind of useless girls. Don't let your parents hold that over you, because I know the minute I get a job, my father is going to take some of my money, which he's done before. Now my mom won't go out and get a job because she's a fucking anti-social drunk who watches law and order all day, and i'm going to interviews left and right, calling back, nothing. I don't even start college until winter, so I pretty much have all the fucking time in the world.

might consider stripping.

if you are willing to actually do work apply to someplace such as ups or fedex. i work at ups and they are hiring new people literally every week.

>>39575314

> a girl

Same exact situation as OP, except for the asshole parents part.
What I really like is finding out a nearby supermarket is looking for night fill over the holidays, I apply immediately; made it clear that I'd be willingly to work every day (well, night) and fill in for people (because I live so close don't have a life)... still didn't get it. =\

>>39575196
Okay, now that leads to the interview.

What should I expect there? What kind of clothes should I wear for your typical shoprite/target/home depot type store (button down with khakis? jeans and tee?)

More importantly, what do they ask you? I want to be prepared, because I don't want to sit there with a dumbfounded look on my face when the interviewer asks me a question to which I don't know the answer.

>>39575430

I know that most interviews at large chain stores are automated now. You'll have to talk to a manager, sure, but they will make you take a "test" with stupid-easy questions testing your morality.

Just lie, choose the most moralfag options, and win.

>>39575545
Example of stores that do this?

>>39575430
Do you have a suit? I mean don't spend like crazy but it doesn't really hurt to 'overdress' for an interview. You will just be given a uniform to throw on if you get the job anyway.

When I got my job at a grocery store they asked me questions like a freaking survey. "Why do you shop here instead of anywhere else?" My best advice is to just seem excited to be there.

employers want people with experience but to get it you need to get hired, shit sucks.

If you want to get the interviews, call them, every (other) day. Ask if they've looked at your shit.

In the interview, dress nicely, and make it seem like you'll be a better employee than the others. Don't lie about your skills, if you don't know how to do it just say you're a quick learner.

The only reason I have a job is due to family connections, Op, sorry I can't help. This is a bad time to make such an ultimatum though, due to the terrible economy.

>>39575545
Are those questions similar to the bullshit drone-test questions from the online applications?

I honestly don't know why they even include that stuff.
>Do you often get angry at people?
uh... no
>When you are finished your task, do you look for more work to do?
Sure, let's go with that.

>>39575430

You will probably be asked a questions like:

"What kind of hobbies do you have?" --make this interesting so they might remember you. Other that that, it's a total time-waster.
"What is your definition of 'customer service'?"-- you know the answer they're looking for is going to involve the words "smiling" and "always".
"What is your greatest accomplishment?" -- you'll have to make something up. Make it interesting but not outrageous unless it really happened and you can back it up.

>>39575430
For an interview at a retail store I'd suggest wearing something semi fashionable. Since it's winter I'd go with some Levi corduroys and v-neck with a nice jacket. Basically just don't look like shit. If you wear jeans and a tee wear nice jeans and a nice tee.

Stores like you describe usually have group interviews where the manager talks to you about the store more than asks questions. The questions they usually do ask though have to do with basic customer service. If you have no experience just wait for someone else to answer first then build off their answer in the next question. Also, try to show off how cool you are. It usually works as long as you don't come off like a douche.

OP.
CALL THEM BACK, do not wait for them to call you back. After putting in an application, wait about 5 days to a week, and then call them back. Ask them if they have had a chance to look at your application, etc. It shows initiative and they dig that.

I never got the "get a job OR get out" logic. If anything, a good parent would say "get a job AND get out."

You should see if they really kick you out, I bet they don't have the guts.

course to do this, you'd have to be willing to risk they chance that they'd sell your unnecessary shit.

But beware, if you do happen to call, they insist that you talk to the employment manager, which they can put on the phone for you of course. But whenever I call the employment managers are always "out of town" or "on vacation." Every fucking time.

>>39574008

Only drivers wear shorts. No group interviews. They care very little about past employment. The higher you go, the more draconian it gets, but at the beginning all you do is load boxes into trailers and build muscle. Only drivers wear gay shorts, which, if you actually drive those trucks during the summer, you'd appreciate them. Trust me.

>/v/ - Advice

Anyway, OP. You're supposed to go back every day until you get the job you want.

Faggot.

>>39575740
At the very least they want someone who knows the answers they want to hear, i.e. people who know what's expected of them. But honestly a lot of people are dumb enough that they end up being accurate personality tests. These are standardised tests, supported by the field of psychology, they are literally 'is yoo gud drone?' tests.

>>39575662
I do have a suit, but I was thinking that wearing one would be overdoing it, and it would look like I was trying to hard or something.

Also, how does personal appearance factor in? I'm not fat/a neckbeard, or anything like that. I consider myself attractive-looking, but here's the thing: I have long-ish hair. Not nasty stringy deathmetal-kid hair, but long none-the-less. Most people really like my hair, but I'm not sure if a hardassed employer woulder would get the right idea about me or anything like that.

itt

>Everything worked out better than expected my whole life, OP must be lying!

>I'm rich, just rubbing it in your faces.

>I'm a troll! I throw all of your apps in the trash even though I'm actually unemployed!

>YOU GOTTA GO OUT THERE AND GET IN THEIR FACE SON, TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS

And somewhere, there is this little voice that occasionally pops up saying

>I can't believe they expect you to get a job when more than half of the people our age are unable to get them right now.

There needs to be more of that little voice, because the other people are just noise.

>>39575652

Lowe's CVS, most hardware stores, grocery stores, video stores....

>>39575895

Sunmart did this to me. I went to two interviews, at the end the manager said "Alright, give us a call at 8 AM tomorrow", which I did, only to find the manager wasn't there. I called every hour after that until finally getting to speak to her at noon, when she told me that she "hadn't made a decision" and to "call back in a few days".

I don't give Sunmart my business anymore.

>>39576026
Apply at a clothing store in the mall such as Urban Outfitters/Metropark/what have you and /fa/ it up. They like people with long pretty hair and piercings and tats and shit.

>>39575430
wear khakis with a shirt and tie. no need for anything more than that.

make sure you know a little history/facts about the place you're interviewing at. they will ALWAYS ask you what you know about the company. always say the company is strong

>>39576377
>Urban Outfitters/Metropark/what have you and /fa/ it up

I'm not much into faggotry. Besides, there aren't any of those stores around my area. The biggest clothing stores are probably a&f/hollister/what have you, and that really just isn't for me. Sitting in a dark room, choking on thick perfume, and being forced to buy their clothes and wear them as a "uniform"? Fuck that, I'd rather just get a job at Home Depot or Costco's.

But oh well, I guess I'll have to fuck pride and stop being an unrealistic motherfucker who thought his ass would age like fine wine.

>>39576703
Hey man, money is money.

video games

Anyway, I was wondering how hard being a cashier would be. Will I get my ass handed to me if I screw up giving change?

where do you begin if you want to start your own business?

>>39577077
It's fucking computerized and most people pay with credit/debit anyway.

You won't get in trouble if it happens once in awhile but if you do it every other day then there's obviously a problem.

clearly /v/ should run a gamestore.

except they would be no games there.

because /v/ hates all games

>>39577077

If you have a third-grade education and are not dyslexic you will give accurate change every time.

>>39577236
I have the feeling that there are a lot of /v/irgins working at gamestop and such. The other day, I walked in and the guy was a fat ginger neckbeard wearing a l4d shirt. I know you're in here, ginger neckbeard. I got your name. I got your ass.

>>39577077
I worked as a cashier for some time. Always be able to account for your money. You usually get an over/under limit in which they don't care. Mickey D's is $2. You wouldn't think it, but that's a lot of leeway before they ask questions... Most of the errors in the handling money is in the change.

Expect to be fired if you're missing like $20. There was a panick once when my assistant manager took some money for change. He pulled it out of his pocket and saved my ass, but if he was being sketchy, I would have been canned, not him.

In that regard, understand the rules to who handles the money tray. Usually, once you have counted your tray and the amount matches the manager's accounting... That money is YOUR responsibility and strictly speaking, at that point, even managers aren't allowed to touch my tray until your shift is over.

>>39577377
So you had a Mark sighting?

>>39577609
who's mark?

Damn, this thread makes me happy I have a job. 20 hours a week part time (Going to school) making $7.50 an hour at a shipping department of a bookstore for a major state university. The job is pretty cool, I get to build my muscles throwing 70 pound textbook boxes around all day and I get to tool around campus in a delivery truck if a delivery gets to be made. Oh, and no drug tests!

OP, I just got a job at an upscale grocery store and I start this weekend. Its entry level stuff, just carry out & bagging, but its work. I have been scared shitless about exposing myself to strangers and asking for employment, but I sucked it up and went in to talk to the manager.

That's where it starts, just dress up nicely and go in and talk with them. That's honestly all they want to see, it doesn't matter if you're dealing with McDonalds or Target or wherever. Smile, be friendly and tell them you want work, you're a quick learner, you're personable and dependable.

>>39577833

Jeff?

>>39577929

....nooo.....

-_-

Protip from a former employee: Those questionaires they make you fill out for jobs like Best Buy are just to makes sure you won't steal anything. Don't answer them truthfully, answer them how they would want them answered. A computer grades them and if it scores below a certain level, the entire application is thrown out.

>>39577833
>Oh, and no drug tests!

I'm not a druggie myself, but I've been wondering about those tests. You see, I have a lot of stoner friends, and quite a few of them have standard jobs. How the fuck did they get employed? I thought *most* companies required drug tests.

And congrats on having a pretty cool job. It kinda reminds me of this job my friend had. All he did was cruise around town and put those little pizza menus on apartment doors. Half the time, he would just throw the menus away and say he put them out. Fucking awesome job.

I attend UCLA, and Blizzard is based in westwood so they send out Intern offers to engineering undergrads. Fortunately, I aspire to some kind of god damn self respect and didn't respond to the email.

Oh man, I've never had a job except when I had a training period from school.

It feels horrible when McDonald's doesnt want you

>>39578087
how high is the allowable margin of error. See, there was this one question that was something along the lines of "Problems are always your own fault" and the correct answer was Strongly Agree.

I guess the question was trying to see if I was the kind of guy that takes responsibility, but I answered disagree and interpreted it as "forgive others mistakes because it's not always their fault"

Am I fucked?

>>39578287

Just answer either Strongly Agree or Strongly Disagree. It will work more times that it won't.

>>39572907
Curriculum Vitae
Basically it come down to the main focus:
Resume - Where you worked and what schools you attended.
Curriculum Vitae- What awards, achievements, and major projects you have completed.

>>39578118

I'm not a "stoner" myself, but most responsible stoners (Yes, they do exist) know that pretty much all THC clears out of your system after stopping for a month or toking, so they just do that until they get the job, then keep toking (Unless you work for NASA or drive a train or something, you only get tested once). Also, drug tests aren't always mandatory, it's really a job-by-job basis.

>>39578484
What about the hair test? Your urine may not have any traces of thc after a month, but I hear that shit stays in your hair for a very long time.

>>39578574
Number 0 Buzz Cut brah.

Unless hey want to get one of my pubes I am completely hairless.

>>39578287
each test gets graded either green, yellow, or red. you have a pretty wide margin to get a green. some places will hire you at a yellow depending on what position it's for

like some other anon said, only answer strongly agree or disagree.

body hair is for fagets

I dont even have pubes.

>>39578765
>>implying you could have pubes.

>>39578825
>implying I have a dick

>>39578660
armpit brah

>>39578871
>implying you have nipples

>>39578925
I never grew a pit hair in my life...Strangely.

The only hair on my body is my pubes. Everything else is shaved daily.

>>39578871
>Implying

>>39578574

that's funny to me... i guess because i live in a country that actually respects your rights to privacy and doesnt treat you like a criminal for smoking a plant lol

>>39578987
How do temp agencies work?

Like, do I go into the office and fill out the papers and then wait for a phone call?

What happens then? Do I get some forms or something or do I just appear at the job site?

>>39579169
Wondering this also.

>>39579004
It's not an invasion of your right to privacy, because you choose whether or not you take the test. You're not required to take it.

>>39565280

OP i really feel like i'm living in your shoes, my dad's giving me the same quota, except i have to be out by the time im 19 in feb with no job experience

>>39565447

and then you bought a PS3 slim for 530 american dollars

>>39579519
Do you have a job?

Shit I can probably ride on my parents for another year if I get this target job and do well, save all my money.

>>39579169
yea you go in and take some tests like a typing test and whatnot. then they will assign you to a job when 1 becomes available. then you show up at the job. it's usually an easy office job.

that's how it is in vegas at least

Your parents waited until you were 19?
My parents threatened to kick me out the day I turned 16.

I got a job at a local hardware store, hauling boxes.
Made money and got muscles, yay.

Here's an idea: fucking kill yourself.

>>39579614
The worst part, studio apartments run at $1250 a month.

Minimum wage 40 hours a week will generate just under 1k a month.