entry level jobs

Guernsey · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject: entry level jobs

Do you have any advice for me concerning my lack of job experience? I had never been to a job before and I don’t know of any entry level jobs especially since I am not all that familiar with terms such as Sales Associate or District Manager. I could go to places like Monster.com or Careerbuilder but I like I said before I don’t have any background knowledge on the job positions they display, even on websites like Walgreens, Wal Mart, McDonalds or Target I am not all that familiar with job positionsthat they offer. What should I do? I don’t know of any entry level jobs and I need some money to pay off some debts that I have. I know cannot deal with them in one sitting but still I need a job as well as a second income to help me pay things off. I heard blogging could be a great second income but even that I need readers to read it, do you have any advice for me concerning entry level jobs and second incomes?
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SR · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:27 am Post subject:

I... seriously, what? How does this even happen? Well whatever

SIT DOWN SON LET ME TEACH YOU HOW TO GET A JOB AT MCDONALDS

1. Go to McDonalds
2. Ask for an application
3. Fill it out
4. Lie about high school status if necessary, they don't check

When they call...

5. Wear a suit to your interview because this is serious ****
6. Also bring your lawyer, you don't know what they'll try to pull on you alone
7. Remember, signing bonuses and perks CAN make up for a low base salary. Unlimited free cheeseburgers on wednesdays can add up.
8. However, this doesn't mean that you should allow them to appease you with cheap tricks in place of raw cash. I'd say you're worth at least $500,000 a year, so don't accept less than $2,500,000 on a five year.
9. This is very important. When you sign your contract, cross no t and dot no i. I believe this is enough for you to reasonably claim that the contract was not in fact signed by you, allowing you to escape it easily if necessary.

I know some of those weren't actually steps, but they're important enough to deserve their own spots.

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**Ryouko** · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 6:38 am Post subject:

You're not going to make any money off blogging unless you've had at least some basic writing training, which I don't see apparent in your post. Just go to any retail store or fast food restaurant, and ask for an application. You fill it out, then return it to where it came from and wait for a call for an interview. Many retail places are used to hiring younger help with no experience, and it's usually not an issue since typically the job is not that hard (though dealing with the customers is a whole other story).

You can fill out applications online for several places these days, so you could start by looking up their websites for whomever is close to you. You're not going to get a management position right away, especially if you have no experience, so aim for the bottom spot to begin with.
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HeatShadow · Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:51 am Post subject:

Ryouko said most of what I was going to say, so I'll just add on to her. When in doubt, apply for a cashier's position, which is the easiest job in the world; if you can count and you can handle money, you're perfectly qualified to be a cashier.

There's also another possible benefit to applying for cashier: there's a chance that, if a slightly higher position is available (like a department-specific job), they have a need to fill it and you come close to the higher requirements, they'll offer you the higher position. That's actually how I got my first job: I applied for a cashier's position at a supermarket, but they told me they had an opening they needed filling in the seafood department and wanted to put me in even though I'd never handled fish before in my life. The pay was better than cashier, and the job gave me the retail experience I needed to get a better job somewhere else.

Just remember to be careful, though. Jobs that don't have a problem hiring large numbers of people with no experience also don't have a problem with firing them if those people don't perform/behave well. So I wouldn't recommend slacking off or goofing around unless you like having "fired from easiest job in the world" on your resume.
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Tachyon360 · Le Croissant Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 740

You've never held a job before and yet you have debt to pay off? Please tell me "My new house" isn't actually yours. I don't want to sound crass, but if there were a betting pool on whether you'd have a shot at life, my money would be against it.

As it stands, you're living beyond your means, so here's my advice. Sell everything short of a few bare necessities. Just get rid of anything you could possibly get rid of while keeping a reasonable standard of living. There are obvious things, like trading your house for an apartment, your motor vehicles for a bicycle, shopping at thrift stores and liquidators, et cetera. Then there are less obvious things that we've been conditioned to think we need. You can get rid of your bed and get a floor mat, buy surplus food near the sell-by date for a steep discount, see if your neighbors would let you bum off their WiFi, sell your TV and watch Internet video, and so on. If you think you need it, you probably don't.

After you minimize your living expenses, immediately set out to pay off your debts with the money you gained, and put whatever is left into a savings account. Then worry about a job.
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