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[fresh2deff]

Im about to start applying at every retail joint in town since they gonna be hiring for seasonal soon...

 

[bjamez20]

Originally Posted by streethoopkilla


Had my second interview with Apple on Wednesday. They got back to me Friday for another interview tomo. I hope all goes well. Happy I made it this far

What position did you apply for and how'd you arrange the interview? I applied for a bunch of positions a week ago..

 

[streethoopkilla]

Originally Posted by bjamez20

Originally Posted by streethoopkilla


Had my second interview with Apple on Wednesday. They got back to me Friday for another interview tomo. I hope all goes well. Happy I made it this far

What position did you apply for and how'd you arrange the interview? I applied for a bunch of positions a week ago..

My friend got me through the referal and they got back to me in a week. You are better off knowing someone who works there

  

 

[ilike turtles]

got 2 interviews this week. one with Marc Ecko Cut & Sew on Wed, and one with Express on Thurs. anyone ever work for either company? how was it??

 

[retrofighterusaw]

***Update***

I finally got a job offer at a hospital here in socal. Things are finally looking up. Bout to cop my mom some things she could never afford.

Cliffnotes:
4.0 gpa
bachelor of science in nursing degree
4-5 months later, found a nursing job
bout to buy my mom some nice things.

 

[chino905]

^ congrats on the job man!

 

[gutta bob]

Originally Posted by bjamez20

Flew out to NY for an interview to be told they don't have time to train me...

About to head back to the bay area and start looking...already filled out an application to be a sperm donor as a last resort

you flew from norcal to ny for an interview?  you couldn't had ask for a phone thang? 

 

[gutta bob]

Originally Posted by UPPTEMPO8387

Originally Posted by acidicality

Originally Posted by UPPTEMPO8387

This may have already been answered, but has anyone been given a good job through a career advisor or job agency? There is one about 30 min away from my house and I was thinking about going there to see if they could help me out. I need a job but I'm not trying to work retail

This is my personal opinion, but I hate, hate job (staffing) agencies. They take way too big of a cut of your salary, and when you work you're working for them and not the company that you're working for.
I guess it's not a bad idea to check it out, but just be sure to listen carefully and make sure they're not robbing you of your salary.

I figured this was the case

Thanks for the info man. I'll stop by and discuss with them how much they plan on taking out of my check.

dog, this is from a friend's experience, but staffing agencies do work.  at my job he told me he came in as a temp and worked for a good 2 months and the place offered him a full-time position.

you can ask the staffing agency how much they plan to cut from your check but they'll probably tell you to kiss their buttholes.. it's really none of your business.  but i'll tell you something from my job.. i did some ap stuff and usually temps get paid about $9-11 dollars depending on what your doing.. and the agency got about $15-16.  So they take a big piece but don't even think about the money like that.  you need a job and they supplying, so just work hard and see if there is opportunity for a full-time out there... if not with this particular company.. move on to the next one.. and so forth.

 

[ogbobbyjohnson773]

Originally Posted by RetroFighterUSAW

***Update***

I finally got a job offer at a hospital here in socal. Things are finally looking up. Bout to cop my mom some things she could never afford.

Cliffnotes:
4.0 gpa
bachelor of science in nursing degree
4-5 months later, found a nursing job
bout to buy my mom some nice things.

Nice avy.

 

[acidicality]

Originally Posted by GUTTA BOB

Originally Posted by UPPTEMPO8387

Originally Posted by acidicality


This is my personal opinion, but I hate, hate job (staffing) agencies. They take way too big of a cut of your salary, and when you work you're working for them and not the company that you're working for.
I guess it's not a bad idea to check it out, but just be sure to listen carefully and make sure they're not robbing you of your salary.

I figured this was the case

Thanks for the info man. I'll stop by and discuss with them how much they plan on taking out of my check.

dog, this is from a friend's experience, but staffing agencies do work.  at my job he told me he came in as a temp and worked for a good 2 months and the place offered him a full-time position.

you can ask the staffing agency how much they plan to cut from your check but they'll probably tell you to kiss their buttholes.. it's really none of your business.  but i'll tell you something from my job.. i did some ap stuff and usually temps get paid about $9-11 dollars depending on what your doing.. and the agency got about $15-16.  So they take a big piece but don't even think about the money like that.  you need a job and they supplying, so just work hard and see if there is opportunity for a full-time out there... if not with this particular company.. move on to the next one.. and so forth.

Just to mention my own experience with staffing agencies, so you know where I'm coming from, a staffing agency set me up with an interview for a job at this computer hardware company, and they were offering me a 30K cut out of an entry-level engineering job. Considering the average entry-level engineering job is in the 55-60K range, that's ridiculous. Even if the job is relatively low-paying for an engineer job (maybe 50K), that's still a ridiculous 40% cut they end up getting.
I interviewed knowing that, since at that time I wasn't getting many calls and I figured why not. But after thinking about it, I really couldn't stand working for a staffing agency and being robbed of my salary, so I withdrew.

 

[patent leather]

Originally Posted by RetroFighterUSAW

***Update***

I finally got a job offer at a hospital here in socal. Things are finally looking up. Bout to cop my mom some things she could never afford.

Cliffnotes:
4.0 gpa
bachelor of science in nursing degree
4-5 months later, found a nursing job
bout to buy my mom some nice things.

That's wassup.

 

[gutta bob]

Originally Posted by REALTALKAZ

Originally Posted by GUTTA BOB

Originally Posted by iLike Turtles


I know. I prob should have went about that differently. and yea 7.25 is wack. the only way I would even consider working a job that paid 7.25 is if I was getting a lot of hours. honestly, I'm not looking for much. if I could even find a job that paid like 8.50 I would be happy

dont trip i woulda done and same thing.  if u feel like trolling... call sears back up and say u had to take a dookie.. or something came up and u had to run out.  and just say by the time u came back nobody was there.

do you have a degree?  if u dont u should consider buying one online.  get a print out and just bring that to interviews.  i would aim for bookkeeping jobs since they don't care much for degrees.  just act like u know how to do some bookkeeping and say u have 1-2 experience (google some words so u can fool the person) and bam.. start pay for bookkeepers is like 10 and can go up to 15-20 an hour

is this common lol

  

I went to a job interview and told them I had a accounting degree.. they asked some technical questions about auditing.. obviously I prepared good enough to know the basics.. I googled it the night before.

I didn't even buy a degree but was planning to if they asked for one (yes its easy to buy one... you can make one too but I don't have a printer)... they didn't even ask for my transcript or anything.  I'm good looking so maybe that's why.

Certain industries don't care about your degree or where you're from because you'll learn as you go.  For instance, the import/export business has a ton of different jobs available... no matter your background... if you come into that industry you will have to start learning and work your way up.. so they prefer entry-level people so they can mold you.  But still, they must have standards (all jobs do.. like a minimal).. degrees, grades, and gpa.. but most of the time if you come off as a person who can be mentored in this particular field.. then they 'overlook' things.

 

[kickstart]

Originally Posted by RetroFighterUSAW

***Update***

I finally got a job offer at a hospital here in socal. Things are finally looking up. Bout to cop my mom some things she could never afford.

Cliffnotes:
4.0 gpa
bachelor of science in nursing degree
4-5 months later, found a nursing job
bout to buy my mom some nice things.

Congrats! 

 

[bjamez20]

Originally Posted by GUTTA BOB

Originally Posted by bjamez20

Flew out to NY for an interview to be told they don't have time to train me...

About to head back to the bay area and start looking...already filled out an application to be a sperm donor as a last resort

you flew from norcal to ny for an interview?  you couldn't had ask for a phone thang? 

Had a phone interview and it went really well, they told me to come out to interview and it was basically a sure thing

 

[celticsfan9783]

Originally Posted by RetroFighterUSAW

***Update***

I finally got a job offer at a hospital here in socal. Things are finally looking up. Bout to cop my mom some things she could never afford.

Cliffnotes:
4.0 gpa
bachelor of science in nursing degree
4-5 months later, found a nursing job
bout to buy my mom some nice things.

Glad to hear someone on here is having some success. Congrats dude.

 

[Sir San Diego]

Today was the first day of my new career... Felt good to go over the benefit package and know that I can retire from this job.

Felt good to walk around the shop and see a real work environment that requires skilled hands and strong minds.

Felt good to get my union application.

Unfortunately, I don't think I'm allowed to say much about my job due to the security risk (they take it VERY serious) but man...

 

[dman14]

Originally Posted by acidicality

Originally Posted by GUTTA BOB

Originally Posted by UPPTEMPO8387


I figured this was the case

Thanks for the info man. I'll stop by and discuss with them how much they plan on taking out of my check.

dog, this is from a friend's experience, but staffing agencies do work.  at my job he told me he came in as a temp and worked for a good 2 months and the place offered him a full-time position.

you can ask the staffing agency how much they plan to cut from your check but they'll probably tell you to kiss their buttholes.. it's really none of your business.  but i'll tell you something from my job.. i did some ap stuff and usually temps get paid about $9-11 dollars depending on what your doing.. and the agency got about $15-16.  So they take a big piece but don't even think about the money like that.  you need a job and they supplying, so just work hard and see if there is opportunity for a full-time out there... if not with this particular company.. move on to the next one.. and so forth.

Just to mention my own experience with staffing agencies, so you know where I'm coming from, a staffing agency set me up with an interview for a job at this computer hardware company, and they were offering me a 30K cut out of an entry-level engineering job. Considering the average entry-level engineering job is in the 55-60K range, that's ridiculous. Even if the job is relatively low-paying for an engineer job (maybe 50K), that's still a ridiculous 40% cut they end up getting.
I interviewed knowing that, since at that time I wasn't getting many calls and I figured why not. But after thinking about it, I really couldn't stand working for a staffing agency and being robbed of my salary, so I withdrew.

similar situation. staffing agency set me up with a high-tech firm for an interview.  the job paid $20/hr and i knew they were taking a big cut.  i thought i landed the job, but the agency came back and told me they were gonna hire within

.  another time, they told me about a job with a local hospital that was paying 30k, i sorta knew what company they were talking about since he described an ad i saw posted on my school career site and i decided to go their website and the job paid about 42k.  staffing agencies do work, you just got to keep in touch with them and let them know what you want.

 

[gutta bob]

bump... sup.. any updates from anybody here.?

 

[streethoopkilla]

Had my 2nd interview with Apple yesterday. My next one should be my last with them hope i hear from them

 

[romedadude]

Searching for part time employment has been the story of my life for the past 5-6 years. In high school, everybody was getting part time gigs, not me though. My only "real job" was a paid internship last summer, but I got a call to work at the PGA Championship next week, so I'll make a little change before I head back to school in a couple weeks. Where the search will begin again....

 

[ryair max 1]

I tried a temp agency back in Jan and got rejected because I made too many errors when typing. 

 

[cobra kai]

Originally Posted by streethoopkilla


Had my 2nd interview with Apple yesterday. My next one should be my last with them hope i hear from them

what position did you apply for?
i applied for a creative position at the store, and a bunch of corporate joints.

if i get the creative position, i'm going to apply corporate within the year.

 

[sloane kettering]

Been goin hard as of late, trying to get this entry level position with Moody and a couple other places in the Finance field, but the stonewall is still up...

 

[streethoopkilla]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by streethoopkilla


Had my 2nd interview with Apple yesterday. My next one should be my last with them hope i hear from them

what position did you apply for?
i applied for a creative position at the store, and a bunch of corporate joints.

if i get the creative position, i'm going to apply corporate within the year.

P/T Specialist what location you applied to?

  

 

[southernbeast]

Anyone in Eastern Atlanta outside the perimeter looking for a part time job making sub sandwiches? PM me for details.