Anyone know any? My brothers bankruptcy starts soonish and he wants me to get a job to help out.
Anyone know any? My brothers bankruptcy starts soonish and he wants me to get a job to help out.
“Snow can only live in the winter. When it nears a fire, it dies. That is its life. It may yearn for summer, but… it can only desire it. In my hand, the snow becomes water, because this is not its world….”“The boundless Heavens and Earth are the final resting place of all living things. Life is like a journey, filled with various scenery, various paths.
Monster.com? Indeed.com?
Make a list of the pro companies in your field (or just google them) and go to their websites directly.
“Snow can only live in the winter. When it nears a fire, it dies. That is its life. It may yearn for summer, but… it can only desire it. In my hand, the snow becomes water, because this is not its world….”“The boundless Heavens and Earth are the final resting place of all living things. Life is like a journey, filled with various scenery, various paths.
Sounds like belfpala's advice is where it's at then. This tactic is reasonable at a number of establishments - tell a restaurant you'll wash dishes and can start immediately, tell a car dealer you'll wash cars starting immediately, and so on. Customer-facing roles, even if they're not "good" jobs tend to be a little more picky, but if you show up clean-cut, well spoken, and sincere, someone will take you on to do menial work pretty quickly.
Miles will vary on belfpala's tactic. More often than not they'll just tell you to go to their website but maybe that's because I personally wasn't persistent enough.
I even had someone ask if I had any experience on washing dishes before. I said I know how to wash dishes, but they say it takes a lot more to wash at their establishment.
It can be kind of rough if you have no professional experience and they'll be harsh on experience gaps. Now I just basically tell people that I've been on a ministry for East Africa doing the lord's work if they ever ask why I had no experience and I'm nineteen.
Being honest will probably get you grilled hardcore and I can kind of understand, you're basically selling yourself to people.
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Craigslist, newspaper classifieds, and local employment services work well for unskilled/menial labor. Skilled trades usually have their own avenues (apprenticeships, schools will usually get you in touch with local employers for the skill you're pursuing, etc), and for work that requires degrees and stuff... no clue, since I ain't got one of those and don't intend to. Might try stuff like LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, and Monster.
Networking is always the best possible way of getting a job, though. It really is about who you know more than who you are.
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Washing dishes isn't difficult but it's hard, thankless work that typically pays very little for the amount of effort involved. They're trying to weed out the people who will work there for three weeks and then disappear the second another job presents itself.
Unsurprisingly, dishwashers and what the Brits would call "kitchen porters" tend to work like a fucking revolving door.
I agree, but you have to remember they're running a business, not a charity. Having someone pull a no call no show because they got a better job is a major problem for business owners. It's actually pretty expensive to hire and train up a new person, especially when they're in and out like a revolving door.
You'd think that'd inspire them to actually provide benefits, advancement, bonuses, etc to compensate for the job being really shitty, but that'd make too much damn sense, wouldn't it?
If you're willing to work christmas hours then ask all the local retailers if they're hiring any temp staff for christmas. It's a pretty busy time for stocking shelves etc so it'll be hard work for low pay but it'll give you a little bit of experience and a reference even if the job is only for a month.
You can't make a habit of that. People you apply to are going to notice you seem to change jobs every six months and will want to know why.
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Hook on with USPS, UPS, or FedEx if you can. They need throwers starting about a week before Thanksgiving through the end of December to handle the rush. It's hard work and you need to be strong, but if you can hack it, it pays well and if you do really well, there's potential to be hired on permanently as PT/FT.
I liked Indeed.com . I really disliked monster and careerbuilder because of huge amount of calls I'd get for the commission based jobs. Indeed did a good job of pulling jobs from the net and putting them in one place. It felt like a google for jobs instead a site that was trying to sell me something.
I second indeed.com I also find a lot of jobs on craigslist.
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
If you're reasonably healthy try construction. Those guys get paid decently and you get to be outside, which for some reason a lot of people seem to like.
The work is fine, it's just that the pay and benefits are non-existent. Fix that and maybe they'd stick around for a while
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Depends on the area. Here in Tulsa we have a couple of really stellar companies to work for. Some other companies are slave drivers with little care about their employees' welfare.
You can start by saying your country, as it would be easier for people to find you job sites. I mean, I can offer you 10, but if you're not from Romania, they'll be useless to you.