JOBS - Who has one? (srs thread - I need help!)

[BaGeL23]

I work in a freezer warehouse. Hard manual labour + long hours + unforgiving environment = big paycheque. I also count it as an 8 hour cardio session, lawlz.

[av1atic]

Originally Posted by Bone32

Just got a new job today.

Full time Landscaper for the Columbus Zoo. 40 Hours a week at $14 an hour.. Any over time I do is time and a half, so $21 an hour. I start in 2 weeks.

wow good start,

[Getting_Cut22]

Originally Posted by LukeN.Good

I'm actually trying really hard to get a job right now and am having no luck. Just went out today and hit up like 20 different places. I havn't tried everything yet, but it's still lame and discouraging.
This economy thing is bull****.

So for those who actually have a job right now, what do you do and how'd you manage to get one?

I make $11.55/h right now part time at a lumber yard. They had about 20 applications for my spot when i applied, and i knew that.. So i talked to the yard foreman (manager) about the job ahead of time and I got a call to come in for an interview the next day. I've learned that the easiest way to get a job is to know your employer or have a reference (friend) who works there.

Don't just hand in an app, talk to a manager beforehand and give a good impression.

edit: this summer me and my workout buddies are going to do some fulltime roofing at $18/h. The owner of the company saw us working out and talked to us, was impressed with our strength, etc.

I also had another job offer from someone who came into the lumber yard who looked at me and said "you lift don't you?" and from that he wanted to hire me on the spot for a 17/h job to do drywalling or putting the concrete in basements (his company does both).

[LukeN.Good]

^So just try to make a more personal/enthusiastic impression to job block other people? There's some good tips in this thread...

Originally Posted by Money_Hungry

im a server. i make anywhere from 100to300 a night. There was a sign that said now hiring.

i ball out of control

I didn't know they still made "Now Hiring" or "Help Wanted" signs anymore

Originally Posted by whitesox3223

i work at six flags (theme park) and a grocery store, pushing carts.

in general, theme parks need a lot of people. idk if theres one near you though

We have the strip (Las Vegas) which has a lot of employment opportunity but there's been a lot of major hotel/casino layoffs too.

I don't even have my permet yet (yes stupid) so transportation becomes a factor.
Still looking though, browsing craigslist right now.

EDIT: haha...HoneyBaked Ham is looking to hire 20 new people, I'll hit them up tomorrow I guess...

[Getting_Cut22]

Originally Posted by LukeN.Good

^So just try to make a more personal/enthusiastic impression to job block other people? There's some good tips in this thread...

exactly man, you need to get to the top of the pile. Also, hand in your application to the manager you talked to if possible (not a cashier, i'll explain that). We get so many applications any new ones we get are just discarded now, even if there is a job open we don't keep more than like 10 i think. It could be the same at alot of places, or they will have so many apps they just won't look at yours. If the person who is actually going to be calling you for an interview has your application in your hand, remembers you (fill in your application promptly after meeting them) they are far more likely to read it and give you a call or just pull you in for an interview on the spot if they have an opening.

Lie about your availability if you have to, after you are hired just say your school sport or w/e is now starting in a week or something, they will give you the hours you want and move other peoples hours around who don't give a ****. Be ruthless.

[Turbomunkey]

i work at gnc........

[LukeN.Good]

Originally Posted by Turbomunkey

i work at gnc........

If I was 18, so would I
Most of the idiots I've ever met there don't know **** about supplements. I could actually do GNC some good!
The places I'm trying to work at (anywhere) either isn't hiring or if they are I'm too young to work there.

Originally Posted by Getting_Cut22

exactly man, you need to get to the top of the pile. Also, hand in your application to the manager you talked to if possible (not a cashier, i'll explain that). We get so many applications any new ones we get are just discarded now, even if there is a job open we don't keep more than like 10 i think. It could be the same at alot of places, or they will have so many apps they just won't look at yours. If the person who is actually going to be calling you for an interview has your application in your hand, remembers you (fill in your application promptly after meeting them) they are far more likely to read it and give you a call or just pull you in for an interview on the spot if they have an opening.

Lie about your availability if you have to, after you are hired just say your school sport or w/e is now starting in a week or something, they will give you the hours you want and move other peoples hours around who don't give a ****. Be ruthless.

Alright, good stuff.
I found 2 jobs after just skimming through the first few pages on craigslist, I'll go check 'em out tomorrow and give that a shot.
(So at least these ones will actually be hiring.)

[bigAFG416]

Mayne, I just got hired for my first job haha...Taco bell. Oh well, anything's better than nothing in this economy now, huh. I start next thursday.
But, I'm going to try to apply at the local YMCA as weight room staff or whatever.

[rkellogg]

construction worker ftw go for electrician or plumber, other trades suck. i are electrician btw

[LukeN.Good]

Seriously, I'm just settling for whatever I can get at this point!

I hear construction makes good money but it's seasonal and I thought you had to be 18? (See, my age is really ****ing me over right now.)

[DatsunKing1]

Originally Posted by LukeN.Good

Seriously, I'm just settling for whatever I can get at this point!

I hear construction makes good money but it's seasonal and I thought you had to be 18? (See, my age is really ****ing me over right now.)

I would do "underground work" if I were you, where you get paid under the table.

landscaping (just mow lawns) babysitting (sounds gay, but both my sisters make $60-80 in a couple of hours)

I mowed lawns back at 15-16 (old school push mower, not self propelled lol) and made a ton of money.

$30 a cut twice a week (thats what they wanted) $60 a week workin a MAX of 4 hours was great for me.

[bigAFG416]

Just a question, but how do you guys juggle having a gf/social life, lifting, job, and schoolwork? I don't even have a license yet lol, help?

[relativemuscle]

Try craigslist, it's how I got mine

[baddog671]

Currently working as a greasemonkey in my father's auto shop. I'm on salary, so I make the same no matter how much I work, but I usually work more than what I get paid. Comes out to like 5.70$ an hour after taxes (barely pay the bills)..

I also work at a nearby hospital doing clerical work, real boring. Pay depends on the shift, but 9$-11$ before taxes. However, the hospital is going to merge with another nearby hospital in a new location, so they are cutting jobs where possible to make room and cut costs. I'm still on the employee list, but getting no hours at the time being.

Got the first job becuase boss is my father, and the second because I'm in medschool and the position was available to the students..

[baddog671]

Originally Posted by bigAFG416

Just a question, but how do you guys juggle having a gf/social life, lifting, job, and schoolwork? I don't even have a license yet lol, help?

Priorities first, and forget about your 8+ hours of sleep.

[LukeN.Good]

Originally Posted by DatsunKing1

I would do "underground work" if I were you, where you get paid under the table.

landscaping (just mow lawns) babysitting (sounds gay, but both my sisters make $60-80 in a couple of hours)

I mowed lawns back at 15-16 (old school push mower, not self propelled lol) and made a ton of money.

$30 a cut twice a week (thats what they wanted) $60 a week workin a MAX of 4 hours was great for me.

That's what I used to do when I lived in Montana, but there's hardly any opportunity like that around here. (The landscaping aspect, that is.)


I'm searching for an actual job now (not just for $$ but for experience too...mostly for $$ though).
Went out again today, everyone says to go online and apply there. Every 9/10 places I go to aren't even hiring though.

[princetyler11]

work at a grocery store. Stock/fill dairy/bag/do carryouts/clean bathroom/mop the whole store myself (Gay)/put letters on the board in 40 degree below weather/sweep the parking lot/shovel/salt/take out garbage/doing the **** no one else wants to do.

I work at a little grocery store and boys do boys jobs and girls only do girls jobs. I'm always the only boy working. Never allowed to work the cash register because the owner is a huge bitch who is for boys do boys work girls do girls work... the store is only 12 isles but mopping the whole thing takes a good hour and is one hell of a cardio workout.

don't get a job at a place like this; horrible.

[Money_Hungry]

Originally Posted by princetyler11

work at a grocery store. Stock/fill dairy/bag/do carryouts/clean bathroom/mop the whole store myself (Gay)/put letters on the board in 40 degree below weather/sweep the parking lot/shovel/salt/take out garbage/doing the **** no one else wants to do.

I work at a little grocery store and boys do boys jobs and girls only do girls jobs. I'm always the only boy working. Never allowed to work the cash register because the owner is a huge bitch who is for boys do boys work girls do girls work... the store is only 12 isles but mopping the whole thing takes a good hour and is one hell of a cardio workout.

don't get a job at a place like this; horrible.

lol at mopping being hard, u fukin srs?

this is probably the best youre gonna get being 16 and youre not gonna make anything great. I calculated i make 15 and hr at the least and theres days i make around 25 an hour, all cash in my pocket at the end of the night. Give it time i was only making 9 50 at 16, which is more than most 16 year olds make.

[RinoDiamond]

Go into the military I heard they r in need of ppl n lots of it
thats were im going next year
Marines wats up

[BIG BOY]

when you look for a job, try to get one that you can have a future with, knowing the casino business, you are 16 , if you go to any casino , example harrahs they all have arcades , you only need to be 16, then when you turn 21 you can transfer to the casino floor, cashier cage , slot host , bar back, etc. plus you get 401 k , insurance, vacation pay , and if you start now , you could have a long and lasting career. awesome opertunity.
good luck,

[xMalicex]

I have a job right now. How long will i have this job. NOOOOO IDEA my company just filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. sooooo who knows if we'll get out of it. Im a quality manager for a tool manufacturing company.