Summer jobs for noobs

[mesthead21]

People with allergies, such as myself, can't do those jobs unless they're the fortunate ones that don't have it that bad.

As soon as my insurance gets back (When school starts) I am probably going to go visit the doctor and get some heavy stuff.

Grow the fuck up you little baby.

You wouldn't last two seconds in any manual labor job. I bet you would quit within the first 5 days.

Your parents must be so happy with you as their child.

 

[duragezic]

You will almost certainly get work study, even as dependent. I think my parent's EFC was like $12-14k/yr.

Each year I got like $5-8k (this plus the EFC put the total to about the $18-22k per year it was expected to cost) in Federal loans and work study pretty much any semester I wanted it.

I don't know if you just didn't fill out the FAFSA or what but it was very foolish if that's the case. The work study is good work experience for someone with none, and it's money.

Also I'm sure you could get loans too. I ended up with about $26k in loans so it's $300/mo which kind of hurts when you don't have a job. But I got them because I had to (parents could only pay so much even if they wanted to pay more) and also it could save you from working during a full semester in exchange for paying them off later cause you're working for much better money anyway after college.

 

[Gibson486]

really dude? Just man up and work at a super market. So, your got rejected? Fine, keep going and do something else. Failure is part of life, but getting a degree will do no good if you cannot deal with failure.

 

[TridenT]

really dude? Just man up and work at a super market. So, your got rejected? Fine, keep going and do something else. Failure is part of life, but getting a degree will do no good if you cannot deal with failure.

Super Markets are pretty competitive here.

 

[Locut0s]

Super Markets are pretty competitive here.

You're doing this on purpose now aren't you? Cause it's getting to the point where it's hilarious.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Super Markets are pretty competitive here.

:biggrin:

 

[Gibson486]

Super Markets are pretty competitive here.

Are you f'n kidding? you are just making another excuse or a joke?

Get used to this. This is how the real world works. Pretty much every single job out there gets well over 100 applicants and only 10% make it through the cut while the other 90% are not even viewed. Meanwhile, only 2 people actually get interviewed. I mean, you could use this as a learning experience to see how competitive the actual job market is, but instead you come up with "oh, i don't know if I should proceed....it's too competitive". Cripes, show some initiative.

 

[Capt Caveman]

You're doing this on purpose now aren't you? Cause it's getting to the point where it's hilarious.

The loser needs an excuse to move back home to his parent's basement.

 

[TridenT]

Are you f'n kidding? you are just making another excuse or a joke?

Get used to this. This is how the real world works. Pretty much every single job out there gets well over 100 applicants and only 10% make it through the cut while the other 90% are not even viewed. Meanwhile, only 2 people actually get interviewed. I mean, you could use this as a learning experience to see how competitive the actual job market is, but instead you come up with "oh, i don't know if I should proceed....it's too competitive". Cripes, show some initiative.

I show initiative in things that have prospect.

And, super markets are competitive here.

 

[Ns1]

Are you f'n kidding? you are just making another excuse or a joke?

Get used to this. This is how the real world works. Pretty much every single job out there gets well over 100 applicants and only 10% make it through the cut while the other 90% are not even viewed. Meanwhile, only 2 people actually get interviewed. I mean, you could use this as a learning experience to see how competitive the actual job market is, but instead you come up with "oh, i don't know if I should proceed....it's too competitive". Cripes, show some initiative.

but but but...he's guaranteed a 65k job out of college. The stats prove it!

 

[Capt Caveman]

but but but...he's guaranteed a 65k job out of college. The stats prove it!

You really think he's going to graduate?

 

[TridenT]

but but but...he's guaranteed a 65k job out of college. The stats prove it!

I am indeed. :thumbsup:

 

[zzuupp]

You really think he's going to graduate?

He'll be one credit short. It won't be his fault, of course.

 

[Born2bwire]

It's like some manchild on a bad sitcom.

/applies to ONE job.

/waits several weeks.

/gets rejected.

FUCK IT!!! I TRIED!!!

/goes backs to eating cheetos and playing xbox.

 

[TridenT]

It's like some manchild on a bad sitcom.

/applies to ONE job.

/waits several weeks.

/gets rejected.

FUCK IT!!! I TRIED!!!

/goes backs to eating cheetos and playing xbox.

Eating cheetos now. No xbox though...

I am applying for some IT jobs. I'm also applying at other places like pizza joints and car dealerships(cashier stuff like in parts section).

We'll see how it pans out. My resume is basically nothing but me listing some places that I've volunteered and computer skills I have.

 

[Gibson486]

Eating cheetos now. No xbox though...

I am applying for some IT jobs. I'm also applying at other places like pizza joints and car dealerships(cashier stuff like in parts section).

We'll see how it pans out. My resume is basically nothing but me listing some places that I've volunteered and computer skills I have.

??? You have nothing on your resume????

That is the problem that EVERYBODY has in college and even out of college. In other words, it is not an excuse.

 

[Engineer]

Dude. I'm not lazy.

What do you do/have done to show that you're not lazy?

 

[Ns1]

What do you do/have done to show that you're not lazy?

dude, he followed up on 1 job lead numerous times. what more could you expect?

 

[nageov3t]

I hate offering advice to people who won't take it, but on the off-chance that someone other than Trident is reading this thread looking for suggestions... have you tried a temp agency?

that was how I got my summer jobs during college. nothing very glamorous, but I'd get assigned to a company for a few days or weeks or whatever just to pitch in where needed (my two long-term gigs were as a receptionist, after the full-time receptionist at a company went psycho and they couldn't survive without one while doing the job search for a new FT receptionist, and as a file clerk at a credit company who was reorganizing a mammoth amount of paperwork)

it paid better than my friends who worked retail, I got to sit inside an air conditioned office all day, and it provided a good learning experience for how corporate culture works.

 

[Leros]

I am indeed. :thumbsup:

Without an internship or two under your belt, you'll be lucky to get a $40k job out of college.

The only people I know who had trouble getting jobs once they graduated were the ones without internships. Even my friends with low GPAs (2.5 or so) were able to get a decent job making about $40-50k (the average is about $60k or so).

I know a few people who never interned who have been looking for jobs for over a year. One of them even has a masters degree.

 

[Jeff7]

I hate offering advice to people who won't take it, but on the off-chance that someone other than Trident is reading this thread looking for suggestions... have you tried a temp agency?
...

Second.
In my experience, temp agencies have a lot of emphasis on the "temp" portion of the name. Very high turnover jobs, and a lot of menial or crap work, but it's stuff that companies need to get done. If you can just consistently show up when you're scheduled, on time, and work for your full shift, that's already a big jump over a lot of the people who go to temp agencies for work. I was employed for two summers through a temp agency to work at a Home Depot warehouse. Hot, dirty, unpleasant, fast-paced work. But it started at $10/hr, so it was definitely a bit of a jump over minimum wage at the time, and not terribly bad for unskilled labor. A few people in my new-hires group "quit" before the first day of work over, simply walking out.

I definitely wasn't the fastest worker there, as some of the cases weighed as much as me , but I was there on time every day, working. It was evidently good enough to get me a good rating, so when I went back to the temp agency the next summer, they initially said they didn't have any work available, but they pulled my file anyway and saw the A+ rating I'd received the previous summer, so they called the warehouse to see if they could take on someone for just the few summer months. I was called in to work that same afternoon.

In my experience, jobs are easy to find if:
- You don't care what kind of work it is.
- You don't need a job that offers benefits.:\
- You show up consistently and work.

Without an internship or two under your belt, you'll be lucky to get a $40k job out of college.

The only people I know who had trouble getting jobs once they graduated were the ones without internships. Even my friends with low GPAs (2.5 or so) were able to get a decent job making about $40-50k (the average is about $60k or so).

I know a few people who never interned who have been looking for jobs for over a year. One of them even has a masters degree.

And of course those internships will sometimes get upgraded directly to "job offer."

 

[nageov3t]

Without an internship or two under your belt, you'll be lucky to get a $40k job out of college.

:thumbsup:

it's kind of a kick in the nuts.

obviously it depends on the industry, but for me, it seemed like the people getting the highest paying jobs after graduation were the ones who already came from a family affluent enough to allow them to spend 3-4 summers working unpaid internships (frequently away from home, where their parents also paid their living expenses for the entire summer)

 

[Leros]

:thumbsup:

it's kind of a kick in the nuts.

obviously it depends on the industry, but for me, it seemed like the people getting the highest paying jobs after graduation were the ones who already came from a family affluent enough to allow them to spend 3-4 summers working unpaid internships (frequently away from home, where their parents also paid their living expenses for the entire summer)

In Trident's field (CS) and other engineering fields, internships are paid. And generally paid pretty well. I'd say $15k-20k for an average summer internship. Plus the companies will usually pay for housing and relocation if you have to relocate.

Money isn't really an issue in this case.

 

[Jeff7]

:thumbsup:

it's kind of a kick in the nuts.

obviously it depends on the industry, but for me, it seemed like the people getting the highest paying jobs after graduation were the ones who already came from a family affluent enough to allow them to spend 3-4 summers working unpaid internships (frequently away from home, where their parents also paid their living expenses for the entire summer)

Good point...I guess I was also fortunate enough to be in a major that seems to almost exclusively give paid internships. (Some of the internships for companies in aerospace/military would pay $22+/hr.) In this area, engineering internships were mostly in the $8-$12/hr range.
I also couldn't have afforded an unpaid internship.

 

[TridenT]

In Trident's field (CS) and other engineering fields, internships are paid. And generally paid pretty well. I'd say $15k-20k for an average summer internship. Plus the companies will usually pay for housing and relocation if you have to relocate.

Money isn't really an issue in this case.

$15-$20k? That seems high. Generally they pay around $12/hr to $20/hr and that isn't going to be even $15k for 3 months at $20/hr.

Finding jobs is increasing difficult because I am applying to all the ones I can and many are just reposts now. Places that I am applying to generally have very high standards that go beyond just what they list. :/ Even Pizza joints are like, "Nah, no love for your kind." D: