Careers & Employment - August 2007

I am about to apply for a waitressing job and will be telling them I was a waitress before. Is there anything I need to know? Do you really need experience to be a waitress? I always see that they are asking for ones with experience. Don't you just learn the menu and serve it to them? What's the big deal? I'm not putting waitresses down or saying the job is not physically tiring...but does it really require any type of prior knowledge?

2007-08-26 14:56:07 · 7 answers · asked by FreakyGeeky 3 in Food Service

What do you do for a living? What do you like about it and What don't you like about it? What kind of education or schooling did you have to get for it? And what company do you work for? Idk what I want to be and I am trying to figure it out. Thank You! =)

2007-08-26 14:46:21 · 8 answers · asked by morena0kizzez 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I have a job interview at community market which is a groc. store tommorow, and i have 2 facial piercings, they are just studs but im worried i will not get the job b/c of them. I cant take them out or my holes will close up, and obviously i cant afford to go out and buy clear ones before my interview. So any advice, will my piercings affect my chances of getting a job?

2007-08-26 14:38:52 · 9 answers · asked by abeautifulmind083 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

This summer I want to get a job. What is the youngest age you can get one at?

2007-08-26 14:14:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Legal

I've heard you can answer calls for Pizza Hut at your own home. Like, you have to have the internet and a home phone, and you take orders. Does anyone else know anything about it? How could I get started?

2007-08-26 14:07:27 · 5 answers · asked by shondak 3 in Food Service

I have never had a job before. It should be wasy since it's only bagging groceries, but still. It's a organic grocey store that I shop at all the time, and I figured I'd work there, since they hire at 15, and not many other places do. I'm kinda nervous, since I don't know what to expect. Tomorrow is my first day and I think I prepared as well as I could. I read the handbook, uniform is clean, and so forth... But I would still like some advice, like how to act, ECT...

Thanks!!

2007-08-26 13:49:24 · 13 answers · asked by Jasmin E 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

how much does the job that you recommend pay?

2007-08-26 13:48:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

with only 2 years of nursing school

2007-08-26 13:43:39 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Care

Where can I find a good work at home job that isnt a bunch of bull....? and really make money? I'm behind on my bills and need a second job.

2007-08-26 13:23:01 · 6 answers · asked by tammy f 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am down to the wire on this decision and still am torn on which way to go . My current job 25 yrs with a small electric utility . I dont like working at the place but can retire in 5 yrs . I have a offer for a large utility where I can make 20k to 40k more a yr. depending on how much O.T. I work doing the same job . The only problem is I will have to be away from my family all week and fly home on weekends . I could really use the money but I also like to be with my family . I have 2 teenage boys and a wife . I have buddys who work with the new company that I have worked with at the current job who say I am crazy not to take the new job . Moving the family is out of the question . HELP what should I do to make this decision ??

2007-08-26 12:18:54 · 6 answers · asked by Dbub 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I have 20+ years of experince in my line of work (which is very specilized). I dont know if i should get a job first and then move or move first and look for a job in my new area?

2007-08-26 11:46:08 · 11 answers · asked by DEB1267 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am interested in starting a non-profit organization and looking for people to help get this off the ground.
This is pretty much just an idea but I am very passionate about it.
Targeted mainly to social work, sociology, business, or human services majors but ANYONE is welcome.

Mission Statement:
To make a difference in the lives of school-aged children and assist in the abolishment of restrictions associated with class or monetary status by promoting awareness of all available mean of financial assistance starting at the earliest age possible, primarily through education and information.

Please contact me if this is something that interests you, for more information, or with suggestions!

Thank you!

2007-08-26 11:20:58 · 6 answers · asked by --Wedded--Bliss-- 3 in Government & Non-Profit

we'd like you to come in for a "trial run"?

Is the job mine?
Am I on a 3 month probationary period?
Will I get paid for time spent there?
Is it like a working interview?
Is it a third interview? (I've had 2)

2007-08-26 11:17:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

I'm looking for work and I know there are IT consultant companies around. They say they will give free training and depending on your training that you will be working? I'm not sure where something like this will lead to but I'm wondering if anyone has done this.

2007-08-26 11:15:40 · 1 answers · asked by HoHoHo 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

I am intelligent, but not a very good worker and I am very shy, so my people skills aren't verry good. I want to work. But I have had 9 jobs in the last 10 years. I saw a couple of counslers, but they weren't helpful. I don't know what to do. Does anyone have any advise?

2007-08-26 09:58:15 · 9 answers · asked by jn_cutting 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

it says state the 'name and nature of organisation' of previous employment, what would be the 'nature of organisation' for a pharmacy? Thanks!

2007-08-26 09:32:51 · 3 answers · asked by naomi 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

P.S. im a 17 year old male that live in nashville tennessee

2007-08-26 09:26:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food Service

I am looking for a job and am thinking about using a temp service. How do I go about applying with Kelly Services or Manpower. Do I just go by there or do I call? Do I have to take anything with me like a resume? I don't have much work experience and I only have a HS diploma (not much of a resume). Any info is appreciated. Thanks.

2007-08-26 08:58:38 · 4 answers · asked by JM 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I hear it's every 3 months. Is that true? Do part timers get raises too? I'm working part time right now due to college and this month would be the 3rd month I've been working there.

I wasn't very happy with the rate she offered me and she knew how I felt and said that it's not a set rate. I've only been working there for three months, but I've done a tremendous amount of work for the company. Should I expect a little raise soon? This is my first real job so I'm clueless about all of this. Any advice or thoughts?

2007-08-26 08:50:05 · 4 answers · asked by Betty 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

sorry, a bit long...
okay, so i'm 17, and i will be returning to highschool this fall. i have been working at my current job since the beginning of summer at a fast food place, and i hate it. i already got another job since the beginning of august, however, this is a new store that has not opened yet, but i will start training very soon.
Also, many ppl have recently been fired/ have quit, and now there are only 4 employees left (including myself), and i have recently received a raise (in hopes of keeping existing staff). however, one of the other employees has just given them a two-week notice a few days ago, and the manager is raving mad
i can't stay at this job much longer, and i cant juggle 2 jobs during the school year. i have already made up my mind to quit this job sooner rather than later
the manager considers me one of the best employees there, but i hate it. and she depends on me much more now, and expects me to continue working there throughout the school year.

2007-08-26 08:43:06 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food Service

Still unsure if i can or cant? I want to work double shifts and they wont pay over time but want to give the hours?

2007-08-26 08:30:41 · 4 answers · asked by daddyof4 1 in Other - Careers & Employment

im and 18 and i jus finished my child care coursees i av 2 cache nvq and was working in a child care agency butu i left bcos i jus reli wasnt enjoying it and wanted 2 do sumthin new but it was 2 late to apply 4 a new college coures so now i have no job and nuffin 2 do cos i av no money
so my q is
can u give me diifrent career options
but i ahve problems with my hand writing and li bit of spellin as ya prob noticed lol and with anythin 2 do with numbers (im dislexic)
any thought
wats ur job adn wat did u av 2 do 2 get it
wat qualifacations did u need

2007-08-26 08:18:23 · 6 answers · asked by minni 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I just got a job, and hate it. I'm thinking of applying other places now, but will it seem strange to the new employer that I am searching for a new job already?

2007-08-26 07:45:57 · 6 answers · asked by LessThanFour 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I've got a job interview coming up, and I have a terrible time with this question because my instinct is to tell them that in 5 years I would have hoped that I had impressed them to the point that I would have been promoted, and possibly even training someone for the position I'm currently applying for.

2007-08-26 07:20:01 · 6 answers · asked by floormee 2 in Other - Careers & Employment

I work for a big retail store (cheap one) and well some employees are staying like 2 more hrs after their 8 hr. shifts but are not getting paid overtime. Then they have to cut the hours the next day by going in 2 hrs late to keep them from going over the 40 hrs. a week. I have refused to stay because I don't think its fair we are not getting our overtime pay, they pay us crappy enough as it is. They have been getting in my case for refusing to stay but I still leave as soon as my shift is over. My other coworkers seem upset with me because I'm refusing to stay and help them out. I think they are letting the company take advantage of them. So I'd like to know if what the store is doing is legal?Also some advice on how to deal with this. Serious answers please, thank you.

2007-08-26 07:09:38 · 13 answers · asked by Matthew 1 in Law & Legal

I have to do a career project. I've decided I want a career that works with animals, but I dont like science so I dont want any science involved. It also has to have a pretty good salary. Please help me I have to decide by tonight!!!!!

2007-08-26 06:52:21 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

i was fired saturday evening. i worked at a dead end job that was good for me right know because im still in college and eventhough it was dead end it really was helpng me pay my way i have never been fired before in my life. i don't really care too much for the job itself it's the fact that they fired me i really can't stand the feeling. what can i do. (i was fired for not meeting my quoata i worked at a credit card activation center so i didn't really delibretly do something bad i was just having a not soo good job that month but it's not really the job itslef that hurts me it's the fact that they let me go and of course the money)

2007-08-26 06:24:16 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

it is a new target store opening in the area and I had an on he spot interview by 2 managers, and I believe the interview went very well it was an hour an 20 min interview total, and they said they would get back to me very soon and I applied for a team member sales associates, and I received the a call from them the following day and they said can you come in Monday to speak with the human resource director, and I asked what it is in regards to and they said about your hiring but I cant discuss more than that........ I also supplied them with a copy of my resume and I was an HR assistant......... any know why they haven’t hired me but they r hiring everyone else butyl I have a third interview could it be they want to give me a better position...... thanks

2007-08-26 06:15:11 · 6 answers · asked by investing1987 3 in Other - Careers & Employment

I have worked there for a week, and hate it...and I am too scared of the boss to quit to him, so if a quit by never showing up for a shift again, what will happen? They hunt me down? Will I get paid? etc.?

2007-08-26 06:06:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment

im 14 and im trying to find out what i want to do in life and this is one of the things im thinking of doing.

2007-08-26 06:04:45 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Careers & Employment