Summer Job dilemma

supery00n
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:40:16 +0000

Hey guys, I have somewhat of a problem. I want a job, and I have zero experience. I am a high school graduate (going to UCLA in a couple months).

1) I do not have any work experience (neither employment nor volunteer experience).

2) I have references, but they are all teachers/school administrators/school principal (not supervisors/managers), and they only gave me their school telephone numbers. This might be a problem because it’s summer now, and picking up messages on their school phones might be the last thing my teachers are doing…so will this be a problem??

3) I applied for Target, Costco, Vons, Pavilions, Carls Jr, Z pizza, Toys R Us, etc. No luck. There are seemingly hundreds of stores out there. Should I just go to every one??

4) I have two months of summer left, so I’ll only be able to work for two months before I go to college. How bad is this with regard to my employment prospects?

5) Does craigslist and monster look for people who don’t have experience?

6) Illegal immigrants can get jobs in America. So I’m not complaining about there being not enough jobs in America. I’m willing to do whatever it takes. What are some alternative sources of employment that lots of high school students overlook?

I’m just looking for a way to make money in the next two months. I’m somewhat tempted to lie/bend the truth to get a job. But I’d rather not, because lying is wrong, I don’t want to get caught, and I don’t want other people to lie on my behalf…so my question is essentially: What steps should I take in order to maximize my chances of getting (any) job in the next week or so? What am I doing wrong given the circumstances that I’m in (no exp.)?

Thanks a lot.