Summer Jobs

cnp55
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:52:19 +0000

I’ve had no luck. Applied to 20 different places, only had 2 interviews(and only 1 was a real interview cause the one I had a few weeks ago, once the guy knew I was gonna be leavin in mid-August for college, he basically ended it at there). I don’t know why either? I did a good job for my first job, **I voluntarily quit, so it wasn’t like I was fired or anything. **I’m hard worker, listen and do what I’m asked to do. BUT NO ONE GIVES ME A CHANCE. Yet I see other people at my school who to me are less deserving and get these 9-11 dollar an hr. jobs and it just boggles the mind.



You voluntarily quit … without knowing you at all … I would wonder why you thought you were too good to do that work. I would wonder if you’d leave my job before you were even trained.

You’d be a better bet than someone who was fired for non-performance or dishonesty, but in the race for summer jobs, you’d come in behind someone who had honored their committment for the ten week summer.

My suggestion is that you focus your efforts on finding a job down in Champaign – if you can get a job with a chain that has Chicago sites, that’s great. You work during the school year down there, and then you come in for summer work in Chitown already trained and hopefully with a good rec from the college town. Starbucks comes to mind. Jewel Food Store, etc. (And if you can go down a day or two early and job hunt before all the kids get back … that’ll help.)