Within the next few weeks I will be looking for a job. I'm not sure whether I would like to work fast food or retail. I dont exactly know much about cooking so I was wondering if that would really hurt me in the fast food industry. I am also not in school until January. Does every job you apply for come with training? I'm honestly not sure how anything works.

How old are you?

 

If you want my advice, get a job in construction. FUCK FAST FOOD AND RETAIL.

 

I worked construction as a student. It is hard work at the start, but you get used to it fast. You get to work outside most of the time, meet good people, and THE PAY IS TWICE WHAT YOU WILL MAKE AT MCDONALDS!

 

Trust me man.

 

Take your resume and apply at all the local construction sites as a summer student labourer. Best decision you will ever make.

Working in a factory makes 12-17$ per hour, in Canada.

*edit*

 

Most reputable companies like McDonalds do paid training. This consists of videos, hands-on work, learning about cash registers, etc. 

 

You'll be fine. Be polite. Be vocal. Be confident.

 

If you're not anything of those things, fake it till you make it.

Edited October 29, 201312 yr by Kanye

18 years old, Thanks for some information guys :p

When I was 17, I worked construction as a summer student and I was making $20/hr (Canada).

How old are you?

 

If you want my advice, get a job in construction. FUCK FAST FOOD AND RETAIL.

 

I worked construction as a student. It is hard work at the start, but you get used to it fast. You get to work outside most of the time, meet good people, and THE PAY IS TWICE WHAT YOU WILL MAKE AT MCDONALDS!

 

Trust me man.

 

Take your resume and apply at all the local construction sites as a summer student labourer. Best decision you will ever make.

 

 

If you live in Texas like I do, working construction pays you 5 bucks and a free lunch from the food truck every day. There are so many Mexicans, why would they pay citizens 10 times more when they can pay an illegal immigrant almost nothing cash no taxes. Lolol

Edited October 29, 201312 yr by Mysteryy

How old are you?

 

If you want my advice, get a job in construction. FUCK FAST FOOD AND RETAIL.

 

I worked construction as a student. It is hard work at the start, but you get used to it fast. You get to work outside most of the time, meet good people, and THE PAY IS TWICE WHAT YOU WILL MAKE AT MCDONALDS!

 

Trust me man.

 

Take your resume and apply at all the local construction sites as a summer student labourer. Best decision you will ever make.

 

If you're going to work construction, don't start out like an idiot without an idea of how to properly lift heavy objects.

 

The last thing you want is to injure yourself and limit your options in the future.

 

It is good pay, but it's not worth it if you throw your back because you rushed into it.

Don't any one bash you for what job you get such as fast food or retail, at least you will be working unlike a lot of people. Just be professional, and don't smart off. Remember you are representing the company you work for. Of course you will be trained, just a matter of how much training you get. A problem is people don't get the training they need, and then it causes problems down the road. Hopefully you get trained properly.

How old are you?

 

If you want my advice, get a job in construction. FUCK FAST FOOD AND RETAIL.

 

I worked construction as a student. It is hard work at the start, but you get used to it fast. You get to work outside most of the time, meet good people, and THE PAY IS TWICE WHAT YOU WILL MAKE AT MCDONALDS!

 

Trust me man.

 

Take your resume and apply at all the local construction sites as a summer student labourer. Best decision you will ever make.

 

appreciate it guys.

 

How old are you?

 

If you want my advice, get a job in construction. FUCK FAST FOOD AND RETAIL.

 

I worked construction as a student. It is hard work at the start, but you get used to it fast. You get to work outside most of the time, meet good people, and THE PAY IS TWICE WHAT YOU WILL MAKE AT MCDONALDS!

 

Trust me man.

 

Take your resume and apply at all the local construction sites as a summer student labourer. Best decision you will ever make.

 

 

If you live in Texas like I do, working construction pays you 5 bucks and a free lunch from the food truck every day. There are so many Mexicans, why would they pay citizens 10 times more when they can pay an illegal immigrant almost nothing cash no taxes. Lolol

 

 

I live in texas to south austin, and i agree.... there are like 10000 mexicans on 1 house that shit gets built in 10 minutes!

at 5$ an hour

 

Well depending on where you live defines what type of job you should go for, not what you want at your age. Just apply for loads and then if you get offered jobs pick out of the jobs your offered; apparently only 3% of employers reply to job applications. I have been applying for jobs recently (I've got my second interview for a hardware analyst apprenticeship which I should ace nom) and I can say without a doubt I didn't get very many replies (I got like 1/3 replies which is apparently a lot but when your trying to find a decent one it really isn't considering how little good jobs their are out their where I live at least).

 

Regardless, gl with finding a good job; it's good to see you making an effort.

I'm a Lifeguard, on about £8.50/ hour. In the Uk, seeing a this is part time and I'm 17 it's good money.

Within the next few weeks I will be looking for a job. I'm not sure whether I would like to work fast food or retail. I dont exactly know much about cooking so I was wondering if that would really hurt me in the fast food industry. I am also not in school until January. Does every job you apply for come with training? I'm honestly not sure how anything works.

 

I wrote this specifically for OP:

 

tl;dr version

Be persistent

Lack of cooking knowledge will not affect your chances of getting a fastfood job.

Just about every job comes with training.

 

A job is what you make it. Biggest thing I hear 'Fast Food sucks' it only sucks if you make it suck you need to accept that this is your job and that it's what you are paid to do.

 

 

I personally make games out of jobs, see if I can upsell or beat the time of handing out a bag etc.

 

Getting a job:

 

Okay the main thing about getting a job is you need to be relentless. If you want to get a job, start putting in applications, be sure to polish your app with correct grammar, be creative when filling the app if they ask about special skills list some - even if it isn't relevant to the job your 'special skills' say a lot about YOU.

 

Putting in applications alone isn't enough though you need to do some research. First you should Google the phone number of the business you are seeking employment . After you have that phone number go ahead and call them just ask who the General Manager is, ask what days he/she works, and ask them if they are ACCEPTING applications. Never ask if a place is HIRING it's common practice to use the term "Accepting applications" instead.

 

After you know who the GM (General Manager) is, and you have your app put in you need to call the place of business on a day when the GM will be in. Once you're on the phone with him/her you need to introduce yourself, tell them you put in an application and wanted to check up on it. 

 

Example: The GM is Greg, I am Phillip.

 

Hi Greg, my name is Phillip Botter. A few days ago a put in an application online, I was just calling to checkup on it and get my name in your head.

 

If the phone call goes well and you get an interview you need to prepare to sell yourself. When you meet your hopefully future boss, you should be the one who takes the initiative. Introduce yourself again, reach out to shake their hand - when shaking hands for business purposes you need to have a firm grip and just one shake. They'll probably lead you off somewhere private to sit down and go over a few questions.

 

The interview is going to consist of a set of 'What would you do' ,'How would you handle this situation', 'Why do you want to work here'. The best advice I can give you is answer the questions honestly, don't try to seem like you know something about the business you don't. During the questioning you need to sit straight, look at them in eyes, smile, and try to have some energy. You'll probably get nervous after all someone is judging your worth, just try to ignore it. 

 

At the end of the interview one of three things will happen.

 

The employer says you are hired and you schedule a time to do paperwork (tax forms, proof of residence, basic job papers etc)

 

The employer says "we'll call you". (This does not mean you are hired, nor does it mean you aren't hired this is a common tactic used by employers to keep you from being disgruntled in their place of buisness)

 

The employer says you are not hired (This will almost NEVER happen, it usually a "We'll call you")

 

 

Your first day

Guess the fuck what!? You got a fucking job! You are at your first day of work.

 

It may stressful your first day after all you've never had  a job before you probably aren't used to criticism and being told what to do, but that's okay! You'll learn real quick to accept it, and if you don't accept it you will be very unhappy.

 

Your first few days will most likely consist of training - yes almost every job has training they will not just feed you to the wolves.

 

 

/end

Edited November 2, 201312 yr by TzTok Jad

This helped quite a bit sir, thanks a lot. Really descriptive.