Second Year Student looking for Office Experience for the Summer

Suaimhneach

AGH! How frustrating is this? Nearly all jobs want previous experience! How am I to gain it if I no one will employ me to begin with!!

What's most frustrating is I think I'd be really good at it. I just can't prove that though, due to lack of an actual office job previous to this.

I'm trying all the usual places, jobs.ie, fas, lacreme, and numerous other job sites. I've had an interview with an agency that recruit temps, but I dunno. I don't think I was office-y enough.

Any suggestions? I'll keep trying, and I have a job atm that'll do fine for a fall back. But I'd really like to earn a bit more and have a regular 9-5 job.

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IN case someone sees this and wants to employ me:

Your location: Looking for a job in Dublin City Centre, or Dublin North
What type of position you are looking for: General admin
Your qualification or reason for looking for this position: Looking to gain office experience. Previous experience with customer services, phone work, and skilled at MS Works
How far you are willing to travel or relocate: as far as any of the buses by DCU will take me.
If it is a summer job you are after (Students) YES, please!

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Kinetic^

Eircom or ESB alwyas have student positions during the summer to cover holidays.

Suaimhneach

Eircom only has positions advertised on the site for gratuates, having some trouble seeing anything on ESB,but thanks for the info

Jonnie_Onion

Go with a temp agency. They will test your basic computer skills with a data entry/ms office test.

Mary B. Cremin do this.

Suaimhneach

Right, ESB said:

Thank you for your interest in a position with ESB.

As you may be aware, ESB is undergoing a significant reorganisation and change and, as a result, very little recruitment is taking place at present.

I am sorry we do not have anything to offer you at this time. However, I will keep your Curriculum Vitae on file.

I would like to thank you for your interest in ESB and wish you every success in your search for suitable employment.

ESB Human Resources
Shared Services.

Went to Mary B.Cremin. Most efficent site so far, and have an interview with them tomorrow. I hope I don't screw up the test, hate typing when people are watching me!

Kinetic^

Jesjes wrote:

Went to Mary B.Cremin. Most efficent site so far, and have an interview with them tomorrow. I hope I don't screw up the test, hate typing when people are watching me!

I did that test a few years back. They don't watch you and it's easy, just don't fail or the computer will blow up

Suaimhneach

Oh great news! They seemed fairly nice on the phone. Can't remember the womans name though hehe.

Thanks for the help.

grasshopper

If you've no luck- I'd suggest get work experience with a charity or something like that for a week or so

Black_Couch

what sort of tests do mary b cremin make u do? Just typing speed is it?

Cutie18Ireland

grafton recruitment also make u take them tests too and u can usually just drop in and do one.. its just data entry and some ms word and excel stuff