Part time jobs

Lorr

I dunno if this is the right place to ask but myself and my friend were wondering how you get a job as a tour guide in Trinity? We've seen them around and were just wondering how they got the job, seems quite handy.

snappieT

Lorr,
Welcome to boards.ie

Tip #1: Don't resurrect old threads. Start a new one if your question hasn't already been answered.

The tour guides have already been hired for this year, but I'm sure someone in the Gift Shop or similar would be able to tell you.

If you're looking to be a tour guide, why not look further afield like in Dublin Castle, or on the Viking Splash rides? I don't know how you'd become a Trinity tour guide, but there are other ones which deal with part of Dublin which may have openings.

Crash

You do not want to know how you become a guide for Trinity Tours

Lorr

Thanks everyone. I don't actually want to do it but a friend of mine is trying to find out. Spending my summer with American Tourists isn't my idea of fun! (No offense any American Tourists reading this)

Sorry for reposting in the thread!

Attractive Nun

&#231 wrote: »

You do not want to know how you become a guide for Trinity Tours

I have certainly heard some ...unusual... rumours about how those jobs are allocated. I'll put it this way - I didn't apply.

Time Magazine

Lorr,

The tours are organised by Honorary Treasurer of the CSC and assistant Junior Dean, Mr. Joe O'Gorman, M.A., M.Phil. A very polite man who I'm sure you could email with your enquiry.

As has been mentioned, the tour guides have been hired for the year. To be honest, this most often seems to be the case and I wouldn't hold your breath looking for a job as there seems to be little staff rotation.

Awayindahils

As Ibid said there is little staff rotation.

This summer people who have left college for a year are back doing the tours. One is usually approached to be a tour guide rather than vice versa.

Lorr

Attractive Nun wrote:

I have certainly heard some ...unusual... rumours about how those jobs are allocated. I'll put it this way - I didn't apply.

I think I want to hear this...

europerson

Myth wrote:

If you're looking to be a tour guide, why not look further afield like in Dublin Castle

The application procedure for summer-time employment as a guide at sites controlled by the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland begins around early winter every year, with interviews being held in March, usually. They're generally very competitive, especially for popular sites like Dublin Castle. If you take a job in Dublin Castle, you would be expected to cover one or two of Government Buildings, Farmleigh and Áras an Uachtaráin as well. You can appreciate the obvious cross-overs between these four. The job isn't as handy as you might think. You really need to know about wherever you work inside out, with a knowledge of every square inch of the building. This can require a lot of effort, time and reading, especially for sites with long and complex histories like Dublin Castle. It really helps to have an interest in whatever period of history is applicable to the site, at which you would like to work. It's very different in the private sector though, since there's a lot less specialisation in things like Viking Splash Tours, etc. Having said all that, it's a very rewarding and interesting job (with permanent civil service levels of pay too), and it really gives you a good spread of the work spectrum from dealing with the public to paperwork and administration to becoming an expert on certain types of places.

RATM

If anyones looking for a part time job that pays far above the crappy wages in call centers and Spars,etc you should consider An Post-either as a cashier in one of the larger Post Offices or at the Dublin Mails Center on the Nangor Road.Im out there- the hours arent great for uni night life ( Mon -Fri,6-10pm,though you can get into town for 10.30ish and there are showers and changing rooms at work ) but the cash is very good-€14ph and at 8pm the rate rises to time and a quater,ie €17.50ph !

I usually work Sundays 10-6pm as well and thats paid at time and seven eights,its €203 for a days work,which combined with the Mon-Fri pay I come out with just over €500pw.

Its kinda funny,they do take on students and are especially interested in those who can type well for data entry,but there are very few students working there.Maybe its because its a bit of a spin out on the bus and people are turned off.Those students that do work there swear by it,especially around Christmas when theres bundles of overtime and you are on your uni holliers.Last year a bunch of us worked our butts off for over 60 hours a week for the two weeks leading up to Christmas and although I nearly fell asleep at the Christmas Dinner table my jaw dropped when my payslip arrived in the New Year-over €2,200 ! Score ! With that I paid cash for a newish scooter and insurance and now I can buzz out from Trinity through rush hour traffic in around 20 minutes.

As far as I know they are not recruiting for the Mail Center at the mo but they definately will be taking on loads of people from the 2nd week of Nov.Its a 3-6 week contract and then those that shine are asked back in Janurary.

Its quite flexible too,getting evenings off is generally never a problem as long as you give a weeks notice and dont take the piss on it too often.They also allowed me to take 6 weeks off before my exams and then come back in the summer which I am eternally grateful for.
The only downside is that you have to work every evening of the week,including Friday but you do have the whole weekend free if you want to study or party.
It is truly a top job and even if you only work 2/3 weeks over Christmas it can still leave you with enough beer money well into the nest year.

mattysullivan

Hello folks I'm on the hunt for a specific type of job: one where you don't have to work very hard.

In all seriousness, I'll be doing English, so I think I could only afford a job that allowed me to squeeze in a nice bit of reading in between my duties. Obviously it would have to be a job that is mind-numbingly boring and poorly paid, or else the position would be filled.

Any suggestions?

fonpokno

Teach grinds or a musical instrument. Stick a sign up in a supermarket or the local library.

Make your own timetable and charge whatever you want basically.

myfatherrsson

RATM wrote: »

If anyones looking for a part time job that pays far above the crappy wages in call centers and Spars,etc you should consider An Post-either as a cashier in one of the larger Post Offices or at the Dublin Mails Center on the Nangor Road.Im out there- the hours arent great for uni night life ( Mon -Fri,6-10pm,though you can get into town for 10.30ish and there are showers and changing rooms at work ) but the cash is very good-€14ph and at 8pm the rate rises to time and a quater,ie €17.50ph !

That seems almost too good to be true! So do you just call into the GPO or a local post office and hand in a CV?

Anyone know where theres an Argos in Dublin? I know Stephens Green SC and probably city centre....anywhere else?

shay_562

myfathersson wrote:

Anyone know where theres an Argos in Dublin?

Store list. They're not all listed under "Dublin", so take a careful look through. Argos is a deadly job if you can get it - I worked in the stock room in Stephen's Green for ages, very straightforward and good craic. Any job not involving customers is a winner in my book.

disneyonfire

myfatherrsson wrote: »

That seems almost too good to be true! So do you just call into the GPO or a local post office and hand in a CV?

If youre going to apply for the Dublin Mails Centre jobs you just ring up and ask them about it, but to be honest you'll have a lot of competition this year. A family member of mine works there and is involved in the interview process and he said they've been having calls from people about Christmas work since July.

Millsy91

Just checked the Argos recruitment site, no vacancies in Dublin

Apparenly Penny's let go almost all their staff recently and are open for hiring start of October, so while there will be alot of applicants, I hear they are great to work for and not too shabby pay.

I'm currently working in my local Costcutters, but at €7/hour, I think I'll need to look elsewhere, preferably in the city centre, would be the handiest. Anyone know of any vacancies or any shops taking on some new people?

myfatherrsson

shay_562 wrote: »

Store list. They're not all listed under "Dublin", so take a careful look through. Argos is a deadly job if you can get it - I worked in the stock room in Stephen's Green for ages, very straightforward and good craic. Any job not involving customers is a winner in my book.

I know I worked in stock last year and twas brilliant! 9.08 an hour lik!!

disneyonfire wrote: »

If youre going to apply for the Dublin Mails Centre jobs you just ring up and ask them about it, but to be honest you'll have a lot of competition this year. A family member of mine works there and is involved in the interview process and he said they've been having calls from people about Christmas work since July.

That sounds lik a tough gig to break so! Where is this Dublin Mails Centre? What kind of work is it as well? Typing, sorting? thanks!

disneyonfire

It's out around the Nass road just before Newlands and as far as Im aware most of the work is sorting.

Seeing as how its such good wages its probably worth a shot because you never know, but I wouldnt get my hopes up.

snappieT

Millsy91 wrote: »

Just checked the Argos recruitment site, no vacancies in Dublin

Ha, as if any manager would bother to update that (and I think it only deals with management level only anyways). Just drop a CV into the 3 city centre stores once the posters go up for christmas hiring. Don't do it before that happens (or you actually ask if they're hiring), the CV will never be looked at again.

tomissex

Millsy91 wrote: »

Apparenly Penny's let go almost all their staff recently and are open for hiring start of October, so while there will be alot of applicants, I hear they are great to work for and not too shabby pay.

They are great to work for! I was employed as Christmas staff last October and I'm still there! There were 115 people employed as Christmas staff so it's worth handing in a CV to them. I started on €9.08/hour and once you're there a year over the age of 18 you get a rise to €9.22 and it keeps going up every year. They only ask for a minimum of 11 and a half hours a week which is one 4 hour evening shift and one full weekend day so it's a pretty handy job for students!

http://www.swancinemas.ie/home.html

See 'employment' section.

Fringe

Dónal wrote: »

http://www.swancinemas.ie/home.html

See 'employment' section.

Hm.. Only the cinema manager position is up which is hardly a job a student wants.

The Walsho

Note that that post about the Post Office was from 2007, so presumably it's not as easy for students to get a job there now.

Millsy91

snappieT wrote: »

Ha, as if any manager would bother to update that (and I think it only deals with management level only anyways). Just drop a CV into the 3 city centre stores once the posters go up for christmas hiring. Don't do it before that happens (or you actually ask if they're hiring), the CV will never be looked at again.

Ye true I suppose, some places do though. Actually it's worth keeping an eye on the McDonalds website, Tesco one and a few other big companies, they tend to update them with every position, and online applicants get the first look-over apparently.

I'm looking more for a job atm, rather than Xmas, i'm away at that time, so while I'm looking forward to it, it really pains me to see all the opportunity I'm missing

gnl

Fringe wrote: »

Hm.. Only the cinema manager position is up which is hardly a job a student wants.

You can apply in advance to be floor staff aswell, there is a link to attach your CV. Can't wait for the cinema to open, without the Classic the general Rathmines/Harolds Cross area just ain't the same.

Edit - forget that, the link has changed since I was last on it.

Fringe

Where is that? I can only find the link for the manager position. Can't find anything about floor staff.

gnl

Fringe wrote: »

Where is that? I can only find the link for the manager position. Can't find anything about floor staff.

My bad, was on the site at the start of the week and they definitely had floor staff listed with a link to provide your CV. Maybe those positions are gone. Soz.