Is there ANY summer jobs out there this year?

maninblack

Ok, so Im basically tearing my hair out here trying to secure a summer job.

Applied for the civil service for the 3rd year in a row... (may aswell make it a hat-trick of PFO's). Heard nothing, and prob wont.

Dropped CV's into EVERY chain shop imaginable (Topshop, River Island, Next, schuh, Champion etc etc.). Heard nothing.

Gone around to local pubs in the area. Nothing doing.

Getting kinda desperate here anyway. I can see myself now sitting around for 3 months during the college break doing sweet F all!

Does anyone have ANY suggestions (no matter how stupid) as to where I can look to find a job? what are the best jobsites? I'll do almost anything I guess, but would prefer retail or office work.

I HAVE experience also. I worked 2 months in a call centre in 2007. I didn't work last summer though.

Anyway, please... help! :eek:

jkmanc1974

Man - not sure of your location mate but have you tried Conduit? Call centre jobs yes but they appear to be always looking for staff both full time and part time?

Brgds
Johnny

R.D. aka MR.D

Not sure if retail places are hiring but when you said you dropped cv's in, did you just hand one over the counter?

Places like Topshop and River Island usually have a hiring period or a particular form to fill in.

I think in these times you need to go the extra mile, asking for the manager, follow up calls etc. It's still only the start of April so maybe hiring time hasn't started yet.

Also ask around family and friends and let everyone know your looking for a job and you never know who might think of you!

LightningBolt

I think most retail jobs will be very hard to come by for the summer. Most places are reducing hours for staff as it is and are not replacing staff who leave instead passing the hours onto existing staff. Obviously there'll still be a few places who will take on some people but expect to have to fight it out for those positions. I'm speaking from experience as a part time worker at present.

Glowing

Perhaps you need to have another look at your C.V?

And always follow up your 'CV dropping' with a phone call a day or two later!

mikemac

The next time you go into a shop don't just handover your CV to customer service desk.
Dress smart and hand it personally to the manager and maybe try to talk to them.

The worst that can happen is they are too busy and walk off. But now they know you and you aren't one piece of a paper out of hundreds, you are more then that.

Obviously, doing this 5 minutes before closing when the tills have to be checked isn't ideal, pick a good time.
And do this in pubs and other places too

dragonfly!

Feel your pain!
I'm taking a gap year before college and have been out of a job since Christmas Eve. Have dropped my CV in EVERYWHERE locally as well as applied on recruitment websites, anything ive seen in the papers etc.
When I havent heard anything after a week for the advertised ones I ring up - usually am told sorry the manager is on he phone can i take a message etc or else that the job is gone.
But on the other hand my boyfriend applied 3 places in the last month and got a call yesterday to go for an interview and he got the job so there is def an element of luck in it.... hes in college btw so its a summer job for him....

hope you get something!:)

leeroybrown

One point to note about the 'hand it directly to the manager' suggestion. In a lot of retail outlets managerial staff won't want to deal directly with a load of people handing in CVs. Often they'll have told staff to take the CV directly and refuse to get the manager for them. If you run into one of these situations then politely give it to the ordinary staff member. The pushy ones will probably get filed in the bin.

supersheeps

Leeroy's right, at this stage if someone asks for the manager, we've told the staff to ask if it's regarding a cv, and if so, let them know we're not taking any. There are few, if any, jobs in retail at the moment, so being pushy/asking for the manager/any other "tactics" won't conjure up a job. I've had some people come in, who I'd love to hire, but don't want to waste their time or raise their hopes. Most places won't be taking on extra summer staff, however, the silver lining on the current cloud is that many students seem to be eager to travel for the summer. THis means that their jobs should be coming up soon. My advice would be, don't lose heart, keep looking at jobs.ie, etc., and always, ALWAYS, keep a few cvs close at hand so that if a job is advertised on a window or in the press you can get right in there rather than having to go home and get one (keep one on you or saved to email or a memory stick so that you can go to a net cafe and print it out) Ask your friends and family to keep their ears open too. Good luck:)