Cant get a job.. becoming paranoid!

clownface95

Hi all,

Im 21 and a part time college student in limerick at the moment, im just back from a J1 in america since August and im finding it impossible to get part time work. Since the last week in August ive spent nearly every second day since giving out cvs to businesses and im not picky eather. Ive tried Hotels, Dunnes Stores, Argos, and allot more. My cv is fine and up to date i just don't understand what im doing wrong? The majority of the places ive dropped my cv into are taking on people for part time work but i never seem to get even an interview. I just don't understand it, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Flatzie_poo

You should call one of the places you handed your CV in to, ask to speak to HR, and ask them what you could have done better.

Very hard to answer without seeing your CV to be honest.

But if you're looking for entry level work, around Xmas I'm sure you'll be hounded by the business you mentioned above!

Even if it's temporary work, sign up for it, update your CV,and push on to the next! You could even be kept on if you show good ethic.

Best of luck!

You are not doing anything wrong the shops hotels etc. get hundreds of applications its a matter of luck if your CV happens to be there at the right time just as the vacancy occurs you will get an interview.

I know a 18 year old who put in a CV in to a centre heard noting, yet a few day later they advertised a vacancy basically his mother when in and asked about the job and said he son had put in a CV hint hint and it worked they interviewed him an he got the job, part time jobs are like gold dust for students, go in to places and ask to speak to the supervisors managers before you put in a CV. I also know someone who got a job because her uncle knows the owner of the business unfortunately thats the way it goes sometimes.

Wile E. Coyote

First thing I would do it post a picture (excluding all your personal details) so we can see the cv you're handing out to these places. What you consider to be 'fine' might not be selling yourself to a potential employer as well as you could be.


Secondly spending days handing out CV's to every business you walk past, while admirable, is a waste of time and a sure fire way of getting frustrated with a job hunt. Unless a business is actively looking for staff there are very few managers/owners who will read through every CV they receive and then file them away for a rainy day. Chances are the majority of the CV's you're handing out are going straight into a bin. Sad but true so limit yourself to applying to companies actively looking for staff. If you can't apply on-line, go in well presented and try to get talking to the hiring manager to give him your CV directly. Try not to give it to some random employee who may or may not even bother passing it on.


And make sure all your friends and family know you're looking for work. You never know when something temporary might pop up where they work.


Best of luck with the job hunt.

stefanovich

Wile E. Coyote wrote: »

First thing I would do it post a picture (excluding all your personal details) so we can see the cv you're handing out to these places. What you consider to be 'fine' might not be selling yourself to a potential employer as well as you could be.


Secondly spending days handing out CV's to every business you walk past, while admirable, is a waste of time and a sure fire way of getting frustrated with a job hunt. Unless a business is actively looking for staff there are very few managers/owners who will read through every CV they receive and then file them away for a rainy day. Chances are the majority of the CV's you're handing out are going straight into a bin. Sad but true so limit yourself to applying to companies actively looking for staff. If you can't apply on-line, go in well presented and try to get talking to the hiring manager to give him your CV directly. Try not to give it to some random employee who may or may not even bother passing it on.


And make sure all your friends and family know you're looking for work. You never know when something temporary might pop up where they work.


Best of luck with the job hunt.

It's an application for an unskilled student job. Apart from name and phone number the content is basically irrelevant.

Mrs OBumble

Ask your friends to put in a word for you in the places where they're working: many of these jobs are filled by friend-of-a-friend rather than by advertising or from random CV drops.

Wile E. Coyote

stefanovich wrote: »

It's an application for an unskilled student job. Apart from name and phone number the content is basically irrelevant.

It doesn't matter if it's a part time, full time, skilled or unskilled position. The basics are the same. If there's competition for a job, which there always will be, then you want to make sure your initial contact gets you a call back and not just put in the bin. A scrappy piece of paper with your name and address isn't going to do that.