Student jobs

AnimeGod

I am 16 and male and finding it very hard to get a summer job, I live in bray so working in dublin isnt a problem but no one will give me a chance, I spent a year working as a part time waiter in provence restaurount and now I am out of a job, I badly need employment to save up for university and will do anything, I am a good worker and I am very skilled on computer, if any of you would be kind enough to help me please say so, thanks.

WexCan

Have you tried McDonalds? I know it sounds sh*tty but it's the obligatory teen experience. Did it myself. Really, at sixteen, the only options available are food/supermarket/convenience type jobs. Somtimes you can be lucky and get say, a fashion retail job, which generally pays better than other shop-type jobs.

I'm seventeen, started in McDonalds last year as a summer job, went back to school in September and at Christmas I decided I wanted some time off, so got a job in House of Fraser in Dundrum. Now I'm working for Dell. I know it's a lot of job hopping but when a great opportunity comes up there's no point in turning it down. You might be a bit late at this point but just paint the town white with CVs, try to stay local if possible - commuting all the way to Dublin CC from Bray would be a b*tch. Hopefully you'll be lucky and land a decent job, but in any case there's no shame doing the whole McDonalds/shop thing. It's only a summer job, not a career.

Chris x

Johnson

Get any job you can, don't be fussy. I worked in McDonalds, and it was fairly ****e, but it got me experience and cash. 2 years later, here I am in a cushy office job for the summer. Sometimes, working a ****ty job shows prospective employers that you don't mind working hard and not having the best conditions, and improves the impression you make.

WexCan

Of course, if you were to work in a sh*tty job and then try to go for a decent job, don't complain about the sh*tty job in the interview. Learned that the hard way.

seamus

Go work in Superquinn Bray. The pay isn't great, and the job can be mind-numbing sometimes, but the company is decent to its staff and the staff are usually great craic.

melancholymaidn

mcdonalds wouldnt even hire me!! said it was night staff only they was after... typical aint it!

Rhyme

Supermarkets, garages, restaurants and small businesses...

...any of these in your area?

Good luck

melancholymaidn

garages all wanted ''experiences deli staff'' how may i ask do ya get experience if nobody will hire you due to your lack of it? annoying stuff. that goes for all the coffee shops ive applied for too (while we're on that point, happen to know what a barista is?) clothes shops all appear very interested then get nothing back-ive made follow up calls just in case but no luck! this includes dunnes and all the major stores as well as the smaller ones around town! ive tries in all the shopping centres around and everywhere in town. i did get offered one job but 5.36 an hour plus deducted uniform plus deducted breaks (ok im aware most places do this but im jus highlighting the really not worthwhileness of the job) especially as id have to fork out travel expenses too! ive no problem with min. wage or even a bit below it seeing as im 17 but i thought this was taking it a bit far...its borderline legal!

ed6hellsfresh

i really dont think you can be searching enough.
search further than bray.
i'm workin marks and sparks in dunl and gettin 9.09 an hour, pretty high apply to their head office and take what ever shop they give you.
if mcdonalds are offerin night staff, what is the problemo... its the summer... take it

Bray is on the DART line, have a look for jobs along it (i.e. town). Check that your C.V. is looking sharp. And if you hand in a C.V., FOLLOW IT UP. Persistance pays off...

Also, a lot of places offer night packing jobs during the summer. If you want a job/money for the summer that much, you'd think about it seriously.

WexCan

Under 18s can't work after 10 at night or before 6 in the morning so night work isn't really an option. and Marks won't hire anyone under 17 (got turneddown by them when I was 16 because of my age - got me halfway through the interview before blo*dy telling me.)

A barista is basically a coffee maker. Officially, a barista is a trained espresso machine user, who makes specialty coffee drinks such as cappuccino, latte, etc...

Just keep trying, you'll find something.

projectmayhem

melancholymaidn wrote:

mcdonalds wouldnt even hire me!! said it was night staff only they was after... typical aint it!

a friend of mine works in burger king in the ILAC center in town and he says they're looking for people... equip yourself with a CV and away you go...

melancholymaidn

projectmayhem wrote:

a friend of mine works in burger king in the ILAC center in town and he says they're looking for people... equip yourself with a CV and away you go...

thanks-went in today hope something comes of it
anyone above assuming im from bray-look at the names of who posted-0 i never mentioned bray-i live in the skerries area and have tried as far as dunl so dont say i havent tried enough! and as i think i made obvious i certainly am not above my station in the jobs im applying for-tho i have tried my hand at some ohmygodidlovetoworkthere longshots! hehe no harm in trying!
just because we cant get jobs its assumed we aint trying--i tried last year almost as hard but put rejection down to my 2week holiday, this year im availible all hours and days (cept night work) and am taking no holidays! yet still nothing (yet) and ive been trying since march!!

BizzyC

Go to CournellsCourt. Dunnes always need staff, and they pay fairly well because it can be akward to get to, but there's 3 buses from bray that go by it.