olaph

have you tried applying for a trainee ship or an apprenticeship?

you get paid to learn the job and get the qualifications

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cradlecapp

factory work im sure theres some near you that'll be more then happy to add you.

ShadowOp

Write neatly?

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TheRequiem

Come to my office..

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kikikool

Apply for jobs during the holidays, I applied for a seasonal job during Halloween at a costume shop downtown and I've been working there for 2 years now.
It's about to be back to school season in a bit so all the clothing stores will be looking for people to use.

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lothia

LOLOLOL
You make me laugh SO MUCH. First off Starbucks is downsizing so it's hard to get a job. SECOND ALWAYS GIVE A RESUME that is the most inexperienced comment saying that they don't need one ANY THING THAT CAN GIVE YOU AN EDGE YOU GIVE. I gave a resume to my GameStop applications, my REI applications etc. You always give them.
As well, people under the age of 19 or so it is a 1 in 2 people are able to get jobs, and if you are actually "poor" or lower class that rate goes down to 1 in 4.

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Zelst

Get hook-ups. It makes it a fuck load easier.
That's how I got my job at an amusement park (Ontario Place) for the summer.

And I'm 15. Fuck yeah.

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Murxidon

You're "over qualified", or maybe your potential employers are wondering why you would need to know two computer languages to work behind a counter in a retail store.

Bring a CV, I don't think they're looking for someone with the "this job is too shit to bother with a resume" opinion.

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Sandman53

I was never told I didn't get hired for inexperience. Most of the time is was because I had a bad interview. Nervousness and bad answers to the horribly vague questions they tend to ask on interviews.

In a retail store such as star bucks or macys you don't need experience so that is a flat out lie. Their training is shit, most of the time 1 or 2 days but maybe longer for star bucks since it involves you making something, and then they just shove you out of the floor. It bottles down to a matter of how much they like you and how well you present yourself. More than likely you had a shitty interview. The best thing you can do is learn from it and decide on what you can improve of next time.

And like Lothia said... Always give them your resume. It helps if you either stick it with your application or bring it the day of the interview. Either way will work efficiently.

Also try to look for things outside of retail. There are plenty of odd jobs that no one would even consider taking. Over at the Lawrence Lab in my city teenagers could get summer jobs entering information into databases for about 15 an hour.

Look for jobs outside of the box.

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Oisterboy

Man, too bad you couldn't get into Wegmans. I've heard they are like the number 1 place to work (in employee satisfaction)...I'd give it another shot there. Maybe talk with the manager, ask why you didn't get it.

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