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- Jul 18, 2017
My recommendation for anyone entering the work force is look at your general area and see who is long established in it as Private corporation. You would be surprised how many there are, with their fingers in everything from Restaurants and Convenience Stores, to HVAC repair, light industry and boutique investing. Unlike mega globo homo corporations, these tend to be closely held family run affairs that pride personal relationships and in person stuff. They also like hiring in house.
So, you could get an "in" with them by being the door greeter, phone answerer or cashier. But if you are a proven go getter who shows up on time (which already puts you ahead of 60% of the labor pool) they will put your resume at the top of the pile when you apply for something that pays better and carries more responsibility.
And if for whatever reason they don't want to career track you, just put your 2 weeks in and nope out, thank them for the time, but you found a better job somewhere else. And use them for a reference. If you are a good worker and not a dick about it, they will happily tell your new prospective employer you were a good worker.
Mild powerlevel story, part of the reason I was able to secure a mortgage and buy property at the height of the pandemic was that despite working a far better paid job, I still stuck around in a Restaurant I had been working in for a shift or two because I enjoyed it and it gave extra spending money. When COVID iced so much work, I was able to work more shifts at the Restaurant as an "essential worker". It also meant I was never "unemployed" in the Pandemic. Which turned out to be clutch because when it came time to put all the financials together I had two different W-2's and Two different companies telling the lender what a solid worker I was, with no unemployement benefits claimed even during Covid. The bank tripped over its erect dick to lend me money. You never know where even the most banal of work can land you, or what opportunities can come your way from it.
The important lesson to take home is that all work has value, and its something that isn't taught anymore. Too many people expect to be just given that fat paycheck right out of College. Without any idea of the actual value of the thing. I especially cannot stand these zoomie zooms that come in and expect to be managers when they've never even been the scut worker yet. How the fuck can you tell them how to do their job properly if you've never done it yourself?
So, you could get an "in" with them by being the door greeter, phone answerer or cashier. But if you are a proven go getter who shows up on time (which already puts you ahead of 60% of the labor pool) they will put your resume at the top of the pile when you apply for something that pays better and carries more responsibility.
And if for whatever reason they don't want to career track you, just put your 2 weeks in and nope out, thank them for the time, but you found a better job somewhere else. And use them for a reference. If you are a good worker and not a dick about it, they will happily tell your new prospective employer you were a good worker.
Mild powerlevel story, part of the reason I was able to secure a mortgage and buy property at the height of the pandemic was that despite working a far better paid job, I still stuck around in a Restaurant I had been working in for a shift or two because I enjoyed it and it gave extra spending money. When COVID iced so much work, I was able to work more shifts at the Restaurant as an "essential worker". It also meant I was never "unemployed" in the Pandemic. Which turned out to be clutch because when it came time to put all the financials together I had two different W-2's and Two different companies telling the lender what a solid worker I was, with no unemployement benefits claimed even during Covid. The bank tripped over its erect dick to lend me money. You never know where even the most banal of work can land you, or what opportunities can come your way from it.
The important lesson to take home is that all work has value, and its something that isn't taught anymore. Too many people expect to be just given that fat paycheck right out of College. Without any idea of the actual value of the thing. I especially cannot stand these zoomie zooms that come in and expect to be managers when they've never even been the scut worker yet. How the fuck can you tell them how to do their job properly if you've never done it yourself?
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