First job worries and concerns

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  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    radiohead33 wrote:
    I am 24, indeed some of you will laugh or say I am wierd, but I didnt have a job in high school, and was lucky enough to have parents who paid my tuition in college. That may make me sheltered or whatever, but its the truth and things are changing as my post indicates. Although lets be honest there are many people who work during the college years, but there are many too who dont work. I was the latter.

    out of pure curiosity, what did you do during the 8 summers you were in high school and college? what have you been doing since you've been out of college? summer was for working where I grew up. ice cream scooping, waiting tables, babysitting, working at the mall, lifeguarding, slaving over a deep fryer, bagging groceries...my parents paid for college too, but I still worked in the summer and had various assistant and tutoring positions during the school year. You can't possible travel EVERY summer of your youth, so how did you spend all that time???
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    By the way, when you get to the end of your first week, write about it in here :D

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=283435
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    radiohead33 wrote:
    I am 24, indeed some of you will laugh or say I am wierd, but I didnt have a job in high school, and was lucky enough to have parents who paid my tuition in college. That may make me sheltered or whatever, but its the truth and things are changing as my post indicates. Although lets be honest there are many people who work during the college years, but there are many too who dont work. I was the latter.
    24 and never had a job??? :eek: I knew everyone had some sort of a job through college, whether it's a work-study job or a parttime job, it was still a job. I started when I was 16 and still barely have any $ in my savings account.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Bwalker545
    Bwalker545 Posts: 162
    Keep your pen out of the company ink...at least for a month!
    "Almost unconsciously he traced with his finger in the dust on the table: 2+2=5" 1984
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Magus wrote:
    Keep your pen out of the company ink...at least for a month!
    you know, i didn't know what that meant until i read mookie's thread. one of the best slogans i've ever learned. thanks mookie, you're a trooper! :)
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    radiohead33 wrote:
    got my first job ever. Dont have much of a resume, never worked before, and will be working at Market of Choice, a west coast thing, sort of an alternative/health food conscious grocery store. Just basically getting something on my resume, and starting out and stuff like that.

    My questions would be, any advice for this upcoming week, and my first day of work ever? I assume, I will be making many mistakes the first day, so any advice about that? I will be keeping the "jack Johnson" model in mind, of keeping cool and collected under pressure and stress.

    What advice can all you experienced workers give a newbie like myself?

    Remember this: Anything you say can and will be used against you...

    my point, watch what you say and to whom...

    and it's work, not happy fun time..


    Good luck...

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