Man am I getting tired of this!

Macdaddy4738

Macdaddy4738

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Im searching for a summer job, but it seems that once again, Im going to be stuck working in some crappy fast food place or some retail junk.

Id rather go without money for a while (till I pick up finiancial aid refund) then work in those places again.

Question is, using these Careerbuilder.com /monster.com type sites only ends up in jobs that are full time and need a 4 year degree..

any tips on picking up something local that would actually MEAN something? I really wanted to do something at the police station, but they have no summer jobs open, and I cant find anything elsewhere..
 
Same as anybody else looking for a job. Put on good clothes, and hit the street. Seek out small businesses, and family-owned or closely held larger companies for a meaningful summer job. Better chance there than at the corporate owned places.

Think about places that may be somehow, but even distantly related to what you want to do in the future and target them. Have a reason for going to that business, rather than being next door to the place you just dropped off a resume. From the police station remark, I take it you are interested in LE? Let that interest lead you. IIRC, isn't there a fire/emergency apparatus manufacturer up in that area? Or maybe it's over at Statesville.

I don't know how old you are, but "underage user" suggests college freshman/late high school student?? Don't overdo your resume. Most everybody your age shouldn't go over 1 page. I've seen young'uns straight out of high school with four and five page resumes..."bull" is the first thought when I see it...BS page filler. Keep stuff brief only if it pertains to the type job you are seeking. Tailor your resume to the type job you are seeking. Autoparts store, yes, mention the offroading experience, truck building knowledge, etc. Flower shop, mum's the word. (hahaha, sorry)

From the way your post reads, I hope you aren't going into businesses to apply and come across the way your post does (here amongst friends, I understand). "stuck", "crappy", "junk". See? My favorite is when somebody comes in and says "Y'all aren't hiring, are you?"

Just some ideas to get the discussion started...
 
Andrew, if Hickory is the area you want to work in, then you have a a lot of options.
Being it appears you want a job in LE, you could deliver Pizza's. How is that related? well, you will meet people from all walks of life, get to know neighborhoods, streets and addresses. Not to mention, it pays pretty good too. Check out any kind of delivery positions. How about those rent to own furniture places. Same thing, you will learn the areas. They are always looking for strong backs, with good driving records. Maybe create your own business, go up and give a quote for washing Popo cars, and cleaning the insides. Get creative!
 
check leeboy in the lincoln industrial park off hwy 321 I think they are looking for summer help in the detail dep. check em out @ www.leeboy.com
 
Well since you are on this board I take you are into cars/trucks so a summer job working at a repair Shop might be worth your time to look for. When I had my shop I always had the need for some extra help cleaning the shop, running for parts and other misc stuff. IF you get a job in a shop there is a good chance that you can get to use there lifts/tools on your stuff after hours.
 
Im not fimiliar with Hickory or NC for that matter. I have to mapquest some of these places to see where they are in the state... but this a great time of year for gov't contractors/military to be hiring summer interns (paid interns).

Hurricane season is coming and if you are not affraid of manual labor I would drop your name and contact information off at your local Fire & water restoration company.
 
Try Private Investigators and Insurance companies. See if they need couriers, form filler-outers or whatever. For insurance, maybe they need claims inspectors... that's where any automotive knowledge will come in handy.
 
Im interested in working for the FBI after college (or if I dont get an internship with them, after 4 years of so of the Army)

The internship process for them is HARD. And requires me to be a junior or senior in college anyways.

Im a freshman now.

I had a really decent job over the summer, and returned to it for spring break, but I dont think they can afford to take me on full time this summer.
 
on the resume writing, I just got done writing mine. The career services people at UNCW pretty much told me no more than one page and have the important stuff at the top. apparently HR people don't get past the middle or they can't read one or the other.
 
BigBody79 said:
on the resume writing, I just got done writing mine. The career services people at UNCW pretty much told me no more than one page and have the important stuff at the top. apparently HR people don't get past the middle or they can't read one or the other.
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Its called the serial position effect.

Its easiest to remember things you read first (the Primacy effect)
and then after that, you can remember things you read towards the end...recency effect.

In the middle though, that part is very seldomly remembered.
 
Macdaddy4738 said:
Its called the serial position effect.
Its easiest to remember things you read first (the Primacy effect)
and then after that, you can remember things you read towards the end...recency effect.
In the middle though, that part is very seldomly remembered.
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Hey, you obviously paid attention in your psychology class!
:)
another few I/O psych & Ergonomics - type classes and you'll be ready for a career in management!
:)
(That's the track I was on myself for a while)
one other tip - see if your school hires summer student workers - NCSU does, which is how I got my start here...
 
Go to a temp agency, theres an adecco here in statesville and I know the lady pretty well. You can get a factory job-9-12 bucks an hour for the summer. Let me know and I'll get her your contact info. They have tons of positions in hickory.
 
Dont know what school you're at, but when I was in college I worked two summers for the Special Academic Programs department. They were responsible for coordinating all the summer kids camps and adult conferences that go on at the school during the summer. The dorms would be used as a hotel for the camps/conferences. We were responsible for unlocking and setup of conference rooms as well as their primary contact for problems with the dorms, so basically on-call 24/7 while a group was there.

This was a few years ago, but the pay was $900/month with free room and board.
 
rodeo_chris said:
Dont know what school you're at, but when I was in college I worked two summers for the Special Academic Programs department. They were responsible for coordinating all the summer kids camps and adult conferences that go on at the school during the summer. The dorms would be used as a hotel for the camps/conferences. We were responsible for unlocking and setup of conference rooms as well as their primary contact for problems with the dorms, so basically on-call 24/7 while a group was there.
This was a few years ago, but the pay was $900/month with free room and board.
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Ding ding.
App has just such program.
I worked for Academic services one summer while I was in summer school. Taught geometry and basic math lessons to "economically disadvantaged" kids. Pay wasn't great but it was fun and a good academic job.
You can work in the tutoring center too, wife and I both did that. At least back then, you can be a tutor for any class you've had an A in. Key is to do Math 1010 or 1020, b/c everybody has to take it. All students on athletic scholarships are required to be tutored, regardless of GPA. In many cases it is math they choose.
This means you not only have the big dolt football players, who actually need help but are motivated to work b/c of their scholarship, but also soccer and volleyball players who need no help but will just sit there and work while you do very little. They are the best to tutor (esp teh women's volleyball players.... :beer: )

You are obviously taking psychology.
Find Dr. Tim Ludwig, and see if he has a research project going on. He may have grant $$ to pay a research tech to work for him. If you wan tto do FBI, then knowing/understanding research is teh key, and havin gexperience in it is good for you to angle that internship. Same goes for any of the faculty, really. I worked in several labs, got paid to be a tech. That got me into several good grad schools, no problem.
 
kaiser715 said:
I don't know how old you are, but "underage user" suggests college freshman/late high school student?? Don't overdo your resume. Most everybody your age shouldn't go over 1 page. I've seen young'uns straight out of high school with four and five page resumes..."bull" is the first thought when I see it...BS page filler.
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I've never seen anybody at any level that needs more than one page...

as the discussion has been going, a single page gets you in the door...any more than that would be covered in an interview...

well dressed, well groomed (not necessarily clean shaven)...and hit local business, as suggested earlier...

Greg
 
I think for someone still in college, 1 page is probably enough. Honestly though, for experienced IT & management professionals I've found that I like a longer resume with details - not just fluff. I.E., that for each assignment communicates "What you did", "How did you do it", "What was the impact to the company or customer". Specific and quantifiable information is what is critical. When I get one of those resumes where someone has just listed what their job responsibilities were, I toss it.

Because of the nature of our business, all of the folks I've hired in the past 4 years have been hired over the phone - obviously after a lengthy series of interviews by various experts. Most of them I eventually met in person, but some of them I never have. My group is "virtual" - we're scattered all over the world, so the opportunities for us to actually be in the same room are very limited.

Stewart
 
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