So much for working at an apple store :-(

[likemyorbs]

You're better off getting something you like and being hired for your skills and knowledge, not your appearance

Wish someone told me that before i got a job a Hollister when i was 17...

 

[bobr1952]

I've been using Apple hardware since the Apple // and I didn't get a job at the Tampa store because I wasn't qualified. Yet I walked in to an Apple store and asked them how to enable file sharing between OS X and Windows 7 and they didn't know how.

Saying your not qualified is a lot safer legally than saying they just didn't like the way you look or speak--like a lot of others have said, they look for specific traits in someone and don't really seem to care about technical qualifications.

 

[JetBlack7]

Wish someone told me that before i got a job a Hollister when i was 17...

You're never too late

 

[sk1wbw]

Saying your not qualified is a lot safer legally than saying they just didn't like the way you look or speak--like a lot of others have said, they look for specific traits in someone and don't really seem to care about technical qualifications.

This may be true, but this was after a phone interview. I could tell the woman interviewing me didn't know **** about Macs either. Just another HR flunky.

 

[sk1wbw]

What really irritates me about the Apple Store is that they hire idiots. I met a dude in Norfolk on his way to the Apple Store at MacArthur Center Mall. The dude pulled out a Blackberry.

Granted, I love the Apple Store, but when you have idiots in charge of HR, something is wrong.

 

[iJohnHenry]

The dude pulled out a Blackberry.

Maybe he values his privacy. Encryption, servers in Canada.

Most companies/government agencies feel the same.

 

[KnightWRX]

This may be true, but this was after a phone interview. I could tell the woman interviewing me didn't know **** about Macs either. Just another HR flunky.

I think we now know why you didn't get hired

 

[JetBlack7]

I think we now know you didn't get hired

That's what she said!

On topic: He's right OP

 

[horseshu92girl]

While at University, it can be important to just have a job (any job) just to show some experience/responsibility on your CV when you leave. Retail is as good as any. Office work or bar work is just as viable an option.

However, if you have a specific career aim in mind, try to find a job that is related. Can you find some work doing simple web activities for charities or local businesses? Even if just one off temporary contracts this can be handy in deciding whether you really want a job in that industry and giving some experience.

I graduated with a CS degree in 2006. While I was at University I did office work - just operating the photocopier, answering the phone etc. When I graduated I went to work for a software company. Initially I worked as a consultant, now I work in product design/development.

That's some very good info! Thanks a lot

 

[ChrisE90]

Has anyone ever got called back for a 2nd interview in the place you had your seminar?

 

[villicodelirant]

Don't even get me started on interviews.

Some interviewers, particularly recruiting agencies, wouldn't recognize the right guy if Jesus came down an pointed at him, especially because they sometimes know absolutely nothing about the job.

It can be extrrrrrrrrrrremely frustrating.



I myself happen to like the good ol' "good morning, Sir, see, I really want the job, I work hard, am experienced and knowledgeable and won't give you any problems", but interviewers do not always like it.

My advice would be: play by their rules.
If the interviewer seems to like brilliant, dynamic, creative young people blablabalh (and if the interviewer works for some big, fashionable company that is always the case) then pretend to be one.

If the interviewer is an old fashioned, working class uncle Joe, he may like better the humble "I work hard, Sir".