<p>When should I look for a part time job for the summer? I'm thinking March is too early. Should I wait until May. I have never had a part time job BTW.</p>
<p>I’ve actually heard that now is a good time to start.</p>
<p>Start putting apps in now.</p>
<p>on that subject, how do you find places to apply for a summer job? i am thinking of getting one in case i dont get into any of the programs i applied to but i dont really know where to start looking. any advice?</p>
<p>I’m also interested. </p>
<p>And I don’t know what to do in this situation. I’m leaving for a trip immediately after school ends and wont’ be back until June. Will that affect my chances of getting a job, even if i start now?</p>
<p>WAY too early. </p>
<p>I don’t know how hard it is now, as I got my first job before the recession, but I think I applied on the weekend, got an interview the following Monday, and started my first day that Wednesday. You’re not applying for executive management where there’s hundreds of applicants, and they have to carefully weigh all options, you’re applying for unskilled labor. </p>
<p>I’d say apply a week or two at the earliest before you want to start working.</p>
<p>What do they ask you in the interview? Because this is just unskilled labor.</p>
<p>I think it was just a formality. They asked me if I used drugs (and took my word for it, I said no and they didn’t drug test me), about my grades in school (just an approximate GPA, they never checked anything so I suppose I could have lied but at that point I had all As), and maybe some other general questions. I think the interview was really just a test to see if I could dress properly for an interview, and show up for it on time.</p>
<p>Did you also have to give them a resume? And what was your job? :)</p>
<p>My title was “Customer Service Associate,” which was just a sort of regular job at a retail clothing store (one of the ones that has actual sales people… I wasn’t a sales person though). I guess my job could be described as quarter-“sales person” (doing sales stuff when all sales people were busy, but not commissioned), quarter-“sales person’s assistant” where I might help with a big sale (someone buying thousands at a time), half-“everything else” which might include cleaning up, vacuuming, taking out trash, taking care of inventory, etc. </p>
<p>I didn’t give them a resume, I don’t think it’s generally expected for unskilled labor, especially not for high schoolers. That said, writing one up the best you can wouldn’t hurt. But unless you’re a really extraordinary HS student you probably don’t have much to put on it.</p>
<p>Sounds like a cool job. Thanks for the input! :)</p>