<p>I make the President's List and I still can't get a job at Wal-mart.</p>
<p>Walmart doesn’t want thinkers.</p>
<p>I don’t see how making the President’s List correlates with not getting a job at Wal-Mart. I mean, I do understand what you are saying, but there is more to getting a job than just intelligence =</p>
<p>hey i haven’t been able to get a job at wal-mart or mcdonald’s plus 9 other places…economy sucks ha</p>
<p>Maybe you just don’t have the experience. Many, many jobs out there require experience. Even Wal-mart. They’re not going to necessarily care if you have a 4.0 or what you’ve done at school. They want to know how well you can deal with customer service and what you can do for their company.</p>
<p>Not to mention you’re probably competing against dozens of applicants who might have way more experience than you. Even if a company might say that experience is preferred but not required they still could pick the person with more experience. Sometimes if you’re in school it makes jobs harder because some companies don’t want to hire students that might be away for part of the year or that can’t devote themselves full-time to a job.</p>
<p>So it could have been anything. You might not have had the references, experience, enough availability, or there just simply might have been older people applying who know more about the retail business. Even sometimes if you don’t have your own form of transportation that can hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Oh, and a priceless job hunting tip: always make sure that you fill out and complete ALL of an application. Always sign and date everywhere you need to. You might laugh, but it’s easy to get caught up in the stress of dealing with all of these applications and questions and all and not notice something. </p>
<p>Don’t feel bad about not getting the job.</p>
<p>You might have heard this mentioned briefly somewhere, but the economy is really bad right now. Especially for teenagers, getting a job that requires no specialized skills is tougher than it was even a few years ago because of the increased competition. I know we often flippantly refer to jobs at McDonald’s or Wal-Marts as being typical “teen jobs” that anyone could get if their standards weren’t so high, but that’s just not so anymore. Don’t take getting rejected there personally; just keep going and be prepared for rejection from these unskilled jobs since you’re not competing just against other teenagers but against people who are really talented or otherwise overqualified who wouldn’t normally be fighting for a cashier job at a fast food joint except for the fact that they lost their original job designing rockets for NASA or programming for Microsoft. With that kind of economy, it’s wrong to look down on anyone who is trying to find a job and is failing.</p>
<p>Your academic skills have nothing to do with your ability to get a retail or entry-level job.</p>
<p>Truthfully, how are your people skills? Retail jobs want to see that you can handle working with customers all day in a pleasant manner and not rip anyone’s head off.</p>
<p>If you’re not even getting called back for an interview, it’s probably nothing to do with you. Like others have said, thank the economy. </p>
<p>You might hold off on looking for the moment…let’s face it, summer is one of the hardest times to get a job with all the students (high school included) looking…and start again in September or October. This is when a lot of stores start hiring seasonal associates, and if you’re a good worker often-times they’ll keep you on after the holidays. That’s how I got my job last fall.</p>
<p>Also, apply EVERYWHERE. Even if they say they’re not hiring, go on the web site and check. Go back multiple times. If they say they’re not hiring, hand them a copy of your resume and say something like “Well here’s my resume, I’d really appreciate it if you would keep me in mind the next time you’re hiring.” Thank everyone you speak to for their time, even if it’s just a cashier who tells you where to get your application. These might seem like basic things, but so few people have common courtesy that it might set you apart.</p>
<p>because you aren’t on welfare. the vast majority of wal mart employees are, and wal mart gets a tax break for hiring certain groups of people, aka not white middle class suburban teenagers. it’s true, if you have any doubts, google it. look around the store, how many people like yourself work there? probably not many. the store itself attracts a lot of trashy people, has horrible customer service, has very high theft rates and the people that work there are depressing. be glad you’re not working there.</p>
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<p>I’m not white middle class. I’m not white.</p>
<p>dont feel bad, I applied to walmart at least 4 times in the last 3 years and I was valedictorian at my school and I go to one of the hardest school in my state and still cant get a job there</p>
<p>They want loyal employees. If you are on the President’s List then you probably don’t want to work at Wal-Mart (even as a manager). </p>
<p>Why should they hire someone who will go to university after two months when they can hire someone who will work there for life? </p>
<p>You’re silly for wasting your intelligence. Try to volunteer as a Research Assistant, study for GRE/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT, pre-read textbooks, or just read The Economist. All of those things are better than working at Wal-Mart. The opportunity cost is more than $8/hour.</p>
<p>Retail is a funny world. You really can be ‘too good’ for it, at least in a hiring manager’s eyes. They don’t want thinkers, like others have said. They want drones. You know those online personality tests that places like Best Buy and Target make you fill out? You have to answer them like the perfect slave would. The manager is always right. If an employee is shoplifting I will report it right away. If a customer is shoplifting he/she should be publicly executed by headcrusher. They want someone who they can tell “do this and this and that” and they’ll do it, no questions asked. </p>
<p>Tiff90 makes an interesting point though. It’s not a matter of race though, it’s just a matter of whether or not you’ve received state aid (food stamps, WIC, etc) in the last… six months I think. If they hire someone who has received/is receiving it, they do get a federal tax credit.</p>
<p>But beyond that, yes the economy is bad and as such it’s hard to get a job ANYWHERE in some places. I mean christ there are people with bachelor’s and master’s degrees that can’t get simple jobs, because they’re “too qualified” (I mean seriously how the hell can you be too qualified to flip burgers at the golden arches?).</p>
<p>Haha, when I lived in Plattsburgh I applied for a job at Walmart and couldn’t get it either. I was like, “what the hell? That inbred claw-footed hick who has a face that look’s like a baboon’s blue ass can get a job here but I can’t?”</p>
<p>I heard Wal-mart takes life insurance out on their employees so if one of them dies, Walmart still gets paid.
But maybe a lot/all of companies do this.</p>
<p>They aren’t looking for people who are brilliant and may think they are too smart to do what the managers request or may think they are too good to do the menial jobs that working at Wal-Mart requires.</p>
<p>They’d prefer to hire people who’d want to make working at Wal-Mart their career.</p>
<p>I couldnt get hired here either(Pittsburgh). Ended up getting a better, much higher paying job anyway.</p>
<p>Wal mart employees more welfare people than any other company in the US. It’s a fact. I mean, it is not that hard to believe if you have gone there. I know an ex manager that worked at Wal mart and he said they look for people who will give them a tax break. I never called you a white middle class suburbanite. You can re read my post if you’d like. My point was they don’t typically hire normal teenagers. Look at their staff. It is ignorant to not accept the fact that wal mart seeks out welfare recipients and other groups to get tax breaks. Ever wonder why applications direct you to a mandatory tax survey? Or why they have a “diversity section?” They are also known for hiring people with disabilities to receive tax credits. Open your eyes a bit. And that ******* who said you should say you steal- when did I say employees steal? Tons of people steal from wal mart, I know people who worked security/management. I did not say the employees stole, re read my post before making ridiculous claims. If you think wal mart hires hard working, non welfare people, you are wrong. No, not everyone there is on welfare, but a vast majority are. Do a little research. Look at their staff. I mean, when I think of wal mart employees, I hardly think professional, upbeat, hardworking, friendly, customer service oriented. So many people here have a limited ability to comprehend statements correctly, and instead interpret what they want to here- aka people looking to be offended. My god people grow up and take off your blinders.</p>
<p>It’s not all about you, and whether you can do the job and how good you would be at it, etc.</p>
<p>It’s ALL about fit for the employer; they have a lot of people to choose from (see below) and they evidently have found people that fit their profile better than you. You nio doubt CAN do the work, but that’s not the criterion for getting hired.</p>
<p>Solution:
1 - keep applying for jobs applying for jobs.
2 - remember it’s not all about you.</p>
<p>There’s a bad economy out there; see bottom right corner of graph; teen age unemployment rate ~ 26%
[Table</a> A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age](<a href=“http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm]Table”>http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t01.htm)</p>
<p>Where I live, it’s very difficult to get a job at Walmart because they are much better paying than other employeers. They pay $75.-$1.50 more than minimum wage.</p>
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<p>Yeah, but only because Walmart pays poorly - at or slightly above minimum wage. That results in a lot of people on means-tested benefits. And Walmart only has the most because it is the biggest. I’m not defending Walmart’s practices by any means, but there are pretty legitimate reasons for that. My old grocery store paid far less than Walmart and everyone was on means-tested benefits, but it doesn’t get any flack because it’s not nearly as large a retailer.</p>
<p>No, they have the highest PERCENTAGE of workers on welfare. Employers get TAX CREDITS for hiring people that were on welfare: [Work</a> Opportunity and Welfare-to-Work Tax Credits](<a href=“http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/wotc.htm]Work”>WOTC)
Wal mart is a pure capitalist industry that seeks to get as many tax credits as possible. They purposely seek out welfare recipients. I can’t believe so few people heard of this. Seriously, google it.[Wal-Mart</a> 3rd-Qtr Net Rises 13%, Boosted by Tax Credit (Update4) - Bloomberg.com](<a href=“Bloomberg - Are you a robot?”>Bloomberg - Are you a robot?)
They want people who were on welfare, that is why they ask if you or your family qualified for food stamps and government assistance. If you have filled out applications before, you would be familiar with the section that seeks to identify people who would give the employer tax benefits. This is not new at all, Wal mart has been criticized for such practices before, years ago. They keep wages low so employees qualify for gov assistance. Other companies, like the one I worked for, pay min wage but offer benefits. Wal mart doesn’t, and the gov picks up the tab. Wal mart is all about bottom line profit, they really don’t care about treating employees well or PR, they have the lowest prices and people shop there despite their sleeziness. Even though I am a libertarian, and believe in capitalism, I don’t support the way Wal mart does business and think their hiring practices are economically discriminatory because they seek out poor people so they get tax credits. This is exactly why the gov shouldn’t be involved in the economy: because companies begin to hire people who get them tax credits, not people who are the most qualified. In short, the gov’s intervention in the economy is a big reason why Wal mart didn’t hire you. If Wal mart didn’t benefit from hiring welfare recipients, you would have a better chance at getting the job. Yeah, a bunch of companies do the same, but to a much much much lesser degree. Wal mart obviously doesn’t hire people based on how great their customer service is, because their service is horrible, especially in low income areas. Most companies want qualified and good workers, others want ones that will give them some extra benefits. Read between the lines people.</p>
<p>Apparently this is srsbsnss to some people.</p>