Update #2:
I found out last Friday who my suitemates will be for the next year. I know one of them is in the year below me and I think the other two are as well. And I started the summer job search a bit earlier this year. Last week, I went to a retail craft store for a pick test but I messed up on one of the items and didn’t have the perfect record needed to get the job (even though they said they would call back at the end of May to notify me of any jobs of my skill set, which may be too late). Other than a campground five minutes away from my house, and an on-campus student assistant summer position, I’m basically back at square one.
Apply to more jobs. Anything and everything. When I was looking for work during the summer between high school and college, several places rejected me or just didn’t call me back. Panera finally got in touch in July like, “hey, are you still looking?” No, I needed that job over a month ago, but thanks.
It’s tough.
Except in my town, many jobs you would expect to be summer jobs are year-rounders.
So look harder.
Still searching and rather overwhelmed and anxious about it.
Okay, I found a job at a museum as a Gallery Attendant about 25-30 minutes away, but I don’t feel like I deserve it anymore even before training starts because of a misunderstanding about the documentation I need to bring in and being able to find it within a sufficient amount of time. My mom even yelled at me for making myself appear like a flake in front of my first-time employer. I have a feeling if I keep this up I’ll become another statistic within the Autistic Community. I don’t think optimism is going to be the solution to this one.
Don’t worry about optimism, worry about persevering despite challenges. So what if you look like a flake. Find the documentation that you need and start the training and the job. Congratulations.
Your post makes no sense. You have a job, which is awesome. It’s a cool job too. What solution do you need? Bring in the document and show up on the first day. This isn’t an issue. The constant negativity will not help you.
I brought it in today and I wasn’t being pessimistic at first, it was brought on to me by my mother for basically calling me a passive snowflake that employers would never look at for initially asking to postpone it before reverting back to its original date. Anyway, now that I have my schedule, I was told that I don’t have enough hours and that I should possibly look for a different job. I can understand having another job on top of it but a different one altogether? My first day is June 23 and as things stand, I currently only have one or two days in July where I’m working I’m a floater (fill-in person) for the other two gallery attendants although things could change between now and then. August isn’t even on the books yet for anyone so I could have a busy August. It’s probably too late to get another job though, especially that my town isn’t one for hiring summer employees.
Told by whom?
@bodangles
My mom and my older sister.
I mean, you can keep looking for jobs if you feel like it, but definitely don’t quit this one. Maybe ask the place if they have any other tasks you could take on.
One thing I am going to point out to you is that often people in summer jobs call out sick or goof off or just stuff. Be the reliable one they can call on – if they call you to come in that afternoon the right answer is “Absolutely. I will be there in 20 minutes.” The wrong answer is, “Gee I can’t. I was planning to see Titanic for the third time at the local library film fest.” Give those tickets to some poor schlump on the street and get your buns to the job. The next time they need someone, they’ll call you first.
– Speaking from experience as an employer of young part timer employees
You are making mountains out of molehills and amplifying things in your mind. Being blunt, giving up this job is just shooting yourself in the foot. It’s a job, and even a job where you only work two days a week still goes on your resumé? Some moneynis better than none. That’s important when you are 19 or so and haven’t got much experience. Go get another PT job. Go volunteer. Write stories and submit them. Do something to keep yourself busy so you stop fixating on things are NOT problems.
As I previously mentioned, since my town doesn’t like hiring summer employees in general, time has probably run out. Stop and Shop was actually the perfect example of this since I went in 2-3 weeks ago to follow up with them. I even looked on Craiglist and there was nothing within a near distance that I am qualified for. On the bright side, I’ve been studying a little bit for my learner’s permit.
I guess they were right when I’d probably be getting more hours as the summer progresses. I’ve only worked one day before being told that I’d be taking over someone else’s shift next week (July 5). And I got an email from Home Depot telling me that they’d be interested in asking me a few questions over the phone (probably sometime this week). If I get the job there, how often I’d work there depends on when I serve as a gallery attendant as I could be getting more days in July thrown at me and August isn’t even on the books yet, not to mention all this could interfere with when I volunteer at my town’s historical society.
Now that I’ve gotten the positive news out of the way, let’s clear up the negatives (maybe neutrals). My mom, ever since April before school got out for the year, has wanted me to get into contact with my suitemates in order to arrange what we should bring in for the suite in August. I got all their cellphone numbers and when I brought up that we should devise who brings in what, I was told that this was still a bit too early. So I’m waiting until after the Fourth of July to do it despite going against her wishes. Even if that weren’t the case, I’d still be apprehensive about my dorm situation for next year, given that I was randomly grouped with three sophomores in my themed housing community because I have no friends. I’m not sure if it’s looked down upon per se within my housing community to room with people in different years let alone random because literally, no one else has done both in the same year except for me. If word gets around, I will probably be made fun of behind my back (since it’s rude to do it to people’s faces nowadays).