speaking to managers to get a job?

[Vonnie]

I have to be honest and say if someone had pulled me off the shop floor to ask for a job/hand in a CV I'd have been furious at their lack of preparation. I know that working in $shop isn't exactly a dream but it doesn't show potential dedication to the job or foresight. That said, I know that (as Laura Nemesis said) bars recruit that way.

WE LIVE IN A CHANGING WORLD.

Originally Posted by Fremlin

You have no chance of getting a job in Sainsburys by going in, it's all done online now.

It's the same with most large corporations now to be honest, I know Asda/Tesco/Sainsburys/B&Q are the same.

[Mwezzi]

Going to employers' websites or looking up ads online is fairly useful because then you occasionally get a number to call if jobseeking, and then you can chat with someone personally and look like you're actually interested because you've made some effort to find the number.

[evilglamcaitlin]

If you're ugly stick to applying online. No one wants to employ the uglies.

[fallen_nemesis]

i find it shocking that Hellfire and Cult also ask for pictures with your CV.

[Tacky]

Originally Posted by Fireface

the jokecentre won't help me in any way to find a job, they just told me i have to keep applying to places. i asked for any help they could give me, they basically said there's nothing they can do unless i'm unemployed for 6 months

That's utter pish - the second you sign on they want you to be searching for jobs like mad!

Go into smaller shops, like local shops, and ask if they have any jobs going, and then see if you get passed to the manager. WHere do you live?

Bigger stores like asda and Toys r us, things like that, better checking their websites and press ads. Even better maybe wandering about where you live, see if any cafes or restaurants are looking for staff - those are the sorts of places you ask to speak to the manager about a job.

[pANDAS Radio]

Originally Posted by fallen_nemesis

i find it shocking that Hellfire and Cult also ask for pictures with your CV.

It's for Bryan Roadkill to collect them, he has a giant vagina collage of Hellfire staff wannabes(surely the most pathetic 3 words you'll ever see online).

[Mwezzi]

Originally Posted by fallen_nemesis

i find it shocking that Hellfire and Cult also ask for pictures with your CV.

Isn't that illegal for pretty much any profession that doesn't involve acting/modelling/activities that largely revolve around your aesthetic appeal?

[Jenpot]

I think the idea is that they're trying to sell some sort of image, and they want you to fit that image. Not that it's fair, but they seem to get away with it.

[TSR]

When i was looking for my first job (retail), I didn't ask to speak to the manager, just asked the person on the doors "who could I hand a CV to?"A lot of the time it was the manager who took it, but they might have designated someone else to take it for them. The cashier at the place i eventually worked at took it

-print off a few CVs & cover letters
-insert into envelope
-go in and hand in CV

Originally Posted by Mwezzi

Isn't that illegal for pretty much any profession that doesn't involve acting/modelling/activities that largely revolve around your aesthetic appeal?

Yes.
Though there is the interview, so if they think your aesthetics don't work, then they can always say "we went with someone else"

So it's illegal, but there's a way around it

[$teve]

Originally Posted by empty_inbetween

Morrisons
That place eats souls.

Yes... Yes it does

[Tacky]

Originally Posted by Jenpot

I think the idea is that they're trying to sell some sort of image, and they want you to fit that image. Not that it's fair, but they seem to get away with it.

Well, they could do what most image/clothes retail stores do and get them to wear what they sell, then the employee would be 'fit for purpose' - i mean, hell, they could pick the most boring looking person that has hunners of experience and give them a make over!

[broken]

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