Dear me. I'm as nervous as

Now I'm talking myself out of it. I looked online, and according to their website, there are no hourly jobs available anywhere close to me:(

Okay. I'll comb my hair and go over there. I need to get gas anyway and have enough Kroger points to get it for 30 cents a gallon cheaper.

(I might add that I don't take rejection well.)
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
Now I'm talking myself out of it. I looked online, and according to their website, there are no hourly jobs available anywhere close to me:(

Okay. I'll comb my hair and go over there. I need to get gas anyway and have enough Kroger points to get it for 30 cents a gallon cheaper.



(I might add that I don't take rejection well.)
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Just do it, (Michael Jordan failed more times than he succeeded, but when he succeeded, well you know,) get it over with, if the position you see isn't open today, it may open up tomorrow and you'll be ahead of the game. I don't know many that take rejection well even those that claim otherwise. No one likes to feel unwanted, but the real failures are those that don't even try. Again, just do it, at least you'll know you made the effort and you can scratch that off your list and move on to the next.

Again best of luck.
 

Okay. I went. Talked with the front end manager and she confirmed what I learned online...there aren't any jobs available in that store, but she asked me to spell my name because she was going to pull up my application on her computer. She told me to ask every time I'm in the store because while they might not have a job right now, they might have one as soon as the end of the day or tomorrow morning or whenever but there's no way to know when somebody will resign.

I also went across the road to the other supermarket. They have a terminal in the store just for applicants, but there was somebody using it, and it looked like he was pretty well planted there. I'll go back early in the morning tomorrow when I know the terminal will be available...who'd get up early on a Saturday morning to apply for a job? Not too many, I think.

I'm also going to have a look at Home Depot's website and apply online with them, too. Heck, it doesn't cost anything...

The reason it took me so long to post is because DS called asking if I'd come down today instead of tomorrow. Just got home a little bit ago...grateful to have missed the rush hour traffic on the interstate and the schoolbuses that tie up the traffic starting around 330-4. Whew. And it was a hot darned drive, lemme tell ya. As soon as I get rich, I'm going to have the air conditioner in the car repaired!
 
Good news to hear that the mgr looked at your application, and encouraged you to keep asking! Having gotten that far, sure hope the nerves are better!
 
I think it will open up for you, Georgia ! The manager asked about you, and pulled up your application, so that is a good sign. Many times, a company has an employee that they would like to let go IF they find a better prospect. That she told you something could open up any time, kind of says that this might be what is happening.

Ask EVERY time you go in, even if it is just a quick wave, smile, and "anything yet?" conversation.
One place I used to work hired the person that asked about the job the most times. He believed that this person really wanted to work there, and he was usually right. (that was actually how I got MY job there. I couldn't type for beans, but I kept coming in and asking if there were any openings yet.)

Many times, people are just filling out applications because they have to do it for unemployment compensation. We had guys in cut-offs and flip-flops coming in applying for the assistant manager position !
They weren't interested in being hired, but had to make so many applications each week for unemployment benefits to keep coming.

Sometimes, a company isn't sure whether you really want to work there, so keep asking.
 

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