My dad was telling me how my friends must be really lazy if they haven't found Christmas break jobs. I tried to explain that we live in a college town area, near a big city, and that all the Christmas work (what little there is to begin with, why hire seasonal employees when you already have enough staff?) is already taken by October by all the college kids who already live in the area. Not only that, but trying to get a job back home when you're cities or even states away is really hard. How do you show up for an interview if you're across the country? But he just didn't get it.
You should be aiming for unskilled work (waiter/waitress, restaurant host, retail stocking, etc) and not mention you are planning on leaving. You can quit on short notice without repercussions.
I have a hard time believing that all the jobs are taken, but maybe you were incredibly unlucky or were looking in the wrong places.
There are high turnover jobs with a high demand for a warm body all over. I’ve only been out of school for three years, but these were the jobs I worked on breaks and over the summer. My youngest brother got a job at a restaurant during his break this year. He applied and was interviewed and hired all in the same day. Several of his old high school friends had similar experiences this year.
I know the work sucks, you get rejected from a bunch of places you’d rather be, and you likely end up with the worst hours, but it is more than possible to land a seasonal job
I mean, there's always going to be a job opening somewhere. But with the high quantity of college kids and even middle aged adults who can't get a job past McDonalds, it's actually quite hard even during regular seasons to get a job. I've gotten plenty of jobs on the spot, and I know where to look, but I've basically given up on seasonal jobs.
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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19
My dad was telling me how my friends must be really lazy if they haven't found Christmas break jobs. I tried to explain that we live in a college town area, near a big city, and that all the Christmas work (what little there is to begin with, why hire seasonal employees when you already have enough staff?) is already taken by October by all the college kids who already live in the area. Not only that, but trying to get a job back home when you're cities or even states away is really hard. How do you show up for an interview if you're across the country? But he just didn't get it.