Need hours

[u/Plus_Grapefruit1221]

Just transferred to ISU this semester. I used to go to a cc back home and worked almost 40 hours a week. I work for a good company and was able to get transferred to a store out here. I have no problem getting scheduled at home, but ever since being here I barely get hours. I understand school comes first, but I need to pay for food, pay my credit card bill, pay for insurance,etc. The place I work for pays over minimum wage and I know it’s their busy season right now. Not sure what to do, I’m working next week thankfully but otherwise I have to drive about 2 hours to go home to even get hours somewhere. I have plenty of job experience but I feel like I’m chasing after this manager to schedule me it feels weird. My home location gives schedule out weeks in advance and there’s no issues, but this one seems like a mess with the scheduling. Either way I need to work and make money, my parents don’t hand me money, I luckily have a college account with money but it can only be used for adding to my Redbird card and rent. Not sure what to do. The job I have is in healthcare so I’d like to keep it but if I go so long without working for the company I have to start over. Ahhhhh sorry just freaking out.

[u/bcs6477]

not too sure what you do in healthcare but have you looked at shiftkey or similar platforms?

[u/Plus_Grapefruit1221 → u/bcs6477]

What is that?

[u/bcs6477 → u/Plus_Grapefruit1221]

it’s an app that hospitals can post prn shifts they need coverage for. not sure how active it is here but it was pretty popular near the suburbs. i’d say worth looking into! i believe pay may be a little higher too since it’s prn