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No work experience getting job

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  • 23-09-2016 1:06pm
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    Lauren7
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭


    Hi

    Any advice would be grateful please..

    I have no work experience & i would like to look for bar/shop/waitress jobs.

    I do voluntry work in a hospice shop once a week so that's my only experience.

    I did ask in my local Social welfare office if i can apply for an internship but there's nothing around town.


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    GalwayGrrrrrl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭GalwayGrrrrrl


    Go to your employer of choice- a local bar maybe. Explain that you have little experience but are interested in working for them. Offer to do a few shifts for free. If you work hard and are enthusiastic you might be lucky and get offered paid work. If not, you will have gained some experience and contacts and be in a much better position to apply elsewhere. Also, talk to all your friends who may be able to put in a good word for you with their employer.


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    wandererz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭wandererz


    What the previous poster has said.

    In addition, do emphasize that you already have customer service experience due to your voluntary work.

    Offer to perhaps even do one or two weeks or 5 or 10 days(a couple of hours per day) in order to get the hang of things and to prove that you can do the job.
    They can then decide what they want to do: either pay you for that time, not pay you.
    But perhaps you get to keep the tips.

    Either way, you get the experience and know what to do next.

    Additionally, get a few comments from people you work with and/or custmers and include them on your CV.


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    Lauren7
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Lauren7


    Ok so i should just walk in to these places & ask behind the counter. It's embarassing but i'll get over it. Should i just have my CV or a cover letter as well? Not much to say in the cover letter to be honest :)


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    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    Lauren7 wrote: »
    Ok so i should just walk in to these places & ask behind the counter. It's embarassing but i'll get over it. Should i just have my CV or a cover letter as well? Not much to say in the cover letter to be honest :)

    Asking the guy/gal behind the counter may not always be the best idea if they are just workers there.

    You'd basically be saying, 'yeah I'm available to work some free shifts that you might be getting, can you pass on my CV to the owner?'

    Try and meet the owner.

    Good luck.


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    hannible the cannible
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 163 ✭✭hannible the cannible


    You need to meet the boss , if nothing else it makes it harder for them to say no to free shifts than if they just get a message passed on from a member of staff , and it will also personalise you to them


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    Lauren7
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Lauren7


    How about a phoning the owner? I'm also looking for cleaner/kitchen porter jobs anything really?


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    OhHiMark
    Registered Users Posts: 1,060 ✭✭✭OhHiMark


    wandererz wrote: »
    What the previous poster has said.

    In addition, do emphasize that you already have customer service experience due to your voluntary work.

    Offer to perhaps even do one or two weeks or 5 or 10 days(a couple of hours per day) in order to get the hang of things and to prove that you can do the job.
    They can then decide what they want to do: either pay you for that time, not pay you.
    But perhaps you get to keep the tips.

    Either way, you get the experience and know what to do next.

    Additionally, get a few comments from people you work with and/or custmers and include them on your CV.

    What tips?


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    GalwayGrrrrrl
    Registered Users Posts: 1,519 ✭✭✭GalwayGrrrrrl


    Lauren7 wrote: »
    How about a phoning the owner? I'm also looking for cleaner/kitchen porter jobs anything really?

    No-too easy for the owner to say no. Dress up smart (no jeans or trainers) - print off copies of CV and go in personally. No need for a cover letter as you will be doing that bit verbally. Say you have experience in the charity shop but you would like more experience in bar/restaurant/shop that you are standing in. Don't be nervous- I used to manage shops and we had lots of people doing the same.


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    Lauren7
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭Lauren7


    ''Don't be nervous- I used to manage shops and we had lots of people doing the same.''

    Did it work for them?

    I just feel a bit stupid asking to see the owner in case he/she is busy & will just be annoyed. I need to be more confident.

    I'm probably not ready to walk into somewhere REALLY busy but i need to get some experience. Everyone has to start somewhere.


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    Adnan44
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Adnan44


    It's nerve racking Lauren7 but it has to be done. I plan on doing the same. Should a cv be handed in in a folder or am i just overthinking things, does it matter?


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    Senna
    Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Adnan44 wrote: »
    It's nerve racking Lauren7 but it has to be done. I plan on doing the same. Should a cv be handed in in a folder or am i just overthinking things, does it matter?

    No don't put cvs in fancy folders, it's only 16 yr olds that do that and it's annoying.
    CV in a plain envelope with "CV-Name" on the front.


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