How did you get your current job?

Please state

Job:
How did you get it:

Job: Sales assistant/till
Got it by handing in a form

Job: Working with special needs children
Got it because my brother attended the playscheme and my mum knows the owner

Reply 2

AlexanderStuart

Job: Waiter
Got it by: Handing my CV out literally everywhere and they offered me a job.

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Reply 3

Y333EEE

Job: Waiter/General Dogsbody
Got it by: Demonstrating a willingness to work hard and well

Reply 4

Izzyeviel

Data Specialist.

Mentioned I once went to a casino in my job interview. Cue lots of discussion about gambling. (With hindsight I think my former manager had a few issues)

Reply 5

consumed by stuff

was the best at the time.

Reply 6

Clioashlee

Job: lingerie consultant/ customer assistant
Got it by: being incredible flexible, very available and happy to do any overtime 'as and when'.

Had to give it up to focus on my third year at uni, and was struggling to fit my uni work around 20-30 hours at work, with at least 2 hours per day travelling time! It's a shame because I loved that job!

Reply 7

MonsoonFlower

Job: Front Of House in a restaurant
How I Got The Job: Emailed CV with cover letter through Gumtree, got reply within 1.5 months had an interview and then got offered some hours.

Job: Student Ambassador
How I Got It: Lecturer recommended me

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Reply 8

SpottedZebra

Job: Bakery Assistant
Got it by: phoning the owner up after she put an advert in the local paper

Reply 9

snailsareslimy

Job: Working for a political party
Got it by: Absolute luck, being in the right position at the right time.

Reply 10

PeanutButter2000

Job: teashop assisstant (pretty much a waitress, but no tips :smile:

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Got it by: applying when I was 14, told i was too young, got another job for two years then they called me up out of the blue when I was 17 and asked if i still wanted the job! literally hadn't contacted them in 3 years, didn't even know they still had my number!

Reply 11

inksplodge

Job: Marketing & Communications Officer
Got it by: applying via application form after seeing it advertised online. then had an interview.

Reply 12

Ingenting

Job: Supermarket Home Shopper
Got it by: applying through their website to a new store, had interviews but was initially told that I was unsuccessful. A couple of months later they rang me up and offered me the job :smile:

Reply 13

ohhello92x

Job: Sales assistant at Sports Direct.
Got it by: applied on their website, few months later got an interview and then they offered my the job :biggrin:

Reply 14

Alarae

Online assessment, then instore (DVD test/questions).

Work at Sainsburys as a Customer Service Assistant (aka Checkouts).

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Reply 15

username853479

I found it on an apprenticeships website after looking for months and months for a job after leaving college. They called me in for an interview the next day and they told me I'd got the job on the spot. Been there for 11 months now.

Reply 16

Sky_Dream

I work in Insurance increasing the company's awareness via social media, as well as having a general admin role there.

I first got the role through my boyfriend's dad :colondollar:

, but they thought I was pretty social media savvy and that's why my role has expanded to incorporate that.

Reply 17

Pilot96

Original post by Juichiro

Please state

Job:
How did you get it:

Job: Gap - Sales Assistant
How did you get it? Rang up to see if they had any vacancies in store. Then handed in my c.v., rang again to see if they had, had a chance to look at my c.v., then got offered an interview, and got the job.

Job - Zara
How did you get it? Online app, rang me, but couldn't accept as I'd only just started my job at gap

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Reply 18

rjm101

This isnt a part time/temp job but it's still relevant..

Job: Creative Technologist
How did you get it?
Worked on redesigning my CV and portfolio website in the December ready for January (key timing).

Submitted my profile to job sites and submitted my CV to a phew job postings. I soon realised that although you never get a job like that because everyone applies to the same job the recruiters put you to the side if anything else comes up and so your be the first to know. This got me 2 interviews.

Search for and compiled a list of loads of digital agencies I wanted to contact and then went down the list of emailing every company. This got me 3 interviews.

Talked to a phew old co-workers and asked if they had any jobs going in their new companies. This got me 1 interview.

I ultimately chose one of the jobs offered from a recruiter. It wasn’t a job that was posted online so I wasn’t competing with anyone at the time so I guess I was just lucky in that respect. I also realised that although recruiters are annoying at times when it came to salary negotiations they handled that for me and acted like an agent. They managed to negotiate my salary up 2k to what I was expecting.

Reply 19

spaceinvader212

Job: Face painter at Warwick Castle
How I got it: applied online using job site plus (the gov one) and they called me one day after I thought I'd never hear back from them, I went for a 10 minute interview and then they phoned me back a week later and.... that's it :biggrin: