First Work Experience Essay

It was only a seasonal job, so they weren't too picky with their hiring and within a month I was hired and put to training. Training was fun, it was I working like everybody but somewhat supervised. After the training I'll be honest, I hated working there. I couldn't stand having to put clothes away for four hours and barely being able to talk to anybody besides a passerby customer who would politely brush me off every time I asked the required, "Do you need any help with anything? No? Okay, let me know!" It got old real quick. I missed the constant interaction I got with the kids I used to

On a Friday evening, I expected the restaurant to be really crowded and we would have to wait for a table. Surprisingly, there wasn’t a wait and we got a table right away. Almost right as we sat down there was a waiter with our chips with salsa and to take our drink orders. The

It was a temporary job and I never thought it would be more than three months. I liked it and I gave my best. Every day I was happy because I was going to learn something new, and I knew it was going to have a great day. I was full of the energy of desire and that desire lasted me 3 and a half years. Finally, I know life is not always easy. I learned to value small things, and above all, I learned that if you want something you can look for it and there are many ways to skip the bad people in your life. Because always, in every context, there are good people, there are good people and there are people who want and embrace the changes and that showed me my first

I worked there for just under a year until I was replaced with an intern. After that I started

“Thank you so much,” I tell the employee and the other woman, “I never thought I would have to encounter something like that, it really shows why mothers could be reluctant to breastfeed their children, especially in public, it should be a personal decision not impacted by outside opinions such as this one. If you hadn’t of stepped in I may have just left, or even worse gone to the bacteria infested bathroom to have to feed my child, which no mother should ever be forced to do.”

When I turned fifteen and a half I was enabled to work and my mother showed me an ad on Facebook showing that the Santa Clarita Swap Meet was hiring high schoolers and I decided to go apply. The decision to apply is one of the best choices I’ve made. Even before I was hired the Swap Meet helped me, I had never had an interview for work before and during the hiring process I had two interviews one on the spot when delivering my application and another formal one. This already significantly helped me because later I had an interview for another job and I was hired on the spot, showing how much those interviews helped me. While on the job I learned many amazing things. I learned how to be tactful in situations where the customer is not satisfied

For example, a client I happened to be helping pulls out a 1. Broken 2. Worn/No tags 3. 6 year old bracelent out of her bag and asks me "So what can I do with this? I want me money back" (Also, keep in mind this is not a high end jelwery store). I answered with " I apologizes for your bracelet, but due to the fact that it has been worn with no recpiete I wont be able to refund you. She says okays and walks out of the store. Next day comes, a assisant manager comes and pulls me to the side about a phone called complient about the service I gave the lady from the pervious day. MY assisant manager tell me "The customer is always right, you need to do what they ask and this job won't be working out for you". In my mind, I say, "Um, WHAT?". You wouldn't go into H&M with a 2 year worn top, with holes in it, and no tags ask for a refund for it because its somewhat "damaged now, would

This program is made up of two comprehensive Modules, each with their own focus on different parts of the job search process. The first portion of the program is focused on identifying skills and qualifications that companies look for, as well as identifying a list of companies and other organizations that newcomers should engage with. This Module is completed over several days, each day having its own in-depth session based on a particular challenge or question that newcomers may face. These include identifying one’s experience and how it is relevant to a Canadian company, finding relevant work opportunities as close as possible to an individual, who the newcomer should get into contact with, and

Have you ever found yourself wondering “what would it be like to work there?” Being employed since I was fourteen, at three different companies, I have acquired a lot of skills and experience. I was employed at my first job, the Community Design Center (CDC), for four years. I was a member in the garden corps, and moved up to a position in the conservation corps team. If you had a job at the CDC some tasks would include tending to organic gardens, parks, and nature sanctuaries. My next job was at Super America (SA) as a customer service representative. Over the three years that I was employed there I was promoted to a food representative, and then a shift lead. While working at SA one will find themselves: facing shelves, stocking shelves, helping customers, and cleaning and maintaining appliances. My current job is at the American Automobile Association (AAA); I started out as a license clerk and was promoted to my current position as a license specialist. At AAA you could expect assisting customers with drivers license renewals, vehicle title transfers, and Department of Natural Resource transactions (DNR). The CDC, SA, and AAA some people will say they are good jobs to be at, especially at a young age, but being an employee at the CDC has been the most rewarding and pleasurable job.

Starting my first job at CVS was a eye opener in learning how to work together, learning the store and the employees. The positive in this process is that you have the expreince teaching you ins and outs so the transtiton into your positon will become a lot easier. Being able to be trained do a lot in the store comes with good times and bad times, so the negetive aspect of this was I was put into a postion to do customer service which I didn’t feel comfortable doing but if you want the job you have to put your fears aside and learn from those who has done it before, so after two weeks of training I got the hang of what this position had consist of. The moral of this story is I had a lot of help from my co-workers which allowed me to settle

College Works Painting would be an incredible opportunity because it would provide me with the experience needed in the real world to be truly successful. I have done internships before however they were primarily along the lines of paper-pushing and sitting around. At first it seemed fun, but I soon felt like my abilities were not being challenged and that I could do more than what I was given. The internship at College Works Painting would provide me with the opportunity to be challenged and expand my potential. The internship would teach me valuable, hands-on skills needed for the real world. For example, interns learn time-management and communication skills while engaging in the program. I, being a Mass Communications major would benefit

My first job was at 7-eleven in Monmouth Junction by South Brunswick as a sales associate, specifically, the designated coffee maker. Despite the fact that I really did not need to work there, my father told me it would be an amazing learning experience and he was right. The shift I worked was from 5:00 AM to 10:00 AM, Monday to Friday and I was told to greet customers and ensure that the coffee pots were never empty. Despite this easy task I quickly found myself having trouble due to the fact that it was a mindless job which required no skills beyond training to make coffee. Fortunately, I learned a lot through my summer working there as I met customers from all walks of life, so poor that they were not allowed in and so wealthy they could

It was my first time in a toxic work environment and I went up that elevator every day for an entire year with that feeling. I never lost the job, but I eventually left. It was my biggest year of growth to-date.

“Hell, sandwiches are good enough.” She jumped off the counter, tossed the apple core in the trash and made her way over where I was standing. “If I were you, I wouldn’t be making him a damn thing. He doesn’t deserve it.”

"A customer is the most important visitor to our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption to our work; He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider to our business; He is part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him; He is doing us a favour by giving us the opportunity to do so."