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I've been working at a job for 5 months now. The job is okay, the people are nice, but I'm only making minimum wage. It would be nice to work somewhere part time and make 20 dollars an hour. Right now I work 25 hours a week and make 8 dollars an hour. Sometimes the job is strenuous, with a lot of lifting, unpacking, and pulling pallet jacks. I work in retail in the shoe and underwear department.
What kind of job could I apply for that I could make more money at? The skills have are: customer service, till training, stocking shelves, pricing, setting up displays, operating pallet jacks, and good work ethic.
Well I would probably apply somewhere where you can get tips. Also, try applying places that you know are needing workers with experience. Look around your area, make lists of places you are interested in, and then call those places up, go to them and talk to the managers. Find out if they need workers, ask about their pay, and tell them you are interested. If you have already graduated high school and are in college or graduated college, you have a pretty good chance of getting a higher paying job. I wouldn't set my sights too high though, like trying to get a specific job paying 20 dollars an hour. Fields like that require experience in specific fields, not general ones like customer service, box handling and stock shelving. I work at a pizza place, and I do everything from folding boxes, stocking shelves, stocking drinks out front, cleaning, closing the store, till, customer service, working ovens, making pizzas, and answering phones and I only make $5.50 an hour. (Oh... and minimum wage is $5.15) If I were you, I'd focus on trying to find a better paying job, but not aiming so high at the whole 20 dollars an hour idea. Keep the job you have, until a better job is in your reach because 8 dollars an hour isn't all that bad. Also if job searching is not helping, try talking to your manager into letting you work longer hours, seeing that you only work 25 hours a week. If you worked 30 to 40 hours the pay weekly would definently not be all that bad. Best of luck!
~Sherah
(Rating: 5) thankyou! That sucks that you only make 5.15 an hour! Now I don't feel so bad.