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Hey, I'm Mara. I love dancing. It's practically my favourite thing to do. I love House, R&B, pretty much everything with a good beat, and Benny Benassi is my hero; that's why my column is a shrine to him. I graduated this year and am now in my first year of college where I'm trying to pick a major. Chances are you'll see some of my Psychology questions floating around somewhere here. I'm also extremely interested in Political Science too because I, like half the people living in Canada, somehow want to change the world. I particularly want to find a cure for poverty, corruption, cancer, AIDS and George Bush because honestly, I think those are the biggest problems we have right now. I have decided that maybe I should take the time to live a little before I start though because I have a good fifty years ahead of me to fix all the issues there are. Currently my life consists of: studying, working, socializing, eating and ocassionaly sleeping. I spent practically all of my high school life being a delinquent and partying to huge extents until I discovered my brain sometime in the middle of my senior year. I still like to have a good time every once in a while but you always need to find that balance (I haven't exactly found it yet but I'm getting close). Unfortunatley, a habit that has stuck with me from school is my obsessive gossiping. I just can't stop and you know, an article in Cosmo says that gossipers are healthier people because they bond over it? Who would have thought? Anyway, I do have my limitations and I don't condone nasty, brutal gossiping and I don't gossip about anything my friends have told me in confidence or something about someone else that they have slipped to me, however, if I find you in a washroom at a random party making out with my bestfriends's boyfriend, a few people are probably going to hear about it. Actually, more than a few people will hear about it because one of my absolute pet peeves is parties where the all the bathrooms are occupied due to sexual activity or... puking activity. Sooooo what else is there to know about me? My favourite thing in the world is shopping and my worst fear is existantialism. I am OCDey in a clinical way so you can ask me questions about that. You can ask me practically anything you want except for dumb questions but I'm not going to answer them in my little column here because it's a huge waste of space when I could be writing about myself (Click 'LookIt' on my menubar for answers to dumb questions so you don't have to embarass yourself asking them and getting bitched out from me). What I can do, is offer you three pieces of truly inspirational advice. Firstly, never live your life by what others want of you, cherish yourself and everyone around you, and never beat yourself down about anything you couldn't have avoided. Secondly, donate at least ten percent of the income you earn in your life to someone who needs it. Lastly, never get into a bulldozer when you're under the influence and start driving it towards a poor freshmen (I am never going to another kegger ever again... ever). Ok, I'll shut up now. You can start asking me stuff, if you haven't hit the back button already.
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I'm 16/f Australian. Can someone please help me with ways to really make my resume/CV stand out?? What should I include in it and are there any tips you can give me? I'm applying for a casual job over the holidays at a teen girls clothing and jewellery store (like Supre but smaller). Also, should I put my interests in too? If so, should I only include things that are to do with fashion etc. or just what I like doing??
Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Ok I'm third key for a pretty high-end retail store and this is what I have learned from my experience:
1. Make your resume very neat and put in a bunch of stuff that is related to the job and concerns how much you would like to work for their company.
2. They probably won't read the resume.
1. Always try to hand in your resume to the manager/assistant/key because if you give it to an associate, the manager won't know what you're like. This is very important if there is a lot of competition for the job because the manager would rather hire a girl she has seen rather than a girl that a part-timer has seen.
What I mean by the second one is that, that they won't read the resume until you're sitting at the interview. When I have a girl walk in and hand me her resume, I know on the spot whether we should hire her on not. It's all in the energy. Your walk should be just short of a bounce and keep a happy (not cracked-out or fake) smile on your face all the time. Be bubbly but not ditzy. Be loud but don't be noisy. Do you understand where I'm getting here? Be one of those people that no one can help liking. Those are the people that everybody wants working for the store because those are the people who know how to sell. Always be able to make conversation and produce a precise, short and witty answer to a popular question (i.e. "tell me about yourself").
Maintain the same attitude throughout the interview too. I have so many good looking girls walk into my store and I don't call them because in their attempt to look "cool" they end up looking bored, and being "bored" doesn't sell.
Don't stress out about the resume, it isn't as important when it comes to retail. Just keep it all neat and straight-forward. We prefer one-page or double-sided resumes over two pages stapled together. If you have the confidence, I also recommend following up on your resume a week or two later if they haven't called you.
Other than that, just keep your smile on and portray a confident self.
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Thankyou very much, this really helped me a ton! :]
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