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I feel so bad :(
Well I was going to apply to this new store at the mall that sells pretty high end stuff even though I don't have any experience in retail because I was talking to the chick at the counter yesterday. We were talking about McDonalds and how it makes you fat and she seemed pretty friendly.
I walk in and I see this girl who graduated last year and she was really really popular (infamous). She recognized me but didn't say anything even though last year at school she would sometimes comment on conversations my friends and I would be having in the washrooms. She looked like she works there.
So I walk up to the chick from yesterday and ask her if her manager was there. She said she was the manager and then I asked if I she could take my resume. She said ok but she was with a customer (this customer was standing pretty far from the counter but then I realized that she was getting ready to make a purchase). I was like SHIT and was "I'm so sorry" and backed to the side. The woman took about five minutes to purchase and I stood there trying to look confident and watching this cute little girl wandering around.
Then the manager moved to the side and talked to me. I gave her my resume (in a sheet protector) and she gave it back to me saying she wouldn't need it. She asked me what position I was looking for and I said part-time. Then I blurted out that my timings were at the back. She looked behind and read them out. I confirmed them.
She told me she had never seen a double-sided resume before (Most of my friends attach their resumes with two pages stapled together). I said thanks so much and left.
On the way out, the graduate chick was walking by me and I tried smiling at her but she didn't look at me so I was like... Did she just shun me?
So I don't think I'm getting a call back now and my friends want me to go shop there next week but for some reason I felt like that incident humiliated me. I don't know why I feel this way but it might be because of the chick that graduated (I avoid shops where the popular girls work because they either glare at me or stalk me).
When I told my friends about the event, they think it went ok. So am I just being stupid or did I actually screw up?
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Screw up? How? I don't think so! Your interview with the manager of this store sounds like it went just fine...normal. You even developed a rapport with her when you two talked the day before about MacDonald's. That's great. I would suggest, though, that you get your resume down to one page and trash the sheet protector. If you want to give the hours that you're able to work, then just jot that down on another piece of paper. That sort of thing is not usually included in a resume. But, it's helpful for the person considering hiring you to have that kind of information available - with your name and telephone number included. I would not hesitate to call or, better yet, go into the store again and ask the manager if she's made a decision yet. Don't make a nuisance of yourself; give it a week or so. Employers like to see that someone is assertive and is really interested in the job for which they've applied.
About this graduate from your high school: You never mentioned whether or not YOU spoke to HER! If you didn't, why not? Maybe she's shy; maybe she's not remembering your name and that embarrasses her. In any case, you might want to be the first to make a move by way of a friendly gesture - other than just smiling at her. Don't wait for her to approach you - go for it yourself! Go up to her, say her name, remind her of who you are, and ask her how she's been and if she likes her job. Tell her that you really like this store and that you think it's so cool that she works there. That ought to get her talking.
I'd go with your friends to the store for your shopping trip. There was nothing you wrote that made me think you were purposely humiliated in any way. Maybe you felt that way, but it seems like everything went just fine except for your desire to have this other girl acknowledge you. Go into the store, have fun with your friends, and chat with the manager, if she's free, and this former highschool person! You'll probably make an even better impression than you did the first time, meaning I think you DID make a good impression...now you just want to continue on that road. Good luck getting this job or any other one you decide to try for!! And relax, for heaven's sake!
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If you actually said SHIT out loud, you screwed up. Nobody wants a two page resume. Period. Talk to your English teacher or borrow a current book on writing resumes from the library. And resumes should be made to not get back, so ditch the sheet protector.
It is easier to apply for a job selling things you really like, but sometimes it takes an extra push to get it because other people want it really bad. If you talk to the worker bee in the store, maybe she could let you use her as reference.
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no one is answering your quesion so I will I dont think you screwed up at all maybe Your not what there looking for I think you should go back with ur friends maybe the girl wasnt shuning you mayb she didnt see you or the manager is stirct and you have to be on the ball at all time
plz give me some feedback
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