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What kind of job could I apply for to make more $?
I've been working at a job for 5 months now. The job is okay, the people are nice, but I'm only making minimum wage. It would be nice to work somewhere part time and make 20 dollars an hour. Right now I work 25 hours a week and make 8 dollars an hour. Sometimes the job is strenuous, with a lot of lifting, unpacking, and pulling pallet jacks. I work in retail in the shoe and underwear department.
What kind of job could I apply for that I could make more money at? The skills have are: customer service, till training, stocking shelves, pricing, setting up displays, operating pallet jacks, and good work ethic.
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It will likely depend on where you live currently. In Canada, you're making the current minimum wage and all, so I'll just pretend for the sake of clarity that you live in Canada (since it is what I know). If you live in a city that has high costs of living, like Toronto or the surrounding area, you can probably find some jobs upwards of 15$ an hour for hard work but few degrees/education etc. The key here is your education level. Many places simply won't pay over or well over minimum wage if you don't have the education. Someone already suggested Monster - give it a try. Also try Workopolis. As well, if you live in Canada, the government website has a job listing site. I don't think you'll be able to find a job for 20$ an hour and still be part time. If you do, I'd consider that an incredible and lucky situation. If you had computer training (formally) and something along the lines of database management you might be lucky to find something for 20$ an hour, but once again, it depends on your situation and where you live. Where I live, you basically can't get a job that isn't a fast food or restaurant setting or a retail store without a college or university degree. And even then the pay is not all that much more than minimum wage. If it helps put things into perspective, a dental hygienist, (who has gone through formal education, and paid upwards of 60,000$ for their dental training) can look to getting anywhere from 30 - 35$ an hour, possibly more depending on where they live. I just think you should look for less money, or you may be sorely disappointed.
Check out Workopolis, Monster and any government job site searches for job postings. It's all I do anymore because I am also on the job hunt.
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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
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Well, I'm not sure what jobs to recommend. But, do you have a college degree? Did you graduate? A lot of good jobs only want you to have graduated. I would visit:
www.monster.com
They can help you find the job you are looking for!
I really hope it goes well with you!
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