16 Soon, i want a job.

[MrOnline]

Assalamualaykum,

Inshallah, i will be 16 years old in a few days. I can't wait!!! :inlove:

Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to request feedback from those of you that have had a temporary summer job somewhere. It would be nice if you could share your experiences, and explain to us what you hoped to gain when you were fulfilling your temp. job and whether you gained them or not.

Basically, i want/need a job, NOT for the money, but to gain some confidence and experience. I crave a challenging and interesting job that will help me achieve these goals. The thought of sitting home all summer - before college starts in late August - is disheartening. Seriously, i want to manage my time efficiently. I don't want to sit at home watching tv/playing games/surf the net all day. That's not a life!

Anyway, i eagerly anticipate your comments. Jazakullah. :up:

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[Robotnik]

Retail

You might think it's boring but can be very exciting, keep you on your toes, excellent way to increase confidence as you're dealing with members of the public, customer queries, unhappy customers etc on a daily basis

it CAN be great, depending on where you end up working and who your fellow work mates are

also, if you end up working in a small store, you will have the oppertunity to do more paperwork like monthly sales tally on graphs, percentages sales every month, like how much your profts increased since last month/year or how much loss did you make? etc

other skills- handling cash (shows you're responsible and trustworthy as well as having average mathematics skills)

Places to get a job:

> try local shopping outlets because they have looaaddss of stores under 1 roof, so you'll be able to apply for loadsa places

always apply for more than 1 job, its not easy to get a job so you dont wanna just keep your hopes on 1, apply for alot

> Comets/currys/pc world etc are quite good because you're able to 'advise' customers on products, so this will deffo boost your confidence.

> sports shops

I would say avoid big department stores like debenhams etc because you have less oppertunity to shine as they have sooo many workers and theres a bigger emphasis on who is a assistant, who is manager who is dep manager etc and you dont wanna work somewhere there is hierachy because as a 16 yr old you'll get told to make the coffees/teats etc and basically taken advantage of..especially when they know itsyour first job

It'd also be great if you had a friend or 2 who worked with you...if they have more than 1 vacancy! you dont wanna end up competing

[Astraeus]

I don't know where you live, London vs suburbs, but I used to take summer jobs for landscapers. Physical work, decent pay, outdoors, etc....only downside, for me at the time, was I worked long hours.

[Medievalist]

you need to apply now cos all the student brigade are looking for jobs in summer. :up:

[Hiking]

Yep that's true, almost EVERYONE is out and about in the next couple of months so be quick about it! Are you in england? if you are try gumtree.com.
This thread makes me feel old :¬|

[MrOnline]

Retail

You might think it's boring but can be very exciting, keep you on your toes, excellent way to increase confidence as you're dealing with members of the public, customer queries, unhappy customers etc on a daily basis

it CAN be great, depending on where you end up working and who your fellow work mates are

also, if you end up working in a small store, you will have the oppertunity to do more paperwork like monthly sales tally on graphs, percentages sales every month, like how much your profts increased since last month/year or how much loss did you make? etc

other skills- handling cash (shows you're responsible and trustworthy as well as having average mathematics skills)

Places to get a job:

> try local shopping outlets because they have looaaddss of stores under 1 roof, so you'll be able to apply for loadsa places

always apply for more than 1 job, its not easy to get a job so you dont wanna just keep your hopes on 1, apply for alot

> Comets/currys/pc world etc are quite good because you're able to 'advise' customers on products, so this will deffo boost your confidence.

> sports shops

I would say avoid big department stores like debenhams etc because you have less oppertunity to shine as they have sooo many workers and theres a bigger emphasis on who is a assistant, who is manager who is dep manager etc and you dont wanna work somewhere there is hierachy because as a 16 yr old you'll get told to make the coffees/teats etc and basically taken advantage of..especially when they know itsyour first job

It'd also be great if you had a friend or 2 who worked with you...if they have more than 1 vacancy! you dont wanna end up competing

Jazakullah for this 'packed-with-detail' post. Yes, i did consider working for a retail outlet; it's definitely one option i'll consider. Friends. That's another point i've already considered. I wouldn't be very content working at a place where i'd probably feel desolated, isolated, rejected and taken advantage of. You also mention that that i shouldn't work a big department stores. Initially, I thought the prospect seemed very enticing, but now you've enlightened me with the downsides of working there i fully appreciate where you're coming from and that's another thing for me to consider. Hmmm...

[MrOnline]

you need to apply now cos all the student brigade are looking for jobs in summer. :up:

Good point. :up:

[MrOnline]

Yep that's true, almost EVERYONE is out and about in the next couple of months so be quick about it! Are you in england? if you are try gumtree.com.
This thread makes me feel old :¬|

Yeah, i'm in England atm. Jazakullah for the linkage to that site. Inshallah, i'll check it out. :up:

[Joha]

Coming from someone who's never had a job in his life, take this cautiously.

But if you seriously don't care about the money, there's little better you can do than work with a charity. Most charities are willing to take on volunteers, whether that's in their shops or in their offices. You'd be making a difference to them, and hopefully learning something.

Don't take it too seriously though - jobs don't teach you much, especially at that age, and frankly they're normally a waste of time. You could be doing plenty of more interesting things - although you probably won't.

Try Muslim Aid, they normally take people willing to do some voluntary work - don't expect it to be exciting stuff though.

Cancer research used to take people on, don't know if they still do. Oxfam obviously do so too.

[.: Anna :.]

Coming from someone who's never had a job in his life, take this cautiously.

omg... seriously?? :rubeyes: (sorry not to be rude, i am just suprised tho :p)

but yeh charity work may be a good suggestion, because u can get reward for that. if u dont need the money it will be a good thing to do.

retail is an okay idea, its easy to get a job in that area usually. also jobs which can b easy to get without experience are something like call centres, or coffee shops, cafe.. that kind of thing

[Joha]

omg... seriously?? :rubeyes: (sorry not to be rude, i am just suprised tho :p)


heh...never could be bothered, rarely spent holidays here so didn't really have any time. Besides, the first time I was introduced to people actually working whilst at school was when I started university and found most people had had jobs :rubeyes:. Nobody I knew at school had worked.

Hasn't made much of a difference though, well, maybe - still need to learn about money, never having earned any - don't quite know its value...coupla other lessons, otherwise turned out okay :D

[Cartman]

heh...never could be bothered, rarely spent holidays here so didn't really have any time. Besides, the first time I was introduced to people actually working whilst at school was when I started university and found most people had had jobs :rubeyes:. Nobody I knew at school had worked.

Hasn't made much of a difference though, well, maybe - still need to learn about money, never having earned any - don't quite know its value...coupla other lessons, otherwise turned out okay :D


how old are you...what do you do with your lfie?

[Redmist]

how old are you...what do you do with your lfie?

I think Joha's studying. Alhumdulillah.

[Joha]

how old are you...what do you do with your lfie?

lol, don't worry, I exaggerate when I say I'm a layabout...I study, and InshaAllah I shall continue studying for the foreseeable future. It's much more fun than joining in the rat race :p

alternatively I wouldn't mind being a gypsy, but we digress. Get back to topic!

[*IslamicGirl*]

:start:


:wswrwb:

:sub: i remember my first summer job it was truly amazing, i ended up with a small company and most of them were Muslims, i was 17 when i had this job, not 16 and it was so laid-back, i spent that summer browsing online, learning a ton of stuff - the job was a dead end i remmeber going to the library (which was 10 minutes) away every day nearly and getting loads of books to read.

THe brother who would lock up the place would go to the Masjid to read Jumaah and so would give me a 2 hour break for this too :p

Basically i got paid for doing...nothing really :o

i got really really good references though and that's what you're looking for really to have a good time :insha: and the employer being impressed with you :insha:

:wswrwb:

[Cartman]

lol, don't worry, I exaggerate when I say I'm a layabout...I study, and InshaAllah I shall continue studying for the foreseeable future. It's much more fun than joining in the rat race :p

alternatively I wouldn't mind being a gypsy, but we digress. Get back to topic!

okay....speaking of work,, Today is my first day back from my horrible injury..

but to the OP, basically submit applications to a bunch of places and keep calling everyone of those places up constantly after about a week.....PRay....nd go from there...

But let me warn you..., you might think that work is fun and games, but I have a secret...It's not..There's going to be soem days where you cherish the fact that it is summer and you can sleep because your body will be tired and so will your mind

[Redmist]

:start:
:salams

:sub: i remember my first summer job it was truly amazing, i ended up with a small company and most of them were Muslims, i was 17 when i had this job, not 16 and it was so laid-back, i spent that summer browsing online, learning a ton of stuff - the job was a dead end i remmeber going to the library (which was 10 minutes) away every day nearly and getting loads of books to read.

THe brother who would lock up the place would go to the Masjid to read Jumaah and so would give me a 2 hour break for this too :p

Basically i got paid for doing...nothing really :o

i got really really good references though and that's what you're looking for really to have a good time :insha: and the employer being impressed with you :insha:

:wswrwb:

Was you working for a Muslim Book shop on Coventry Road? :p

[*IslamicGirl*]

:start:

:salams

Was you working for a Muslim Book shop on Coventry Road? :p

you are kidding me akhee, no not at all, it was a job as some admin with a compooooter, just would browse stuff all day when i got bored or read books, sometimes bring in puzzles, revised me theory exam, brought uni notes, play games, text all day long :p

Plus there was this Muslim chip shop opposite, they knew me really well by the end of it cuz i was one of their trusted customers :p

sometimes :embar: when i didn't have enough time i would phone them in advance and tell them what i wanted to order, then go and grab it within a few minutes :p

They would let me pray, when i was really bored i would go read Nafl :D

It was amazing Alhamdulillah :inlove:

:wswrwb:

[Redmist]

:start:

:salams



you are kidding me akhee, no not at all, it was a job as some admin with a compooooter, just would browse stuff all day when i got bored or read books, sometimes bring in puzzles, revised me theory exam, brought uni notes, play games, text all day long :p

Plus there was this Muslim chip shop opposite, they knew me really well by the end of it cuz i was one of their trusted customers :p

sometimes :embar: when i didn't have enough time i would phone them in advance and tell them what i wanted to order, then go and grab it within a few minutes :p

They would let me pray, when i was really bored i would go read Nafl :D

It was amazing Alhamdulillah :inlove:

:wswrwb:

Alhumdulillah, Islamic Girl you had such wonderful Employers :inlove:

Me guessing abt the bookshop was a stab in the dark, i dont know anything, the only reason i said that was cuz u talked about the brother giving u 2 hr break when he went to pray Jummah. But im sure there are plenty of muslim owned buisnesses that need Admin services. I was only messing around........Sorry :o

[*IslamicGirl*]

:stat:

:salams
Alhumdulillah, Islamic Girl you had such wonderful Employers :inlove:

Me guessing abt the bookshop was a stab in the dark, i dont know anything, the only reason i said that was cuz u talked about the brother giving u 2 hr break when he went to pray Jummah. But im sure there are plenty of muslim owned buisnesses that need Admin services. I was only messing around........Sorry :o


no Wallahi akhee i wasn't offended, i just left the online world for a bit :p

Alhamdulillah yes i did have a brilliant first job, it was such an amazing experience working with Muslims who are mindful of their Deen :)

Never worked in a bookshop but i do want to be a librarian or teacher :insha:

:wswrwb:

[.: Anna :.]

heh...never could be bothered, rarely spent holidays here so didn't really have any time. Besides, the first time I was introduced to people actually working whilst at school was when I started university and found most people had had jobs :rubeyes:. Nobody I knew at school had worked.

Hasn't made much of a difference though, well, maybe - still need to learn about money, never having earned any - don't quite know its value...coupla other lessons, otherwise turned out okay :D

oh okay i see.
& i didnt realise u were still studying, bc i just presumed u finished same time as baba last year. so that is why i was suprised, like wondering what are you doing with yourself.
insha allah u will get a good job when u are looking for one :up:

[scribble]

For me... It's HARD to fine a job. :smack:

:( :crying:

Everyone just steals the ones I'm after.

I'll do anything besides clean toilets!