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Surviving Working Retail During the Holiday Season
I've been working part time in retail for two years now at a local mall that is relatively busy year round. The store I work at is pretty popular, so things tend to get busy after Halloween. I remember how hectic my first holiday season was at work, but I can promise you, you can (and will) handle it. Here are five ways to help make this holiday season in retail one to remember.
By Suzanne Gayle7 years ago in Journal
Why the World Does Not Owe Your Story an Audience (and How to Find One Anyway)
I want you to ask yourself how many messages you've been bombarded with since you woke up this morning. The first one was probably your alarm, giving you the signal to start your day. If you're like me, you had to receive this message several times before you took action on it. Then your bare feet may have received a message in the form of that autumnal nip, and you knew it would be a 'proper shoes' kind of day.
By Deanne Adams7 years ago in Journal
Opening Myself Up for Other Opportunities
All of a sudden my perspective changed again. I started to think about ways to make my exit. Even though I had been showing up everyday and fighting the good fight, I was done. Even me being there was too much support for a company being led in a way I didn’t agree with. I continued to do what I had been doing for the last three years and show up to work with courage, but I was done.
By A Fillmore7 years ago in Journal
Five Reasons Why Working Retail While Studying is SO Worth it!
The summer before starting University I decided to get a summer job at a popular health and beauty retailer. I worked every Saturday, the occasional cover-shift and bank holiday in a variety of departments. When it was time to leave for University, I decided to stay with the company and worked there for three years—right up to my graduation. The job certainly had its share of ups-and-downs, however, it was difficult parting with my old workplace when I left to pursue my dream of traveling to Peru.
By Erin Trenchard7 years ago in Journal
Why Is It Hard to Look for a Job?
I found myself googling "why is it hard to look for a job?" after hours of surfing, skimming and searching online to get employed. People may spend hours, days or even a year looking for work that will best suit their capabilities and work description. I bet you yourself may have used the phrases "part time job near me" or "full time sales associate with good pay" as well as "teach English online now" just to be able to land on one. Well all through the days, I've spent online trying to look for a company that will employ me, I was able to learn a lot of things that may have helped me finally get end results. Mind you, I am currently employed and I've found my current job online. So here are things that will surely help you get (well not necessarily) your dream job.
By crammy cammy7 years ago in Journal
10 Signs You're Facing Job Burnout
I once saw a serious case of burnout in college pretty up-close. In fact, it was so up-close, I was the one who was experiencing it. Due to the toxic school environment I was in and the absurdly high standards I was expected to uphold, I snapped.
By Iggy Paulsen7 years ago in Journal
It Happens to the Best of Us
We all know that people make mistakes; many of us make mistakes on a daily basis. Because of this little fact of life, this makes it hard to receive negative feedback (especially at work) when one or more of those mistakes lead to loss of a sale, a potential partnership with another company, one's self or another employee getting injured while at work, and the like. We instantly feel as though such mistakes can happen to anyone, and thus when it does happen, we should not be blamed or treated badly because of it. We certainly don't want to feel like we are somehow less capable than we thought we were!
By Jackie Barrows7 years ago in Journal
The Dangers of Donations
How easy is it to buy a new pair of shoes knowing that the proceeds will buy shoes for a child in a third world country? It’s the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing each purchase makes a difference in the world. But what if that same purchase that appears to change someone’s life for the better actually does the opposite? What if that purchase ultimately destroys another country’s economy? TOMS shoes found itself in this very predicament. When Blake Mycoskie travelled to Argentina in 2006, his life changed forever. His heart was broken by the amount of children living without shoes, causing pain and disease. He immediately sprung into action, creating the “One-for-One” concept that buying one pair of shoes will give another pair to a child in need. The idea was genius and his business, which originated as “Tomorrow’s Shoes” as the idea, was to donate the pair of shoes the next day, took off in sales. Over the next few years, Mycoskie also added bags, coffee, and sunglasses to his company’s catalogue, making each item a different form of his “One-for-One” concept. Mycoskie’s ideas, business, and products were highly successful, but what was the impact on those third world countries he initially was trying to reach? The results were not as positive. Constant donations of shoes actually began to wound the struggling economies he was trying to assist, and suddenly Mycoskie’s pure intentions were not enough. While many companies and organizations strive to aid and support third world countries, those same groups often do more harm than good to the impoverished economies by taking away jobs and business opportunities.
By Maggie Hanna7 years ago in Journal
Millennials
What’s wrong with our generation? Why are we looked down at? Why do older people think they’re so much better than us and we won’t succeed? What makes adults look at us and cringe? Maybe let out a comment, “Ugh! such a millennial!” Are we really doing something wrong? Will we really not succeed?
By Shterna Botnick7 years ago in Journal
The Real Struggle of Adult Life
We go through most of our lives with not very many stresses and having parents take care of you. My parents taught me young about how to pay my bills and work a full time job while going to school. I've been doing the adulting thing since I was 14-years-old. Although, I still do receive some help from my family when times are tough. But when is time going to ever stop being tough? The poor people can never catch a break.
By Katia Ashe 🖤7 years ago in Journal
