I picked up 3 applications today. Why do they ask stuff like 1 Why should we hire you? 2 Why are u interested in a job with us? 3 Do you have any objections to us calling your previous schools? 4 What didn't you like about your last job? list is to long to type them all....but why do they have 3 spaces for past jobs but want you to cover the last 10-15 years?
RE: 1 Why should we hire you? They want to know what makes YOU stand out from the other 10,000 applications they'll get, many of which people will just fill out hoping that by sheer force of numbers SOMEONE will hire him. RE: 2 Why are u interested in a job with us? In other words, are you just gonna come in and punch a clock? I love books and reading, so I was well suited for my job selling books - cause I was able to recommend other books, etc. RE: 3 Do you have any objections to us calling your previous schools? Are you a troublemaker? RE: 4 What didn't you like about your last job? If you don't like sitting around for long periods, and this job involves the same thing, rather than hire you, and then you quit two days later, we'll save ourselves the paperwork.
yea most applications are stupid. At the job I had in OH we had a 'questionare (however you spell) to go WITH the application. List three things you hated about your jobs. Three things you like. yadda yadda yadda
The jobs are: the department store "Marshall's" just opened a new store in Plymouth,NH grocery store: Shop-n-Save hospital in Plymouth,NH The job at the hospital is for a 12 hour shift....which I have done before.
the app for Marshalls ask for 2 supervisor references 1 from a co-worker & 1 personal and none of them can be related
Good luck. Printing up a well-written resume including a picture of yourself and stapling it over the application will make you stand out and can often mean the difference between getting a call back and just being another piece of paper.
I hate when they want you to put people you worked with and such.. That was the worst part for me that and trying not to sound redundant when they ask you those questions...
cool, I'm also applying at marshall's in NH not in plymouth though (hey neat thats where my aunt and uncle live!) anyway I hate how they ask you for non-related references, almost all my jobs in the past I worked along with and for family members who had businesses! Good luck with the jobs, let us know where you end up
Lie on all of the questions and if they give a Drug Test. Bring some apple juice to fill the cup up and then drink it before you hand it to the nurse and say Oh Shit did you want that? Find something you can do at home that's yours. Working for anyone but yourself sucks!
I've never had a problem with a drug test before. 1 job I even had to have a hair test done and I was stoned a week before the test. I even write in my OTC sleeping pills and when they ask how many & how often I just say enough to sleep....course for me that exact # can be lots more then normal but they never required me to write an exact # and I've passed every test so I'm beginning to think they are all bullshit anyways.
they want to know if you are worth paying for.. they want to see ambition and obedient behaviors crap stuff..
