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Old 01-09-2012, 12:57 PM #11
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Originally Posted by Dezzy View Post
Retail's incredibly competitive at the moment since it's everyone's go to option. I remember being told by an advisor around a year ago not to bother with retail unless you have experience since Entry level jobs in the sector are just heavily applied for by everyone and more often then not it tends to be a matter of luck getting a job a shop.

That might only apply to my area though since Retail is definitely the main work option where I live.
I think the answer is to literally take any job you can get... even if it is just a 3 hour stint on a Saturday night waiting on tables... at least then you can claim to have experience in customer, service, cash handling, housekeeping duties etc
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