has anyone here worked at target before?

[hillkill]

i'm thinking about applying for a job there, might be in the electronics section but i don't know how to get a job specifically in that department. i was wondering if anyone has any experience working at target before. if anyone here hasn't, i'll just lock this thread.

questions:

1. what is it like working as sales floor associate?
2. is it a fast paced job?
3. is wanting to work part time going to affect your chances of landing a job there?

[Ad Bot]

[Cone²]

Hopefully your name isn't Alex

[hillkill]

why?

[mod-man]

1. what is it like working as sales floor associate?
2. is it a fast paced job?
3. is wanting to work part time going to affect your chances of landing a job there?

i dont work at target, but i do work at michaels and it seems to me entry level retail work is essentially universal

1. depending on what they assign you, you'll probably work registers, stock shelves in the early mornings, unload truck and get all the stock in, clean floors and bathrooms. mostly general stock and store maintenance
2. since targets a vendor of a wide variety of products, there will probably be days where you need to stock a lot, meaning you'll have to work faster, but its not like say mcdonalds fast where you need to be highly alert for the majority of your shift
3. they'll actually probably start you out part time

[Jubel]

i dont work at target, but i do work at michaels and it seems to me entry level retail work is essentially universal

1. depending on what they assign you, you'll probably work registers, stock shelves in the early mornings, unload truck and get all the stock in, clean floors and bathrooms. mostly general stock and store maintenance
2. since targets a vendor of a wide variety of products, there will probably be days where you need to stock a lot, meaning you'll have to work faster, but its not like say mcdonalds fast where you need to be highly alert for the majority of your shift
3. they'll actually probably start you out part time

I work at Staples and even though I'm technically a "Technology Associate" that doesnt stop me from doing every other job in the store.

Retail work is pretty much universal. Sundays are usually the lazy day depending on where the store is and how dependant your town is on said store. Otherwise, it's not very laid back, and you'll get thrown into the department where you fit best after a little bit of doing everything.

Since the school season is going on strong, working part time might effect it, but Target is a big store, so they could probably throw you on weekend shifts so the full timers get their breaks.

[hillkill]

staples is sort of like officemax right? for a sales job at officemax it says "high school diploma preferred". is that a light way of saying you need a high school diploma?

[Oasis]

Hopefully your name isn't Alex

lol

[XR-7]

TomTheGeek works/worked at Target

[Darryl McKoy]

it says "high school diploma preferred". is that a light way of saying you need a high school diploma?

Never take a job ad saying that it prefers/requires X qualification as meaning you can't apply if you don't have it. More often than not if you've got the right experience and or attitude you'll be in with a good shot regardless.

[hillkill]

it's a first time job, i have no experience

[Darryl McKoy]

it's a first time job, i have no experience

which is why I said "and OR attitude"

If you don't have a good attitude then yeah, you're out of luck.

[hillkill]

i have a good work ethic if that's what you mean. i can't stop working until i get things done, and i don't do things half-assed.

[WaterOre]

you need a red shirt and khakis

and patience

[$trinick]

it's a first time job, i have no experience

I've been at my first job ever as a software developer for 2 months, making $60k a year out the gate with no college degree. I'm due for four raises in the next 12 months and I'm going to get every single one of them because I'm a boss at my job and one of the best developers we have. I had no work experience whatsoever and no degree, but I aced the stuff out of the programming skills test and crushed all 3 interviews.

As Boltster said,

Never take a job ad saying that it prefers/requires X qualification as meaning you can't apply if you don't have it. More often than not if you've got the right experience and or attitude you'll be in with a good shot regardless.

[Name is Unavailable]

staples is sort of like officemax right? for a sales job at officemax it says "high school diploma preferred". is that a light way of saying you need a high school diploma?

almost every job is going to prefer a diploma, but if you follow up and actually land an interview your chances are pretty much just as good as someone starting a first job right of out of highschool