Hi all,
I recently moved and have been looking for a part-time job. I'm going to be going to school in a month full time but I've realized I really do need the money. I was surprised that Chipotle called me back, especially since I put weekends/Friday nights only just because I wasn't sure what their policy is about changing your availability within a month after being hired. The past two years I've been in college I've worked through the week and weekends, but I just don't want to put myself through that anymore, espcially since I'm entering a program and am taking 15 credits and want to volunteer as well.
My last job I left a good impression I think, and did manage to get two references from my old supervisors. However before my last job (I started there in summer of '11) I had a somewhat spotty job history. I was fired from my job before my last. I was a hard worker, and they liked me well enough, but I started getting frustrated during my shifts & one day I walked out on my shift due to frustration at what was going on that day. It was a very stressful job and I was a bit more emotionally unstable then and just wasn't able to handle it. I didn't put that job down on my history for the chipotle job, so I have a gap of almost two years in my history.
I had another job before my last job that only lasted a few weeks because I couldn't stand the manager (he was a screamer) and I found it abusive and so I just didn't show back up. I had other jobs that I just didn't show back up to, and was fired from two others. Part of this is because I was a troubled teenager and was basically going through hell in my personal life, and part of it was because at one of those jobs I was accused of stealing when all I did was pick up a lost gift card on the floor and not turn it in to management. I have never stolen from any job I've had. Mostly just gotten frustrated and said f**uck it. However at my last job my managers liked me. I have been maturing and although I don't like customer service, I am a good worker and not anything like I was as a teenager.
How should I explain my unemployment gap? Should I say I was in school full time (I was, but I was also working part time at those places) and that I wasn't working? I get nervous at interviews but am usually able to make a good impression. I just dont want them to be suspicious. I am a student, so they probably will believe that, I just am nervous about the situation. I can't tell them I was fired; they'll never hire me. But I seriously am not the same person I was. I have some issues obviously, but I would never walk out on a job again or something like that.
I recently moved and have been looking for a part-time job. I'm going to be going to school in a month full time but I've realized I really do need the money. I was surprised that Chipotle called me back, especially since I put weekends/Friday nights only just because I wasn't sure what their policy is about changing your availability within a month after being hired. The past two years I've been in college I've worked through the week and weekends, but I just don't want to put myself through that anymore, espcially since I'm entering a program and am taking 15 credits and want to volunteer as well.
My last job I left a good impression I think, and did manage to get two references from my old supervisors. However before my last job (I started there in summer of '11) I had a somewhat spotty job history. I was fired from my job before my last. I was a hard worker, and they liked me well enough, but I started getting frustrated during my shifts & one day I walked out on my shift due to frustration at what was going on that day. It was a very stressful job and I was a bit more emotionally unstable then and just wasn't able to handle it. I didn't put that job down on my history for the chipotle job, so I have a gap of almost two years in my history.
I had another job before my last job that only lasted a few weeks because I couldn't stand the manager (he was a screamer) and I found it abusive and so I just didn't show back up. I had other jobs that I just didn't show back up to, and was fired from two others. Part of this is because I was a troubled teenager and was basically going through hell in my personal life, and part of it was because at one of those jobs I was accused of stealing when all I did was pick up a lost gift card on the floor and not turn it in to management. I have never stolen from any job I've had. Mostly just gotten frustrated and said f**uck it. However at my last job my managers liked me. I have been maturing and although I don't like customer service, I am a good worker and not anything like I was as a teenager.
How should I explain my unemployment gap? Should I say I was in school full time (I was, but I was also working part time at those places) and that I wasn't working? I get nervous at interviews but am usually able to make a good impression. I just dont want them to be suspicious. I am a student, so they probably will believe that, I just am nervous about the situation. I can't tell them I was fired; they'll never hire me. But I seriously am not the same person I was. I have some issues obviously, but I would never walk out on a job again or something like that.