Hope you're all well and had a good week even with it being school. So this is gonna be a bit random jumping from topic to topic but I mainly wanted to talk about part time jobs.
So if any of you have read my previous posts (hi five to you awesome humans) then you'll know I've previously got part time jobs working for Next last Christmas & last Summer. So again I've applied for their annual Christmas job where they always need more staff to cope with the huge sales they aim to make. Firstly..I GOT THE JOB! I mean I was kind of guaranteed it as they already sent me a £10 Next gift card and said hope to see you next time at Christmas; so that was the sneakiest bribe ever. Although it was different this time as I had a team assessment which meant they looked at how I coped on the shop floor speaking to customers and putting out stock if necessary. So that went well, the only feedback she said was to always make sure you say hi to customers and ask if they need any help; I know it's not an excuse but the reason I was resistant too was that I wasn't that familiar with the shop layout so if they asked me a question they'd have a better chance at finding the item than me. Plus I didn't wanna become those annoying staff members who constantly approach every customer saying do you want any help because that can get annoying and I know as I'm usually on the customer's side. Guess what..we got payed a tenner for travel to get there & I got another £10 gift card and I haven't spent my other one so now I have £20 to spend which is good. Next Saturday I have the actual induction from 9am (so early ugh) and she said it'd last for about 3 hours but we get payed for our time so I'm pretty happy!
Momental pause from talking about jobs because I went to the Christmas lights switch on in Leeds on Thursday with my friend. We got there when it had already started, not realising how extremely busy it was! They had to close down the roads as the number of people there was crazy. People sung Christmas songs of course and Collabro who won Britain's Got Talent last year sang and they were really good, even singing let it go at the end; never gets old! Before they turned on the lights it started pouring it down which was great...but all the lights did look so pretty! I only had my phone so the quality of pictures won't look the best but now I've given you a heads up I'm gonna post them anyway:
Like I said please don't zoom in, really not the best quality but at first glance from the distance it looks alright..my photography teacher would kill me (not literally gosh) if he heard me say that though oops.
So guys now moving on to something very important in my life and I don't know if I've expressed my love about this before so please respect me when I show you this picture..
Bet I got you all well scared...sorry for being over dramatic but yes you are looking at the right picture, it's one of my favourite emojis: 😍 (heart eyes one if you can't see) but come to life. Of course we didn't ask for a picture with it/he/she because I'm way too socially awkward for that so if you meet me, just be prepared for a whole lot of socially awkward moments haha.
So back to temporary jobs, I wanna rant but I want it to look like a more structured, organised rant so here's a list of 5 main reasons why to go for temporary jobs! (Can be aimed at anyone but yes teenagers are probably most suited with going to school as well).
1- If you're afraid of committing to a full time job then that's what part time jobs are there for! It allows you to still have a social life and earn some money as well.
2- If you have other commitments such as school/college/uni then they are perfect as you can still socialise but maybe on a couple of days a week you can go earn some money but it won't feel like the job's taking over your life.
3- One of the best things I personally think is you don't get tired of working until pretty much the end of your contract as it isn't an everyday routine so you look forward to your job as it means getting the dollar (yep that's my attempt of fitting in with y'all Americans;)
4- I know there's negatives to part time jobs but like with everything in life as long as you focus on the positives, you'll love it! (Squeezed a generic life tip in there..you're welcome)
5- Last but not least, you form a relationship with the staff, especially if you annually keep returning at sales times. So if you do wanna make that scary jump to a full time job then it's always more of a possibility as the staff know you well and would most certainly rank you higher than other people who haven't worked there before!
So hope you like my more organised ranting, I just don't want you to get sick of me talking as you can't really avoid it being a 1 way communication system but feel free to talk in the comment below, I'll always jump in at the most unexpected moment.
Enjoy life basically & remember it's only 4 weeks until most of us break up for Christmas holidays! (Yep, I'm counting already what do you expect..)
Talk later guys, byeeee
Sophie
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(Change of hearts now bet that made you stop and think...or you didn't even notice and just want me to go so yeah ok bye)
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