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Khaya
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Is it possible to work weekends and holidays?
I am an 18-year-old ambitious male, a very passionate one too. I can work in various fields thus I have good communication skills and willing to learn more from any field I get as my workplace. I would really appreciate it if I can work as a part-timer, weekends and holidays for a reason that I am a full-time college student #engineering . I can work well under pressure, I can speak, read and write english well. I am prepared to achieve the desired goals of the job description. I am hard working, self-motivated, goal oriented individual who is always looking for challenge to enhance my skills and knowledge. I like to interact with other people and adapt easily to different kinds of environment.
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Susan Samok
Program Manager
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Pflugerville, Texas
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Hi Khaya,
Yes there are several positions that are looking for weekend and holiday help. Retail and Restaurants most busy days are weekends and holidays. Country Clubs, golf courses. In your educational field or looking for more technical background, I am not sure what type of engineer you are studying to be, but computer repair like Geek Squad, Call Centers, larger businesses like Amazon, often have openings. There are always sites that you can look at for openings, there are temp agencies that will help you i.e. Manpower. Please know that every job is a learning experience, that will help you with your career. If you doubt me, know that I used to unload trucks for Roadway Packaging, I catered for a food industry, was a bartender for a restaurant, was a cold caller ( before they had robot calls). Each role helped me to learn, unloading trucks educated me in logistics, meeting schedules, and tracking output. The food industry and bartender taught me customer service. Cold calling helped me to learn rejection and be resilient, as well as reaching out to people I did not know, to convince they needed something, they probably did not, but sales tactics help you in a lot of career areas, like convincing your peers or managers to agree with your ideas. How to pitch an idea. Understanding rejection without taking it personally. My first post college position was at IBM, which led me to Siemens, Solectron and now Dell. I have been in a multitude of roles from Buyer to Planner to Manager to Senior Engineer. All the positions I have been in I have learned from and used those skills to enhance my career. I am not sure if this response is what you were looking to hear, but I wish you luck and appreciate your drive to succeed.
P.S. you can always check with your college on job assistance.
Yes there are several positions that are looking for weekend and holiday help. Retail and Restaurants most busy days are weekends and holidays. Country Clubs, golf courses. In your educational field or looking for more technical background, I am not sure what type of engineer you are studying to be, but computer repair like Geek Squad, Call Centers, larger businesses like Amazon, often have openings. There are always sites that you can look at for openings, there are temp agencies that will help you i.e. Manpower. Please know that every job is a learning experience, that will help you with your career. If you doubt me, know that I used to unload trucks for Roadway Packaging, I catered for a food industry, was a bartender for a restaurant, was a cold caller ( before they had robot calls). Each role helped me to learn, unloading trucks educated me in logistics, meeting schedules, and tracking output. The food industry and bartender taught me customer service. Cold calling helped me to learn rejection and be resilient, as well as reaching out to people I did not know, to convince they needed something, they probably did not, but sales tactics help you in a lot of career areas, like convincing your peers or managers to agree with your ideas. How to pitch an idea. Understanding rejection without taking it personally. My first post college position was at IBM, which led me to Siemens, Solectron and now Dell. I have been in a multitude of roles from Buyer to Planner to Manager to Senior Engineer. All the positions I have been in I have learned from and used those skills to enhance my career. I am not sure if this response is what you were looking to hear, but I wish you luck and appreciate your drive to succeed.
P.S. you can always check with your college on job assistance.
Amjad Hussain
Senior Analyst
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Amjad’s Answer
Yes absolutely!
Hi Amjad, do you have more details you could offer the student that would provide some more information? The student would probably benefit from examples of positions that would fit into his schedule (being a college student) or how to obtain these types of shifts once hired somewhere. Any other additional advice you can provide the student would be fantastic! Thanks so much for your answer!
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Zimkita Ketelo-Ray
Medicare Enrollment Specialist
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Katy, Texas
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Zimkita’s Answer
Yes, absolutely you can. When i graduated from high school , my first job was cashier at Shoprite/Checkers and also CNN and Clicks store. You can always do retail and I also worked as a bartender when I attended University of Western Cape. My suggestion is to walk in and ask for a manager and have your resume ready . Especially in areas that are touristy like Waterfront in Cape town. If you have a car, I suggest you Uber people during your downtime. I wish you all the best.
Bindhu John
Senior Technical Program Manager
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Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Bindhu’s Answer
Thank you Khaya for your question. There are several jobs that are out there during weekends and holidays. We could do tuition for students - since the pandemic season is at the peak now, there are several opportunities for online tuition. Also, we can do volunteer jobs for hospitals, emergency care, surgical wards or missionary work for different organizations out there.