PART IV

November 2007: Two weeks before Thanksgiving I found myself looking again for a job. I knew seasonal positions were ideal. I could easily find a job and be done before the move. UPS had already got all their people. So the mall was where I went looking. I applied at very few places. The theatre, KB Toys, a game store, some place selling flip-flops, and The Sunglass Hut. The next day I went out again to see if the Temp Agency had anything. Nothing! Not even anything for seasonal. I felt discouraged. I didn’t know if I was going to find a job in time to pay for anything at all. Arienne shook me out of it and told me she was worried that I didn’t care to find a job. So I went back to the Mall. I went to Sears and applied on their computer. At the end of the application it asked if I wanted to have an interview right then. I agreed to do it. In 60 minutes of entering the place I had done the long application, interviewed and was hired on selling three S’s and one N. Sewing, Sucking, Sleeping and Nuking. I was strictly commission for selling sewing machines, vacuums, mattresses, and microwaves. During my orientation, I got a call from my wife explaining that I got a callback to KB Toys. So I went and talked to the manager there and got my second job for the season.

Sears Pro’s: Great potential to do very well in sales, chance to work with people face to face, new knowledge in 4 new areas, indoors.

Sear’s Con’s: Too many people scheduled in one department on certain days, commission only, mall hours.

KB Pro’s: Fun atmosphere, no pressure to sell, work around Sears’ schedule, decent pay for seasonal work.

KB Con’s: I just wish I could have timed it right to make more money in both places.