Posted on 09/02/2012 6:36:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Early this month, hundreds of job seekers lined up in the California sun, some as early as 6:30 a.m., in the hope of scoring an hourly position at two new Target stores. While other companies are growing cautiously, Target is continuing a rapid expansion that has hardly paused for breath in 50 years -- this time with its sights on America's urban neighborhoods.
But even an hourly job on the floor of the country's second largest retailer isn't an easy win these days, especially in a state like California, which still has double-digit unemployment. The Target store set to open in Los Angeles had already received over 4,000 applications for 250 spots, when the Los Angeles Times reported on it, so just 6.25 percent of applicants would get the job if no one else applied -- a lower acceptance rate than Harvard University.
Target's hiring process for its new stores has been designed with military precision. Applicants take an on-spot assessment test, interview with two current employees, and are then escorted to the bathroom for an on-site drug test. If all goes well, they'll get a job offer, assuming their background check comes up clean.
Shannon Rosales, the hiring manager for the upcoming San Francisco store, told SFGate that they're looking for a "can-do attitude." Jessica Stevens, a Target spokeswoman, told AOL Jobs that Target looks for "a friendly and upbeat attitude" -- typically desirable traits for a worker sometimes tasked with appeasing frazzled customers...
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No worries. Obama has a plan to fix this, but only after he gets reelected. So says Bubba Clinton.
The company I worked for shut down their Cal. operation after it became a jobs program for lawyers. How Cal. functions with at least half the workers suffering from back problems is a mystery.
one pays you money... the other you pay (lots) of money for
yea, it makes sense that it wuld be difficult to give away $300k compared to receiving $20k
Oh? Then why didnt he fix it in his first term?
Oh? Then why didnt he fix it in his first term?
Sad to see the language of the drug culture so pervasive in society today.
Bush's fault. It's the economy stupid.
We also saw food lines. Where are these visuals under the Obama regime?
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