Personal Narrative Essay

Errol Smith

English 1101-d376

Personal Narrative Essay Draft #1

Around the age of 16 and up parents expect us teenagers to find a job. Applying for a job is not the hard part but actually getting hired is. There are many ways to apply for a job like for example going to the store and asking to fill out an application or filling one out online. My first job was at a Summer Camp and working at a summer camp still wasn’t enough to be hired at a retail store. Finding a job was hard for me because I wasn’t eighteen years old, needed retail store experience and wasn’t available for the times the managers wanted me to work. Not being able to find a job gave me a feeling of failure and rejection all the time but eventually I knew I was able to find one.

To begin with, one reason why finding a job was difficult for me was because I wasn’t eighteen years of age. I would walk into a store like Best buy or Jimmy Jazz and ask if they are hiring; they would say yes. They would tell me to apply online then ask how old am I and I would say sixteen or seventeen. After I told them my age they would say that the store only hires eighteen year olds and up. I think that they wouldn’t hire anyone under eighteen years of age because they assume that they aren’t responsible enough or not mature enough. Also people under age isn’t able to work long hours as the manager would want you to because it is against the law. It is a law that no one under the age of eighteen should work above a certain amount of hours while school is session that’s why most store owners hires eighteen years of age and up because they can work long hours.

In addition, another reason why finding a job was difficult for me was because I had no retail experience. I would only apply to retail stores because I wouldn’t want to work in fast food restaurant. I never understood that concept of in order to work for a retail store you will need experience. I would always think to myself like where would I get the retail experience. I applied to a lot of retail stores and I got a lot of emails back saying that I didn’t get the job or that I won’t be interviewed. I would have a sense of rejection every time and give up on applying for jobs but then I looked for jobs that didn’t mind no retail experience. Those stores were Party City, Burlington Coat Factory and K-Mart and finally I was called for an interview for Party City. I was hired because they needed more workers to handle costumes because Party City is the busiest retail store around Halloween time.

Lastly, it was very difficult for me to find a job because of my time availability or the hours managers wanted me to work. Usually I would have basketball tournaments to go to after school and I would only be available on weekends. Most retail store I applied to were looking to hire people that could work at least four days out of the week but because I was only available on weekends my chance of getting a job was very low. Also I wouldn’t be able to work during the week because I would have to work after school and my parents wouldn’t want me to get home late. They wouldn’t want me to also be late school the next morning because of how tired I am from working the night before.

 

In Conclusion, a lot of teenagers parent expect us to be able to find a job so we can see how the real world is. Applying for job is easy but it’s difficult getting hired. Finding a job is difficult

because most retail stores hires eighteen years of age and up. Also it difficult to find a job

because you need retail experience and without retail experience your chance of getting the job

is low. Lastly, time availability is another reason why it’s difficult to find a job. Despite those

difficulties I was still able to find a job which at Party City. Even though it can be hard people

shouldn’t give up on finding a job because they’re some stores that don’t mind no retail

experience.