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• Im a 23 year old african american woman from San Diego Ca I graduated high school in 2007 I have some college not much. ive had jobs in the past. usually i get cashier jobs, and those are the type of jobs i look for. here is my resume. i usually get offered seasonal temp jobs but nothing too permanent. I live in san diego so usually every where you go it seems like they only hire mexicans. the sad part about it is im bi-lingual i can speak and read spanish and english. i learned by going to school and living this close to mexico all my life. they wont even get me a chance. idk what to do can anyone offer me any tips on getting a job? also im not bad looking fat or lazy check out my pics and resume Cincere L. Dixon 581 Arizona st #15 Chula Vista CA 91911 (619) 381-3236 [email protected] Experience •Chuck E. Cheese 1143 Highland Ave, National City, CA Jan 07 – Aug 07 Assisted customers, inventory,stock, cashier, answered telephone inquiries from customers and other stores regarding the status of products and other service issues Assisted new employees, training including: store policies, services, and cash register operations Salad Bar, Food Preparation and Merchandising Assistant Closing Shifts, cleaning & arranging displays •Food 4 Less 7420 Broadway Lemon Grove, CA 91945-1602 Aug 07-Feb 08 Customer first clerk greeted customers assisted co-workers •Vectors Marketing 1031 Bay Boulevard, Chula Vista CA Jan 10-current Assist and greet customers as they enter office and via phone Perform filing, data management, drfting and editing short office memos Assist with other office duties Inputting and correcting data, office errands Scheduling appointments and assisting registered customers and find information. •Aramark 5771 Copley Dr, San Diego, CA, 92111 Jan 1- Aug Assisted customers, inventory,stock, cashier, cleaning, stocking, customer service, Food prep. •Edible Arrangements 380 3rd Ave Chula Vista ca 91911 April-may (Seasonal) Production, prep, cleaning, •Grand Central Gems Inc. P.O. BOX 11960 Salt Lake City UT 84147 June-Current shipping packaging boxes, customer service, Education •James Madison High School 2003-2007 GPA 3.4 Diploma ­ 4833 Doliva Drive San Diego, CA 92117-3299 - (858) 496-8410 Skills and Certifications •Certified caregiver •Completed San Diego county IHSS public authority national training program •Bilingual can read and write proficient English and Spanish, computer literate Superior with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access) minor experience with maintaining office budget. Ability to work with several operating systems, including Windows 7, Mac OSX ­and Linux . References · Devon Barton – Licensed Optician (619) 817-7458 · David Manwaring – Retired Business Owner (619) 425-8348 · Destiny Williams - Aramark (619) 540-1451 · Leslie Williams - Property Maintenance (619) 254-4002 · Karen Jackson - Cook for Courtyard Marriott (619)846-7244 · Jermaine Evans - High School Basketball Coach (619)408-2337 · Linda Jackson - Nordstrom Rack Sales Representative (619)264-6516

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  This happens to just about everyone at this age. Here are my tips for you: Figure out what you want. PT/FT? Seasonal/Regular? Anything? (never let them know you are desperate for work). Until you find employment, your new job is "Find a Job by Selling Yourself". Start early in the day and go to as many places as possible. Ask about the job even if it is not advertised that they are hiring. A lot of places never advertise because so many people approach them. Scope out the place before you apply. Get a feel for the atmosphere and find a few things that interest you. Come up with some questions to ask the manager. Have your answer for why you want to work there. Find out who is in charge and personally ask them about any available openings (most employees will automatically say "no" or "I don't know"). If the manager is busy, just act like a customer until they come to you. If not hiring ask them about other locations or a good time to check back. (I have been offered jobs months later just from expressing interest whenever I happened to shop there). Don't expect anything from your resume other than a cheat sheet for filling out an application. It's nice to have but most hiring managers are more interested in where you are going and what your plans are. Hiring new people is a pain so be able to let them know, to the best of your ability, what your exact plans are. Use places you "do not" want to work for practice. Start at these places to warm up and *just for fun* use only Spanish. You want to work on comfortably expressing yourself and your confidence to preform the job. If you can get along well with the manager in your first meeting you might be hired right there. Don't worry as much about the paperwork as how well you get along with the people working there. Fitting in is the "real application". If the co-workers already like you the manager will notice and it helps a lot. (I don't even fill out work history, education, or anything besides ID #'s and Tax info.) They really don't care about the application if they can get it from you directly. I hope some of these ideas help you. They are the results of my own trial and error.