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<blockquote data-quote="things2auction" data-source="post: 614805" data-attributes="member: 22195"><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Key things you need to focus on</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">1. That you have the ability to work quickly and accurately </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">2. You like doing hard work and drop a line about liking the idea of getting a workout while at work.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">3. You can show up to work on time and don't call in sick.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">From what I have seen you do get bonus points for being a student. I'm really not sure if they are looking for people who want to stay long term based on our recent new hires. Most our new people are in school and only want to stay for 2-3 years, which is probably the time frame before the hard work starts wearing them down. For the kind of position you are applying it makes more sense to keep people a shorter time and cycle in fresh healthy bodies often.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Also, you will be relying on UPS as your primary source of income correct? In my area they prefer to hire people who are getting UPS as a second job, own their own business, are still living at home and going to school, etc. They know that you can’t survive on PT pay at UPS so they figure you will probably end up leaving shortly after being hired. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Make sure you don't focus too much on being a driver or wanting to advance. You need to focus on the fact that you want the job you are applying for, not the job you could possibly have in the future. The wait time to be a driver, especially in a slow economy, can be long and people who only work here to become drivers will often get discouraged once they find out how long they actually have to wait. Also once you see how much hassle the drivers have to put up with on a daily basis you may decide that you have no interest in driving at all (much like 90% of the pre-loaders in my building).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">So make sure you focus on being able to do the job you are applying for, that you don’t need to rely on it for your primary source of income, and that you aren’t too focused on becoming a driver, but would be happy working just for meager pay and great benefits. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #2e2e2e"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Hope some of that helps. If you were in my area I would just give you my job. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="things2auction, post: 614805, member: 22195"] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Key things you need to focus on[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]1. That you have the ability to work quickly and accurately [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]2. You like doing hard work and drop a line about liking the idea of getting a workout while at work.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]3. You can show up to work on time and don't call in sick.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]From what I have seen you do get bonus points for being a student. I'm really not sure if they are looking for people who want to stay long term based on our recent new hires. Most our new people are in school and only want to stay for 2-3 years, which is probably the time frame before the hard work starts wearing them down. For the kind of position you are applying it makes more sense to keep people a shorter time and cycle in fresh healthy bodies often.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Also, you will be relying on UPS as your primary source of income correct? In my area they prefer to hire people who are getting UPS as a second job, own their own business, are still living at home and going to school, etc. They know that you can’t survive on PT pay at UPS so they figure you will probably end up leaving shortly after being hired. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Make sure you don't focus too much on being a driver or wanting to advance. You need to focus on the fact that you want the job you are applying for, not the job you could possibly have in the future. The wait time to be a driver, especially in a slow economy, can be long and people who only work here to become drivers will often get discouraged once they find out how long they actually have to wait. Also once you see how much hassle the drivers have to put up with on a daily basis you may decide that you have no interest in driving at all (much like 90% of the pre-loaders in my building).[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]So make sure you focus on being able to do the job you are applying for, that you don’t need to rely on it for your primary source of income, and that you aren’t too focused on becoming a driver, but would be happy working just for meager pay and great benefits. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#2e2e2e][FONT=Verdana]Hope some of that helps. If you were in my area I would just give you my job. :)[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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