Recent content by Kego

Wow you always sync perfectly with my posts, do I have a subscriber? :) And according to the recruiter, I missed out due to lack of work experience as a 16 year old looking for a first job... Hmm. And all this time I grew up thinking volunteer work may actually mean something. Y'know helping a...

Grrr! I got my rejection email yesterday. :burn::burn::burn: I asked for feedback and the response I got was that I had a 'very positive interview'. But it was irrelevant because the store manager (who wasn't even present at the time - this is from the recruiter) judged the applicants solely on...

Nah it's the Oakleigh store, been there ever since I can remember. There was 1 manager (I think, seemed more superior than the other staff) and 3 supervisors. The paper the girl wrote on during the interview had a few names of positions which I didn't really see. I said produce (someone in...

I wore my school pants (navy), a dress shirt and black leather shoes. The group activities basically comprised of talking to a partner then introducing him/her to a small group (16 people split up into 4x4). Then we had a list of things like a spill, angry customer, phone, etc, etc. Then you had...

I got a group interview at Coles. According to the email, it comprises of group activities and a brief interview with the manager. I'm really nervous about this, I have 2 SACs at school and only received the SMS/email today, with one day's notice. The interview is set at 6:30pm-7:30pm. What do...

*sigh* I just received this in the mail today... Basically I applied for Woolworths, Coles and Officeworks in the same night. Each resume was further edited and customized to 1 and 1/2 pages. For Officeworks I had to fill in a different form and hand it into the store. I made the writing...

Thanks for the help bakik and silva, removed the things suggested and further condensed it. I'm 175cm which is around average I guess. Basically the academic excellence award = top of the class (4 classes each year level), achievement = top 5 and effort is around top 10. Also on the topic about...

Hey guys, I'm 16 years old and am looking to apply at Coles (or Safeway + Woolworths?/Officeworks). I followed a template for my resume, as attatched below; could anyone give any tips/see any errors, etc on it? How important are referees? I saw on their online application form that it's...