Anyone who works in ASDA...

[Shivarage]

I work in the head office. Stores are getting hundreds more applicants than there are positions. SakSak is correct, they'll be looking for someone who wants a 'career' so chances are, your mistake was not sounding enthusiastic enough about the company.

Trust me, ASDAness is enforced... We have our own ASDA personality.

aw... I could swear I was the only one who had any enthusiasm

"we" you work in asda head office?

'We' as in the ASDA folk. And yes I do, and no I don't have any say in who gets the jobs in the stores But I know they want lifers, not people who they suspect will leave after a few months.

ahh, thank you ^_^

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Might be because teenagers are cheaper to employ. There might also have been a better candidate than you.

 

[magic conch]

I recently applied for a job there (I'm in northern ireland) and did the asda magic part of the recruitment

I didn't get the job

Can anyone explain what I don't have?

I'm 21, no previous employment, experience volunteering in a charity shop for 3 and a half months including experience working with customers...

I dressed up in black trousers and white shirt along with nice shoes for asda magic, I was confident and got on well with the others... yet I wasn't chosen (asda did not state why)

I was told I am most likely overqualified for the job, seeing as the others were teenagers in causal clothing it seems I overdid it just for a job as cashier

well, I am rather disappointed... I could really use a job atm (like millions of others obviously)

Second edit: you guys seem to think asda told me I was overqualified, that is just a theory suggested to me by awesome friends ^_^

Third edit: I removed my qualifications cause they aren't needed anymore

mate, i've got 8 gcse's, and 2 a levels and i live 5 minutes walk from the asda by my house, and they still won't employ me. i think they'd prefer to employ 16 year olds, less money for them to pay.

 

[Zacharine]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

That is even worse - it brings you dicipline ande self-motivation to question for any prospective employer. It sets you up as a quitter, one who wastes their potential.

On paper, getting to and then quitting uni, and not continuing formal education, makes you look really, really bad.

I dont mention uni in on paper =P

And it took much more discipline to quit uni due to societal pressures, university is not for everyone no matter how much the media influences people to believe so...

True, but that's not what it looks like on paper.

And having years missing from your CV is worse still considering you have no previous employment. This might bring up gang connotations, disagreements with the law or just loitering around to the mind of any prospective employer.

And if you lie in your CV, perhaps they get the feeling you're not being entirely honest?

Who knows.

 

[Shivarage]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

That is even worse - it brings you dicipline ande self-motivation to question for any prospective employer. It sets you up as a quitter, one who wastes their potential.

On paper, getting to and then quitting uni, and not continuing formal education, makes you look really, really bad.

I dont mention uni in on paper =P

And it took much more discipline to quit uni due to societal pressures, university is not for everyone no matter how much the media influences people to believe so...

True, but that's not what it looks like on paper.

And having years missing from your CV is worse still considering you have no previous employment. This might bring up gang connotations, disagreements with the law or just loitering around to the mind of any prospective employer.

And if you lie in your CV, perhaps they get the feeling you're not being entirely honest?

Who knows.

well... i broke my leg when i was 19 which cost me a year and dropped out of uni at 20 which cost me 6 months and then worked for charity shop for 3 months so thats that time accounted for, I don't have friends with those "connections" so no gangs or anything, I'm no spide/chav/whatever you want to call it

 

[Ben Legend]

My brother applied for a job at ASDA. He was against about 20 others... he got the job...he is 16 years old.....yeah....

 

[Zacharine]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

That is even worse - it brings you dicipline ande self-motivation to question for any prospective employer. It sets you up as a quitter, one who wastes their potential.

On paper, getting to and then quitting uni, and not continuing formal education, makes you look really, really bad.

I dont mention uni in on paper =P

And it took much more discipline to quit uni due to societal pressures, university is not for everyone no matter how much the media influences people to believe so...

True, but that's not what it looks like on paper.

And having years missing from your CV is worse still considering you have no previous employment. This might bring up gang connotations, disagreements with the law or just loitering around to the mind of any prospective employer.

And if you lie in your CV, perhaps they get the feeling you're not being entirely honest?

Who knows.

well... i broke my leg when i was 19 which cost me a year and dropped out of uni at 20 which cost me 6 months and then worked for charity shop for 3 months so thats that time accounted for, I don't have friends with those "connections" so no gangs or anything, I'm no spide/chav/whatever you want to call it

And the first thing an employer, when presented with that, is to think "A year off, from what is essentially non-physical activity for a broken leg. This guy is lying, or fucking lazy. And what's up with this 6 months after dropping from uni? What did he use that time for? Something here is off. This guy should have several months more experience, but doesn't. And he is looking for a job here, where we normally employ non-educated people several years younger than he is."

That essentially sets your paperwork as below what would be expected from you. This means any personal interviews will be uphill battles.

I can't say anything about what your personality is like, or how your interviews ahve gone, but having a father who employes on average two dozen new people every year and been through over 100 interviews myself, this is what would be on my mind, if I was planning to employ you based on paperwork alone.

Take it for what it's worth. None of this is meant as demeaning or insulting, but as my honest analysis of the facts you've presented so far. Essentially, your CV should be better, but it isn't. the immediate question following is "why isn't it?" - and lacking normal indicators, laziness, lack of motivation or other personal reasons that aren't exactly attractive qualities for an employee are the first ones employers will usually suspect.

 

[zidine100]

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[Shivarage]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

That is even worse - it brings you dicipline ande self-motivation to question for any prospective employer. It sets you up as a quitter, one who wastes their potential.

On paper, getting to and then quitting uni, and not continuing formal education, makes you look really, really bad.

I dont mention uni in on paper =P

And it took much more discipline to quit uni due to societal pressures, university is not for everyone no matter how much the media influences people to believe so...

True, but that's not what it looks like on paper.

And having years missing from your CV is worse still considering you have no previous employment. This might bring up gang connotations, disagreements with the law or just loitering around to the mind of any prospective employer.

And if you lie in your CV, perhaps they get the feeling you're not being entirely honest?

Who knows.

well... i broke my leg when i was 19 which cost me a year and dropped out of uni at 20 which cost me 6 months and then worked for charity shop for 3 months so thats that time accounted for, I don't have friends with those "connections" so no gangs or anything, I'm no spide/chav/whatever you want to call it

And the first thing an employer, when presented with that, is to think "A year off, from what is essentially non-physical activity for a broken leg. This guy is lying, or fucking lazy. And what's up with this 6 months after dropping from uni? What did he use that time for? Something here is off. This guy should have several months more experience, but doesn't. And he is looking for a job here, where we normally employ non-educated people several years younger than he is."

That essentially sets your paperwork as below what would be expected from you. This means any personal interviews will be uphill battles.

I can't say anything about what your personality is like, or how your interviews ahve gone, but having a father who employes on average two dozen new people every year and been through over 100 interviews myself, this is what would be on my mind, if I was planning to employ you based on paperwork alone.

Take it for what it's worth. None of this is meant as demeaning or insulting, but as my honest analysis of the facts you've presented so far. Essentially, your CV should be better, but it isn't. the immediate question following is "why isn't it?" - and lacking normal indicators, laziness, lack of motivation or other personal reasons that aren't exactly attractive qualities for an employee are the first ones employers will usually suspect.

just for note... i was in uni for 3 months and it took 3 months to be taken off the register, universities arent used to people leaving by choice

and well,

 

[Shivarage]

I saw that =P

 

[JAWZxZ]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

Hence the unemployment. Jesus, people drop out of Uni and complain why they can't get a job. Get used to it. Frankly, you seem quite arrogant as you're "overqualified." Coming dressed in respectable attire won't help you get a job, it's expected. Somehow I fail to see how working for 3 and a half months in a charity shop constitutes over-qualification. If you go into an interview with the mindset of: I'm too good for this job, the interviewer will pick up on it.

 

[Shivarage]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

Hence the unemployment. Jesus, people drop out of Uni and complain why they can't get a job. Get used to it. Frankly, you seem quite arrogant as you're "overqualified." Coming dressed in respectable attire won't help you get a job, it's expected. Somehow I fail to see how working for 3 and a half months in a charity shop constitutes over-qualification. If you go into an interview with the mindset of: I'm too good for this job, the interviewer will pick up on it.

Where did I say I believe I am overqualified?

Read my op again, matter of fact I couldn't believe people don't get chosen because they "might get bored within the month" so yeah, go troll somewhere else please

 

[JAWZxZ]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

Hence the unemployment. Jesus, people drop out of Uni and complain why they can't get a job. Get used to it. Frankly, you seem quite arrogant as you're "overqualified." Coming dressed in respectable attire won't help you get a job, it's expected. Somehow I fail to see how working for 3 and a half months in a charity shop constitutes over-qualification. If you go into an interview with the mindset of: I'm too good for this job, the interviewer will pick up on it.

Where did I say I believe I am overqualified?

Read my op again, matter of fact I couldn't believe people don't get chosen because they "might get bored within the month" so yeah, go troll somewhere else please

I read it all and I'm not trolling, but your overall attitude seems to be that you were too good for the job. Long story short, if you want a decent CAREER, not just a job to keep you on for a while, go back to Uni. One of my closest friends was an intercontinental manager for a multi-million dollar company, mainly his job was hiring, watching and firing. He's always told me that interviews are 40% raw numbers and 60% personality. Even if you're perfect for the job, if you don't have the right mindset you haven't got a snowball's chance in hell.

EDIT: Added a missing comma

 

[Shivarage]

I have enough qualifications to get me into university lol

Which means, as far as modern job market is concerned: none at all, unless you are a qualified mechanic, accountant or whatever.

That won't really change until after 2-3 years in uni, and even then it'll be at a stage of "I might be able to trust this guy to actually be competent enough to do his job with some supervision."

If your qualified for uni, it simply means that the basic jobs are shut from you as anything but part-time or vacation jobs - the people hiring you expect you to start studying when next semester begins. Once you graduate form uni, you can expect to hit the middle management/team leader/designer/reasearch team member area of things.

I left university, I didn't enjoy being there...

Hence the unemployment. Jesus, people drop out of Uni and complain why they can't get a job. Get used to it. Frankly, you seem quite arrogant as you're "overqualified." Coming dressed in respectable attire won't help you get a job, it's expected. Somehow I fail to see how working for 3 and a half months in a charity shop constitutes over-qualification. If you go into an interview with the mindset of: I'm too good for this job, the interviewer will pick up on it.

Where did I say I believe I am overqualified?

Read my op again, matter of fact I couldn't believe people don't get chosen because they "might get bored within the month" so yeah, go troll somewhere else please

I read it all and I'm not trolling, but your overall attitude seems to be that you were too good for the job. Long story short, if you want a decent CAREER, not just a job to keep you on for a while go back to Uni. One of my closest friends was an intercontinental manager for a multi-million dollar company, mainly his job was hiring, watching and firing. He's always told me that interviews are 40% raw numbers and 60% personality. Even if you're perfect for the job, if you don't have the right mindset you haven't got a snowball's chance in hell.

I didn't think I was "too good" for the job, I thought I was "good enough" and tried to get that across... for all I know they actually did go for the cheaper option of a starting out teenager - makes sense to me