Quote (Meatstick @ Aug 21 2013 02:25pm)

On a train to Quebec city :3

The travelling continues

Quote (dxlightning @ 21 Aug 2013 13:32)

Is this an extension of the calgary trip or a separate one? How was calgary?

Quote (dxlightning @ Aug 21 2013 08:09am)

Might be called something different in canada. Basically temp=temporary work. When businesses need someone to plug a hole while they're looking to hire someone permanently they will sometimes pay a temp agency to find it for them. How it works is:

You sign up with the temp agency and indicate what your skills are
Businesses submit jobs they need filled
The temp agency matches you together

It's not as good as full time employment but has a few advantages in that you will usually find jobs faster and it will give you a variety of experiences to put on your resume/CV. The downsides are that pay is usually lower because a lot of jobs will be hourly pay with no benefits (much better than minimum wage though), it's part time instead of full time, and it isn't always consistent to find something.

All of that said, I would still suggest trying it if you can find one, and just working the temp job while still looking for an entry level position. That's what I did, on day 11 of my law firm tasking I had an interview and got my current job. Without the temp work I would have made $0 for the 6 months I didn't have a full time job

I got a bunch of resume items on it too like experience drafting legal docs, economic forecasting, proctoring research experiments, using applied statistics to derive models, etc. My buddy Dave also got hired at the end of his temp because he did the job so well. You may have to weed through a couple jobs where you just do typing but those aren't bad

Quote (Caedus @ Aug 21 2013 03:53pm)

They have them in Canada, they don't pay that well though. Minimum wage to about $20 an hour for skilled temp workers in contract jobs. Most of them would be between minimum wage and $13 though. If he's looking for something to do that makes quite a bit of money and can be done with no job experience, it's bartending.

Quote (dirTyMan @ Aug 21 2013 04:02pm)

Don't I need bartending training/classes?

Quote (Farine @ Aug 21 2013 07:11pm)

You need the "serving it right" course.

Quote (Caedus @ Aug 21 2013 06:53pm)

They have them in Canada, they don't pay that well though. Minimum wage to about $20 an hour for skilled temp workers in contract jobs. Most of them would be between minimum wage and $13 though. If he's looking for something to do that makes quite a bit of money and can be done with no job experience, it's bartending.

Quote (Farine @ Aug 21 2013 07:11pm)

You need the "serving it right" course.

Quote (dragoneth @ Aug 21 2013 07:15pm)

or "smart serve" i think its called in ontario

Quote (dirTyMan @ Aug 21 2013 07:02pm)

Don't I need bartending training/classes?

Quote (dxlightning @ Aug 21 2013 07:22pm)

I guess he really doesn't need temp work right now either at his age, and if he's planning to go the electrician/blue collar route instead of a boring office job. I wouldn't say Bartending is always better though, because temp work gives you experience that looks good on a resume and can get you a higher salary later if you do go white collar. Honestly you could do both at once, since bartending really only pays off huge if you do it at night and if you do it well. They're really polar opposites lol, bartending is at night, earns mostly on tips, and is very social. White collar opens up higher salary (with the exception of people who go on to own their own companies), is predominantly during the day and as long as you show up and don't do stupid shit to get fired, you get paid.

When I was 18 I sure as shit didn't want to sit in the office all day on a gorgeous day. Around 20 I started to get office experience

Quote (dxlightning @ Aug 21 2013 07:22pm)

I guess he really doesn't need temp work right now either at his age, and if he's planning to go the electrician/blue collar route instead of a boring office job. I wouldn't say Bartending is always better though, because temp work gives you experience that looks good on a resume and can get you a higher salary later if you do go white collar. Honestly you could do both at once, since bartending really only pays off huge if you do it at night and if you do it well. They're really polar opposites lol, bartending is at night, earns mostly on tips, and is very social. White collar opens up higher salary (with the exception of people who go on to own their own companies), is predominantly during the day and as long as you show up and don't do stupid shit to get fired, you get paid.

When I was 18 I sure as shit didn't want to sit in the office all day on a gorgeous day. Around 20 I started to get office experience





O.o really? that's kinda dumb. In the states I've lived in, anyone can bartend as long as they're 18. It's only the really classy douchy places that force you to take "mixology" classes so you can make house drinks and maybe do some cool tricks to entertain the crowd.
Although I see the merit if that class teaches you how to spot someone who's had too much or how to deal with someone going to the parking lot with keys in hand after like 8 drinks.