Jobs for '06 holiday season
Tracie Holcomb
Issue date: 12/5/06 Section: Features
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The weather gets cold and people start to miss home. The stores are crazy with people buying last minute holiday gifts and people are just plain cranky. The holidays are a great time for students to get temporary or part-time jobs, but how badly is the money needed? For those who don't want to flip burgers or do physical labor in the freezing cold, there's another option.
They can work at the mall in one of many department stores.
Remember being a child and wanting to see Santa Clause? Well now you can be with Santa for the entire Christmas season! No experience is needed and for an outstanding $8.00/hr, students can live the photographer-elf's dream of wiping noses, listening to screaming children and waiting patiently while mothers fix hair-bows and bowties.
If that doesn't spark your interest and you are good at dealing with people, why not work at an exchange counter right after the holidays? Some stores take care of their employees who get screamed at all day and blamed for the wrong gift.
Employers may even treat them to a lunch in the middle of their long shifts, like Target does for their employees.
Free meals aside, many department store employees request Dec. 26 off of work … with a 364 day notice.
Okay, dealing with customer problems may not be worth it, but if you're one of the Grinches why not be a Secret Agent who catches shoplifters? It's as simple as walking around the stores and pretending to shop. When you spot a thief you pick up your radio, inform the authorities and possibly even experience a chase. What better way to boost the holiday spirit than by sending a couple of teenagers to jail?
The reason for many of these holiday jobs is to accommodate consumers, especially those who appear to be unaffected by the cold weather and who just love the holidays. They walk around for all of November and December wearing Santa hats, gaudy and glittery sweaters and jingle-bells around their necks.
If you are one of those peppy people, then maybe you could be a store-ambassador or trouble shooter. Imagine getting paid to stand at the entrance of a store and greet people, or to walk around the store and be cheery.
Yes, be cheery.
Department stores actually pay people to walk around their stores and try to keep people in a true holiday spirit.
This particular job, however, is not for the faint of heart.
They can work at the mall in one of many department stores.
Remember being a child and wanting to see Santa Clause? Well now you can be with Santa for the entire Christmas season! No experience is needed and for an outstanding $8.00/hr, students can live the photographer-elf's dream of wiping noses, listening to screaming children and waiting patiently while mothers fix hair-bows and bowties.
If that doesn't spark your interest and you are good at dealing with people, why not work at an exchange counter right after the holidays? Some stores take care of their employees who get screamed at all day and blamed for the wrong gift.
Employers may even treat them to a lunch in the middle of their long shifts, like Target does for their employees.
Free meals aside, many department store employees request Dec. 26 off of work … with a 364 day notice.
Okay, dealing with customer problems may not be worth it, but if you're one of the Grinches why not be a Secret Agent who catches shoplifters? It's as simple as walking around the stores and pretending to shop. When you spot a thief you pick up your radio, inform the authorities and possibly even experience a chase. What better way to boost the holiday spirit than by sending a couple of teenagers to jail?
The reason for many of these holiday jobs is to accommodate consumers, especially those who appear to be unaffected by the cold weather and who just love the holidays. They walk around for all of November and December wearing Santa hats, gaudy and glittery sweaters and jingle-bells around their necks.
If you are one of those peppy people, then maybe you could be a store-ambassador or trouble shooter. Imagine getting paid to stand at the entrance of a store and greet people, or to walk around the store and be cheery.
Yes, be cheery.
Department stores actually pay people to walk around their stores and try to keep people in a true holiday spirit.
This particular job, however, is not for the faint of heart.
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