Security Guards jobs?!?
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Przepraszam
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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 03:44    Post subject: Security Guards jobs?!?
Well, I'm currently unemployed and I think I will blow my fucking brains out pretty soon...

I can only work part-time due to school

Every time I browse either craiglist, monster or any job-related websites..There is plenthora of those "Looking for Security guards..immiediate hire"

I'm kinda reluctant to even try it, I read few websites that there are many companies that just scam you out of money and not actually help you get a job..Craiglist is good at it...

Do you guys think I should try?

If I go another few weeks without a job, I will go crazy... -.-


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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 04:02    Post subject:
Surely there must be other more credibles sources you can approach for a job..maybe a big respected security firm directly and not some listing on craigslist..


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bringiton




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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 06:29    Post subject:
Yup, I always have a weird feeling with aquiring jobs over such platforms... Why not contact the companies by yourself? They can't be too hard to find in your region. And then just try it directly, not through another company.


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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 07:55    Post subject: Re: Security Guards jobs?!?
besthijacker wrote:
Well, I'm currently unemployed and I think I will blow my fucking brains out pretty soon...

I can only work part-time due to school

Every time I browse either craiglist, monster or any job-related websites..There is plenthora of those "Looking for Security guards..immiediate hire"

I'm kinda reluctant to even try it, I read few websites that there are many companies that just scam you out of money and not actually help you get a job..Craiglist is good at it...

Do you guys think I should try?

If I go another few weeks without a job, I will go crazy... -.-

Don't you have an organization that compiles all student jobs in one place?
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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 08:07    Post subject:
id like to meet the owner of whatever company is stupid enough to hire a pirate to be their security.

i have some prime real-estate on mars id like to sell them Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 09:38    Post subject:
chiv wrote:
id like to meet the owner of whatever company is stupid enough to hire a pirate to be their security.


It may come as a shock to you, but most security guards aren't shining beacons of morality.
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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 10:03    Post subject:
nope doesnt come as a shock. just saying id like to meet people that stupid so that i can sell them some invisible clothes.


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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 10:12    Post subject:
Invisibile clothes... ooooh... do want! Laughing

OT... dude think! You need a parttime job... your still in school. Get yourself a small van and sell ice creams or candy! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 10:16    Post subject:
Unless he needs the money, no one should work before finishing with school. Enjoy while you can.
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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 18:55    Post subject:
ivan1real wrote:
Unless he needs the money, no one should work before finishing with school. Enjoy while you can.


That's true, I can still somehow manage that few dollars for a beer couple of days

But I want to go to Poland for two months during the summer.
My parents stopped buying me ticket once I turned 18, and ticket is $1000
So I had tto work, thats $1000 for ticket PLUS food, traveling expenses, alcohol and other things..I will be living by myself in our apartment that we still have

I usually spend around $2000 during those two months


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Mchart




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PostPosted: Tue, 29th Mar 2011 23:02    Post subject:
ivan1real wrote:
Unless he needs the money, no one should work before finishing with school. Enjoy while you can.


If you never work before finishing school then how in the hell do you ever expect to perform in even a remotely decent fashion at your first job?

There is a reason most companies stay far away from hiring college grads without any work experiance. Unreliable as fuck.
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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 05:47    Post subject:
I called "one of those ads on craiglist"

its about $1000 to do training for "certificate" and its not even new york state guard license..

just some silly paper that says you completed some silly 24 hour training..


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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 07:36    Post subject:
Mchart wrote:
ivan1real wrote:
Unless he needs the money, no one should work before finishing with school. Enjoy while you can.


If you never work before finishing school then how in the hell do you ever expect to perform in even a remotely decent fashion at your first job?

There is a reason most companies stay far away from hiring college grads without any work experiance. Unreliable as fuck.


I'm sure that writing in your resume: worked as a security guard at the mall, will only induce giggles in your future employer Laughing

I dk what he's studying but I'm sure that having that in resume will help much in finding a decent job after he finishes school Laughing


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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 08:11    Post subject:
besthijacker wrote:
I called "one of those ads on craiglist"

its about $1000 to do training for "certificate" and its not even new york state guard license..

just some silly paper that says you completed some silly 24 hour training..


lol wat.

My 5-year highest level - head of security (in my country, not abroad) certificate cost half that much. And even this was company sponsored Razz


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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 22:38    Post subject:
Over here they make you do a security course first, that you have to pay for. Sometimes that is a small industry in itself. Paying to get a low paying job, and maybe not even getting a job after. Sad

I got to get one too. I am going to go to a temp agency and just have them put me to work somewhere.
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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 22:47    Post subject:
pistolshrimp wrote:
Over here they make you do a security course first, that you have to pay for. Sometimes that is a small industry in itself. Paying to get a low paying job, and maybe not even getting a job after. Sad

I got to get one too. I am going to go to a temp agency and just have them put me to work somewhere.


I just want something to do, I do not mind getting minimum wage like some people
and yes I worked for minimum wage 7 days a week night shifts for 12 hours before (not for 20 years but hey)

I only have one job that I listed on my Resume.


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PostPosted: Wed, 30th Mar 2011 22:57    Post subject:
pistolshrimp wrote:
Over here they make you do a security course first, that you have to pay for. Sometimes that is a small industry in itself. Paying to get a low paying job, and maybe not even getting a job after. Sad


I find it ok to do a course and pay for it. It should not be free.


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PostPosted: Thu, 31st Mar 2011 10:39    Post subject:
difm wrote:
pistolshrimp wrote:
Over here they make you do a security course first, that you have to pay for. Sometimes that is a small industry in itself. Paying to get a low paying job, and maybe not even getting a job after. Sad


I find it ok to do a course and pay for it. It should not be free.


Ya, I agree with a recognized cert or ticket but I am hearing from some people that paid for something they didn't really need. Like to pay to have a company train you and then not 'get' the job after. And that training only being for that one particular place.
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PostPosted: Thu, 31st Mar 2011 10:46    Post subject:
dingo_d wrote:
Mchart wrote:
ivan1real wrote:
Unless he needs the money, no one should work before finishing with school. Enjoy while you can.


If you never work before finishing school then how in the hell do you ever expect to perform in even a remotely decent fashion at your first job?

There is a reason most companies stay far away from hiring college grads without any work experiance. Unreliable as fuck.


I'm sure that writing in your resume: worked as a security guard at the mall, will only induce giggles in your future employer Laughing

I dk what he's studying but I'm sure that having that in resume will help much in finding a decent job after he finishes school Laughing


It sounds a hell of a lot better then writing nothing. It sounds one step up from writing 'McDonalds'. But at least even 'McDonalds' sounds better then 'NO PRIOR WORK EXPERIANCE'.

The point is that if his resume is competing against another resume with equal education merits - Then work experiance will trump. Unless him/the other person are douches at the interview. Of course, his resume would have likely been thrown out before even getting to the interview stage if the aforementioned were the case.

And while security guard may be an dead end job; Don't knock the fact that it still has to be done, and people need to do it. I can assure you that people running a business take prior work experiance, no matter what it is, very seriously. If you held the job and the employer speaks well of you it indicates a whole bunch of things to the new employer. Reliability and how you act at work has no difference in any job. Be it a security guard, or an engineer at a major company.
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PostPosted: Mon, 16th May 2011 18:18    Post subject:
Semester is almost over. I went to the factory I worked previous summers for 1.5months and asked guy if he would hire me..he said no...

he always hired me there for past 4 years..my dad been working there for 9yrs../cry
time to look for a job!~need to earn enough money for ticket to Poland and money to live Very Happy


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PostPosted: Tue, 17th May 2011 08:12    Post subject:
Most security guards I know are failed police students. Wannabe cops that just doesnt have what it takes - and then they become security guards and start acting like gods towards people Razz


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PostPosted: Tue, 17th May 2011 08:29    Post subject:
Pretty much. It is hard around here to become a pig/cop/douche with a gun because of budget problems pretty much everywhere.. and because people hate cops they generally don't mind cutting them back Very Happy
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