If a store isn’t advertising for jobs, is it still polite to ask if there are any vacancies?

post Category: Other - Careers & Employment — admin @ 5:19 am — post
postDecember 10, 2008


I’m 17 and want to work part-time at a bookstore of some sort.

I don’t think a single bookstore in Melbourne has a vacancy - all their websites say to try again.

But is it impolite to still ask at stores? And how do you go about it? Do you email them, phone them, drop in?

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Horaayy..there are 3 comment(s) for me so far ;)

#1

Yes. The usual phrase is to ask if they are accepting employment applications.

src50 wrote on December 12, 2008 - 10:39 pm
#2

DROp in and be polite.
Plan your question, I heard a girl ask “You don’t have any openings do you”? Be positive

Dan W wrote on December 15, 2008 - 9:01 am
#3

I’d drop in. People find that charming.
A 17 year old looking for a job is a pretty normal encounter.
Of course I’m answering from American culture.

Travis H wrote on December 15, 2008 - 6:56 pm
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