Job at Hollister

Hey guys. So as you all know I had a never ending search for a job. After applying to so many chem jobs and never hearing back from any of them (excluding my awkward interview with MCC which I'll talk about in a later blog) I decided to try my luck at retail. So the other day I was shopping in Hollister which I always do on weekends when I shop with my mom, and when we were at the cashier a guy asked me if I would want to work at Hollister. In my mind I was screaming of course, but my mom was there so I wanted to get the OK since I know she still wants me to have a job related to my major. After she said sure if you want I said yes and the guy gave me a recruitment paper. I scheduled an interview about a week after and I got a callback this Monday saying I got the job as a Hollister Model. Yay! Im not an actual model but more of a store model. So I greet people, maintain the rooms, make sure things are neat and folded, prevent theft, help customers find sizes or items, and cash wrap.

My orientation was today. It was okay. It lasted an hour and a half but honestly I think the orientation could have been shorter because my manager seemed super busy today and was running around like 80% of the time while trying to get everything completed for me at the orientation. First I showed her my soc sec id then driver license. I then entered it in the computer and filled out a form. Then I went into the stockroom where I had to watch one of the most boring videos. It was all about loss prevention. She then asked me what were the three types of loss prevention in the video. After that I had to fill out a few more forms through the computer while she shuffled around helping other associates. Surprisingly this took a while because I had no idea what papers I had to fill out and every time I had a question she was out on the floor somewhere talking to an associate. But shes the manager Im sure she is busy every day.

After I filled out all the paperwork she told me to take the AAA guide which is the list of clothes I can wear to work and to pick out a few to wear to work. I was able to pick out 5 items for 50% off but I'm broke at the moment and new floorsets are coming out in 3 weeks-ish so I only bought two items which was a pink tank (it was the only colored item on the AAA list other than pink and green plaid shirts and a green dress). I also got a grey sweater with a bear picture with the words hug under it. Bear hug! Get it? lol. Idk why I think its cute... I will post the pictures of them online.

After getting my AAA's I was shown how to access the scheduling system. My manager was off somewhere else at this time so another girl, not sure if she was assistant manager or just another model but she told me that I was not scheduled next week and said I should print out my schedule anyways. After this, the manager had to walk me out which is they policy Hollister makes you abide by every time you go into the store you work at to make sure their employees dont steal since they have access to a lot of stuff. While she was walking me out she asked if I was told about the scheduling system and I told her yeah and that the girl told me I wasnt working next week so I should just check next friday instead. The manager told me I should check this Friday just in case because sometimes the system can schedule new hires but most of the time it doesn't. I dont know if she meant Im new to the system so it takes a while to put new hires in there or if it means they don't schedule new hires much. But I checked online and they said that the store probably has already started setting up the schedule for next week which is probably why I wont get a shift. But I guess we will have to wait until friday to check.