By yanksbitethebig1 - 16/03/2009 01:09 - United States

Today, I heard back from my store management interview at Target. I was offered an overnight stock clerk position. When I called HR to find out if my application was in the wrong file I was told I lack the leadership qualities necessary for Target. I graduated with honors from a military school. FML
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Same thing different taste

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i used to work at target doing that job. you're not missing out.

wowFML123 0

I don't get why you're complaining. Military school obviously leaves you with an inferior education for working at Target. There's stocking shelves, answering phones, operating a cash register, mopping floors. You may even have to show customers where things are located in the store. I think you may actually have to have your PhD to work there.

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colombIAN4 0

i currently do that job you applied for, i wouldn't be too bummed out i hate it and have to be up at 3 15 in the morning 5 days a week to do a job i hate

whiskyblanket 0

I never graduated from military school, but I am in the honors program at a university, and Target told me that I wasn't qualified to be a cashier there, even though I had had previous experience in customer service and cashier-ing. Makes me wonder - what makes you "qualified" to work a minimum wage job at Target??

flawedgenius 6

Cos it's the type of place where they fear you could get their job because you could be better than them which says a lot about how they got their jobs in the first place. I have applied for places that I'm far BETTER than and still didn't get the job. You're probably lucky and just don't realise it.

dude your interview must of sucked. I worked at target the summer between high school and college and was promoted to shift leader before i was even out of training. Not gonna lie though, your not missing much. Most boring job ever.

No offense, but unless you really really really need a job, forget target. If you graduated with honours from a military academy, I'm sure you could do something better. Either that or you royally messed up on the interview. Regardless, take it as a learning experience and try to fix it up on your next interview :]....

Target is just ****** up. I think they have a limit on the intelligence of the people they hire. I tried getting a part time job there when I was in HS. I had made honor roll every semester and was in mostly honors classes, yet they rejected my application twice. I burned the second one and refuse to shop there.

Ox_Baker 0

So, the economy is tanking, and you're complaining about your glorious high-school education not getting you a job in middle management?

Floatout2sea 0

If you just graduated with honors from military school shouldn't be looking for a job, I dunno, in the MILITARY? They are definitely always hiring.

MS7ISU11 0

This is an email I got a few weeks ago. It might actually let you know why you didn't get the job. Wasn’t it last Christmas that Target refused to let the Salvation Army ring their bells in front of their stores? Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans Association wrote. 'Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received the following reply from the local TARGET management: ' Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education.' So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general, do not meet their donation criteria, then something is really wrong at this TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance.. As a follow-up, I E-mailed the TARGET U.S. Corporate Headquarters and their response was the same. That's their national policy. Then I looked into the company further.. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further, TARGET is a French-owned corporation.

thnkgd4starbucks 0

hey, so if you graduated with honors from military school, you can definitely get a better job that working at target.