Just finished my freshman year in college, and I'm working at an grocery store, think kroger,safeway,supervalue,publix,h.e butt and whole foods. I understand that this is no way related to a finance job/ business job, but is there anything I could take from? Whether it's be business related or just life lessons I'm looking for advice
tl;dr What can I learn from working in a grocery store?
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Customer service most probably. Supply chain management if you are higher up.
Just develop your work ethic. Take a look at how your managers lead (makes no dif that it's grocery store leadership). Learn what works and forget the bad techniques.
Thank you for the list of grocery stores I don't think I would have been able to figure out what you were talking about without it. I was thinking Jewel, Dominicks, Trader Joes... boy was I off.
For your title just put "Supply Chain & Inventory Management Analyst"
No. Please don't do this. It's one thing to exaggerate and something totally different to outright lie.
Or perhaps I missed a huge bit of sarcasm.
Henderson, your biggest takeaway from this summer job will be the money you get from it. Use it for something that will help you: training courses, perhaps a ticket to a big city where you can attend a networking event, and anything that will yield a concrete improvement for your profile.
See if there are any PWM internships you can do part time in your city this summer. If it's unpaid, then the grocery store will fund your expenses as you do it.
The truth is that by itself, that job at the grocery store won't yield anything of value for you. The money you earn might, and the work ethic you start to develop is a good thing, but you need to translate those into something you can put on a finance resume.
I agree with customer service.
It's not really about the customer service skills though but rather learning how to spin it to a recruiter. That does not mean lie but rather talk about how you were the face of a larger corporation in the eyes of the public and everything you did had a larger implication on others because of it.
Save every dime you make in case you need to use it to fund an unpaid summer gig or anything else that will further your career.
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