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Hey Montrealers, I've been looking for a job lately and I've been avoiding the jobs that require alot of customer service, due to my limited French ability. I would rate my French about a 7/10. I've been thinking that maybe I can get a job maybe as a restaurant cashier, like in a Subway restaurant.
I would assume it could be easy for me because when taking customer's orders, you would just have to say the names of food and the prices, and I think I could do that easily. I've been to Subway many times, and I know how they take orders, I could just repeat what I've heard. A case of bad grammar might spill out on occasion, but would that really matter? What do you guys think?
Hey Montrealers, I've been looking for a job lately and I've been avoiding the jobs that require alot of customer service, due to my limited French ability. I would rate my French about a 7/10. I've been thinking that maybe I can get a job maybe as a restaurant cashier, like in a Subway restaurant.
I would assume it could be easy for me because when taking customer's orders, you would just have to say the names of food and the prices, and I think I could do that easily. I've been to Subway many times, and I know how they take orders, I could just repeat what I've heard. A case of bad grammar might spill out on occasion, but would that really matter? What do you guys think?
How did you manage to come through the Quebec school system without becoming very comfortable in French?
Even though both my daughters attended school in the English school board most of the education was at least 50% en Francais..
Yeah fast food joints might give you a chance but dont volunteer the fact that your proficiency in French is lacking, if they ask if you can speak French say yes,let the interviewer make the decision as to whether your French is good enough and if you are grading yourself as 7 out of 10 your French should be very good.
For part time jobs one of my daughters works at La Ronde every summer,the other is working part time at a Second Cup.Not really much future in these types of jobs but they do give the kids some extra spending money while they are attending college and it gets the ball rolling on their careers in the job market.
Good luck.
If you have a drivers license you could try to get employment at a rent-a-car company jockeying cars around or a car dealer doing basically the same thing,getting a truck drivers class 1 license would open up a whole range of bus and truck driving opportunities.In the spring all the golf courses around the Montreal area will need groundskeepers.If you see one of those fairs in the parking lot of a mall they are usually in need of people to travel with them.I'd also look into general laborer in mines or construction sites up north.
I'd also fully exploit any networking potential with friends or family..
mtlquebec102, dont take this the wrong way i'm just trying to help.
Going over your posts you seem to be very tentative, shy,negative, afraid to take chances, you may benefit from a stint in Canadas Armed Forces it may toughen you up a bit and also train you in a viable job for the future. FORCES.CA - Home
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