How would I go about getting another job after being terminated?

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LuminalAzure in Atlanta, Georgia

51 months ago

Heya guys- I am kinda in a fix ^^;
I am taking a break from college to work so that I may pay off my car and stuff (So it left me in a very bad situation.)

Ok, well.. I worked for Food Lion for 10 months.
And before that, I worked at Sam's Club for 6, and Hollywood Video for 8.

All three jobs have left a negative impact somehow...

Starting with Hollywood Video..
When I worked there, I was hired for 5.25 (Which was my first job- and I needed one badly). The manager there was a huge perv- and he would not even look any of us women in the face when we were being talked to. He had 17 sexual harassment complaints against him by the time I got there. Anyway, eventually, three months into my employment, the assistant manager put in her notice to leave because she was pregnant. He told me to spy on her- and when I said no and put a complaint in against him- he fired me and left the notice out where customers could read it. I had a month long battle with Human Resources- finding out that the District Manager had been hiding all of the complaints up until then.
I got my job back- he was fired. However, the person who was next in line was a friend to me- but she smoked drugs during her break and started going crazy on us. I worked a 13 hour shift at one point- and worked every day because nobody wanted to come in. Eventually, she forced me to put in my two-weeks notice after I vaguely mentioned a new job.

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LuminalAzure in Atlanta, Georgia

51 months ago

Then came Sam's Club..
I was hired on for 8.90 and later received a 40 cent raise. It was a good job- and even though I let them know a month ahead of time that my schedule was changing, they did not change my availability so that I could go to school. Needless to say, I had to get the schedule changed a lot- and they didn't like it. I put in schedule change forms every week- for the same hours.
One day, I could not find my timeclock card after doing some heavy cleaning- and I had to punch it in.
We got out 30 minutes or so before the schedule said we would, but I accidentally pushed in the time on the schedule- not even thinking.
The next day (after a full day at work), they said, "That is theft!"... when they normally ask you about it. I was not even asked- and they are supposed to change it if there are any mistakes. I told them what happened, and cornered in the room, I was forced to sign release papers.

Then came Food Lion..
I was hired there by a manager who later stepped down. I was hired on at 6.50 as a bagger. I was later moved to cashier.
I worked there for 10 months and loved it most of the time. Although, they would never hire anyone old enough to close or be there for the 3-9 shift. I was the only one who came when called in and would work nights and weekends- and I did. I worked 5-6 of the days of the week and I was never really short in my till.
When I was on a till- and two managers were on the same till one day, it came up 50 dollars short. I was the only one written up.
The next day, a 10 dollar check went missing out of the till- I honestly think it might still be stuck in the register. It did not have the prongs that held the money down.

So I was fired. Which leaves me in a difficult situation.

Any advice? I am sorry for the wall of text =D

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danah in La Jolla

51 months ago

Hm, try to see if you can get some intern work within your work/field of study, as I udnerstood you'll get back to college?

Do you have problem in finding the job or making impression/interviewing skills issue?

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danah in La Jolla

50 months ago

That's nice Sir, but do you have some human recruiters who give advice on spot and train people for job interviews?

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