I FINALY got a job *UPDATED*, after months, i finaly found a job Options

[Valo666]

I am in my 2nd year of a Motive Power co-op program at St. Clair college in Windsor. Pretty much, my program is a 2 and a half year co-op program that allows me to get all of my training and schooling done for being able to be a liscenced mechanic. Any ways, we got out of class back in July to go out on our 1 year co-op placement but the job market in Windsor is terrible. So since then, the only job in the automotive industry i have found was working at nissan working 48 hours a week washing cars even though i was hired to be doing lube and tire jobs. Any ways, i was there for a week and just got fed-up with it and also i was working in unsafe conditions *no chemical or WHIMS training, also using indoor electrical cords that werent water proof in big puddels of water*. So ive been looking REALLY badly to find a job. Ive searched pretty much all over windsor, and surrounding areas. Even all the way up to Lonodon ON, about 2 hours away, just so i can work. Any ways, after looking for as long as a i had, i decided to go check out the unemployment office to see if they had any job postings, not even automotive related just so i could get some $ coming in, sure enough as i walked in there was a big white board outside that has the "HOT" jobs posted on it. Second one down the list was "Automotive mechanic/apprentice needed!" So i took the info, figured out where it was *only about 20 min down the road from me*, went in, dropped off a resume about 2 weeks ago. Any ways, called back a few days later, but every time i called back, i couldnt get the service manager becuase they were so busy. So i finaly got a hold of her after maybe 5 or 6 trys over a weeks time since i dropped the resume off. I finaly get a hold of her and she tells me "Oh right now, we r really busy but i dont know if we still need some one or not. But i will keep your resume on file". So i thought that would be a no, but sure enough a week later she calls back and says "So, you think you can come in on tuesday and work from 9-5??" So sure enough i said yea and started working. So they hired me on as an apprentice/lube tech. So i get my own bay, i work 5 days a week, get sundays and fridays off. Only work from 9-5 daily, where as every other Canadian Tire store's shop is open 7days a week and are open from 8-9 daily, but our store is smaller so we r only open less hours. But the best thing is i get a 20% discount on every thing in store, and luckly there were tons of tools onsale. I got a 92 peice socket set + a 9 drawer tool cabnit for $300, 32 peice wrench set + a 14 peice stubby set and a 47 peice screw driver set for $45, and a 28 peice socket set for $54. And its all quality stuff too, all life time garentted and the tool box is pretty much just like a snap-on one too. So i got like $1200 worth of tools for around $500. Im quite happy, and ive already helped out another 6gc member. I helped Mike_E get a set of winter tires for his celica.

This post has been edited by Valo666: Jan 6, 2008 - 12:53 AM

[Valo666]

[quote name='Jeunesse' date='Jan 6, 2008 - 2:24 PM' post='628697']
Congrats Brian... did you say you're not working Saturdays? Mind if I visit you at Windsor and work on my car a bit? hehehehe
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nah..im working saturdays..i got fridays and sundays off, but your always welcome to come down man

[quote name='laff09' date='Jan 7, 2008 - 8:54 PM' post='629066']
[quote name='Valo666' date='Dec 18, 2007 - 8:28 PM' post='623956']
nah..im gonna b blowin my $ alot on tools. I gotta buy an impact gun and the cheapest decent one i can find is like $400.

Dewalt makes a cordless one for $300.. Yeah yeah yeah i know, air > cordless.. but try one out at Lowes/home Depot/whatever you canucks have. You wont be dissappointed



...and from the picture in that last post I see you already got an impact gun : ) .. good stuff eitherways.
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Yea i ended up buyin an ingersol Rand Titanium impact gun, 2 year warrenty through IR, but lifetime through our snap-on rep. Its a great gun, and its light too. I already used it to snap 2 bolts holding a subframe on an Oldsmobile. The tools im usin otherwise are Mastercraft, they are Canadian tire's version of Craftsman, but a bit better. They have life time warrenty too like snapon, but the best part is, if i break a wrench of socket, i take the broken socket or wrench over to the customer service desk, show them, then go pull a new one off the shelf and go right back to work..lol. But im gonna b pickin up some snap-on tools as i go too. I just need a topbox.


And as for my box being clean, i ALWAYS! keep it that clean. Like i clean every tool after i use it, b4 i put it back, even if im gonna b takin it out again in 5 min. I put every thing back exactly where it belongs and i oil my gun every week. I got to be soo anal about my tools cuz ive lost soooo many over the years workin at home or at friends houses.