Orlando-area hiring managers (in retail and other common entry-level fields): a question
My daughter graduated from High School today and has been struggling for years to find a job. A friend of ours owns a print shop that she was able to work at briefly over the summer last year, but that friend only had so many hours and so much time to give her. She babysits and pet sits but is really hoping to land something steady and reliable that she can keep doing when she starts at the local community college in the fall. I’m not necessarily asking for leads, though that would be nice (we’re in the Altamonte/Apopka area but she’d be comfortable going to Maitland, Longwood, those surrounding areas, as well), I’m moreso trying to get a sense of what hiring managers/teams look for these days. I know when I was her age it was filling out an application and waiting for a callback while my boomer parents told me to call, stop in and follow-up on the application, and do things that were no longer advisable and seen as obnoxious. I’m wondering if things have gone back and maybe doing any kind of follow up would be a good idea? Submitting an application in-person rather than online? Leaving off her short bout of employment because maybe it looks like she wasn’t committed to staying or got fired? Or maybe the job market across the board is just abysmal and there’s nothing else to be said and done about it besides keep trying?
Thanks for any insight you can offer!