July 25th is fast approaching, and talk turns to the upcoming opening of Target.
- Lake Effect News has an article about the massive number of job applicants (by the way, the Peterson store is hiring, too): "If you’re interested in applying for a job at the new Wilson Yard Target that is scheduled to open this summer, you better be fast – and friendly. More than 2,000 have already applied for the approximately 250 to 300 jobs that are available at the new store which will celebrate its grand opening in Uptown on July 25." Read more here, including an open application day that's coming up on May 25.
- A reader suggests that Target's liberal alcohol policy may have something to do with why people want to work there, too:
Whew.... IP You are still out because you always wake up .08
ReplyDelete"Alochol" is spelled wrong twice in that paragraph. And a level of 0.4 would in many cases put the user into a state of coma. I assume that is supposed to be .04, but shouldn't corporate policy be .00?
ReplyDeleteMaybe one of the 2000 applicants is a proofreader.
Maybe a minor issue, but something about picking up applications for a private business at the office of a public official just doesn't sound right.
ReplyDeleteSo, not only is the city footing the bill for much of the building, it's also providing free outsourcing for their HR dep't ... which has an office around the corner?
BTW - to the Target folks, considering that I helped pay for your new digs, I'm a little surprised that I haven't received a thank-you card, yet.
Unless that, too, is at the alderman's office.
Nice catch, mark.
The "thank you" is coming in the form of a campaign contribution to your current alderman.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, the policy as presented has been altered. I went to the website, the policy is .04 which is half of the legal driving limit. Given the context of the full drug-free environment policy, this is a non-issue.
ReplyDeleteback up. Anybody know what their drug policy is?
ReplyDeleteAbhay et al-
ReplyDeleteThe Target website has the policy. Just pretend to apply (or actually apply if you're so inclined); the policy is part of the process. An applicant must check they've read and accept the policy. It would have been nice to be able to print it.