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Apple's new strategy for hiring retail employees
If you've ever been to an Apple store, then you know how friendly and helpful the staff are. If you are the friendly type of retail employee in the vicinity of an Apple store, be on the lookout for recruiters from the fruity company.MacNN reports Apple recruiters have come up with a new strategy for hiring new employees -- just give friendly retail employees at other companies cards with the words "You're amazing. We should talk." on the front of them. On the back, the cards detail how the employee at XYZ company can become an employee for an Apple Store. This definitely helps with the hard work of hiring new Apple employees to fill the nearly 2,400 positions nationwide caused by the nearly 35-40 new stores opened each year.
[via MacNN]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
jonathan ober said 4:08PM on 6-06-2008
well I guess Im out of luck...I work from home, so fat chance Steve will be coming in and handing me a card that says 'You're Amazing. We should talk.' Oh well...I'll make my own cards and give myself a raise.
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rekkart said 4:43PM on 6-06-2008
You're right. I am amazing, but you can't afford me :-)
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Vince said 6:47PM on 6-06-2008
Luigi: it's "they're", not "their"
Vince said 6:47PM on 6-06-2008
Luigi: it's "they're", not "their"
Juan-Antonio Garcia said 4:53PM on 6-06-2008
Whaat? Friendly? Helpful?? I have been a ton of times to the Apple stores here in S. Miami and they are everything but.
I would say, arrogant, dirty, lack of product knowledge and invisible (meaning, they pretend not to see, hear or feel).
So I hope this campaign helps a bit.
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philb said 5:24PM on 6-06-2008
I have shopped at South Florida stores at Aventura, Ft. Lauderdale (Galleria) and Boca. The staff there have always been helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. Not sure about any "south Miami" store, although in many Miami stores I get ignored since I am obviously Anglo and Hispanic customers get greeted right while I am standing there. BTW, you can "apply" for future openings at the retail stores from the Apple jobs website. Sounds like a good idea to empower staff to recruit employees. Perhaps they get a "finder's fee" of some sort for a successful hire.
Luke H. said 5:44PM on 6-06-2008
I'll never forget the first time I stepped into an Apple Store. I was in awe. I walked over to the Macbooks and Macbooks Pro and ogled. In general dislike it when an employee comes up to me and asks to help, and an Apple one did so within a minute and offered his help. I declined and said I was just looking at the moment. I wanted some information and went over to him several minutes later asked him a question. He replied knowledgeably and we struck quickly into conversation. He actually helped me change my decision to buy an iMac instead of a Macbook. As I left I remarked to myself that I had never seen or meet friendlier service than at Apple, and it's always been true. And I've been using Apple for years :D
Luigi193 said 6:02PM on 6-06-2008
I shop at the albany store and their all very friendly!
Juan-Antonio Garcia said 6:40PM on 6-06-2008
Well, there is the store that I got to most often as I use Macs so, I have to suck it up if I need something in a hurry if not I buy via their site and save the aggravation. Miami Beach at Lincoln Rd and, the other one is at The Falls. Both stores have crappy service.
BTW philb, I am latin and have experienced the same thing as you so, I guess is not a race issue as you mentioned in your comment. That lowers the conversation, don't you think?
Dalvin said 5:02PM on 6-06-2008
I always wondered what was the salary of the different positions in the apple store.
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anon said 5:37PM on 6-06-2008
When I started in '03 it was $10 to start and I maxed out at $21 as a creative - assistant managers started at about $45,000 and went as high as $60,000 or so and managers cracked 6 digits - my understanding was that all these numbers varied by the market and i was in a high-end market. it's also been about two years since i worked for Apple so who knows if they're still accurate.
Alva said 5:07PM on 6-06-2008
Want to elaborate on that detail, and save me stalking a Apple employee for a card?
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Peter Zich said 5:24PM on 6-06-2008
I already made a remake from the images on macnn. Time to hand them out to random people. :D
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ipodrulz said 5:29PM on 6-06-2008
I could so imagine one of the random recipients freaking out thinking the man handing her the card is a crazy stalker.
"You're amazing. We should Talk" - Alone, with no cloths, no limits.....
freaky...
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ipodrulz said 5:29PM on 6-06-2008
I could so imagine one of the random recipients freaking out thinking the man handing her the card is a crazy stalker.
"You're amazing. We should Talk" - Alone, with no cloths, no limits.....
freaky...
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Balls said 6:33PM on 6-06-2008
Generally the apple store people have been very helpful and friendly. A far cry from average Worstbuy and CircuitShiddy staffers.
Anyone else sport wood when they see the 30" ACD?
Anybody?
Bueller?
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Seth A said 7:15PM on 6-06-2008
Still waiting for an Apple Store here in Wichita, KS *Knock on Wood*
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ldhawksmail said 9:08PM on 6-06-2008
I hope they don't depend on current Apple Store geeks to vet the recruits. I was in my local store today, and asked for a legitimate, retail product. The first Apple-seed didn't know what I was talking about (new Kensington auxiliary/external battery for iPhone), and the second kind of rolled his eyes and said it didn't exist, that "they HAD made a battery for old iPods but . . . ."
Like, if you're not looking for, like a Mac Air, like, you don't exist.
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MeatPop said 9:13PM on 6-06-2008
This is kind of random, but I have an interview for my local Apple store and was wondering if anyone knows if they drug test for new employees or even periodically?
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redmond fanboi said 7:34PM on 6-07-2008
yeah, they test for drugs at Apple; if you don't have any in your system, you don't get hired.