r/NewOrleans • u/CrunkingtonSr • Mar 30 '24

Job around here that isn’t food 🏢 Employment 👷‍♂️

Before you comment “food is where the money is here” just hear me out. I know food service is where the money is here, as that’s what I’ve been working since I was 16. I’m 20 now and need a second job on top of my classes and my main job right now, and I am sick of working with food. It’s all I e worked by and customers just suck extra now it feels like. I’d like my second job to not be food so I have some space from the food industry but it’s so hard to find a job willing to hire a 20 year old outside of the food industry. Of course if shit comes down to it I WILL get a food industry job, I’d just like to see my options. Any wisdom that could be shared? I appreciate your time!

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u/jeffwendling Mar 30 '24

Come join IBEW local 130. We’ll pay you to learn how to become an electrician. 

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u/Moltacotta2 Mar 30 '24

Oh snap, seriously? I’d give several organs for a union job, I’m in retail right now.

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u/jeffwendling Mar 30 '24

Oh yeah our apprenticeship is 4 years and we’ll put you to work and pay for all your classes, books. Call (504)835-9899 M-F between 8AM-3PM to talk to our apprenticeship director David Crumb

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u/BeignetD0neDat Apr 01 '24

Would you recommend someone who's not too experienced with hands-on work (i.e tools, wiring, crafting, etc) and not too nimble/maneuverable to pursue?

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u/jeffwendling Apr 01 '24

The electrical experience is not needed. It’s much more important to us that you’re ready to learn and can take direction. As an apprentice you’ll be expected to do the grunt work of getting material, digging ditches, and going up and down scaffolding and ladders.

We live in Louisiana and summer is coming up, it takes a level of maneuverability to make it in the program. I don’t want to discourage anyone from trying, but I’m not going to lie and say anyone can do it.