Job Responsibilities
Staffing Store Managers and Store Staff - 15 hrs. per week
Employee Relations - 15 hours per week
Government Relations - 1 hour per week
Administration - 10 hours per week
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Job Requirements
Currently attending Law School - 2008 JD Candidate
Will major in Employment/Labor Law
Part-time program for working adults - attend 3 nights per week
from 6:00 pm till 9:00 pm
Core classes are not optional the first two years.
Quality of classes is excellent.
Workload is manageable with good time management skills.
Professors are excellent.
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Uppers
Working conditions are the best part of the job. Office environment. 90% of
the time you work M - F 40 - 48 hours per week.
Some travel - about 30%.
Challenging position requiring you to be a "people person". You work and
communicate with all levels within the company from the corporate office, to
store level staff, to government agencies, to neighborhood state, federal and
county officials.
You also work with the local community, including colleges, churches, and other
community groups for recruiting purposes.
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Downers
High turnover in the retail convenience store business at store
staff level - over 100% turnover.
You must constantly renew your knowledge because laws change
constantly and you are held accountable for knowing laws,
regulations, policies because of the liabilities your company can
face.
You spend a lot of your time listening to and trying to resolve
employee grievances.
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Lifestyle
This is a great job for work and life balance. Because you normally only work
Monday thru Friday and usually not much more than 48 hours, you can go to school,
spend time with your family and/or partake in social activities of your choice.
You get to travel occasionally and meet lots of people.
The dress code is business casual.
This job allows you to develop skills that you can use in any industry, making
you very marketable.
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Compensation
Annual salary is $58,000 per year plus 17% annual bonus pay.
Benefits include stock options, 401K, Short and Long term
disability, medical, dental, vision, vacation, credit union,
tuition reimbursement, life insurance, employee assistance plan,
dependant care plan, laptop.
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Advice to Jobseekers
I graduated with a MBA degree, specializing in Human Resource
Management.
My advice to anyone considering the Human Resources field is to
get your foot in the door by working as an HR Clerk, a payroll
clerk, a staffing assistant or any entry level position in the HR
Field. In addition, education is vital.
Experience plus an education will put you in the position to move
up to salary levels ranging from the 40K to over 100K per year
range.
I am also working on my JD degree, specializing in
Employment/Labor Law. This should give my career another giant
boost to propel me into the 6 figure range.
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