To become full time as a team member you have to past your initial 90 days probation period. Upon completing it you must have over 1000 hours completed and averaging over 32 hours a week with minimum having full openings on weekends. Your availability should at least have six days open.
Getting 32 hours average a week year is probably the hardest part to maintaining full time status.
Here are some suggestions to follow to getting close to the 32 hours average.
1. Many people have suggested cross train in many areas as possible.
2. Open up availability to seven days a week (Not really practical).
3. Look for areas of the store that are really short handed and in demand (Position may vary by store).
4. Look for areas of the store that have high turnover and short on people. (If you can survive the position it may lead to more hours).
5. Have cross training in morning, afternoon, and overnight positions along with open availability may lead to more hours.
6. Use swap board to add hours for position you are qualified for (Make sure you do not go over 40 hours unless approved by management).
7. If the store calls you in to cover for someones call out, come to work as soon as possible but be sure to notify management if you are going to overtime before you come.
8. Working in a store that is understaffed naturally increase your chance for more hours.
9. Being in good terms with the management team (TL, ETL, STL) may help lead to more hours.
10. Getting assigned closing shifts lead to more hours than openers and middle shifts.
11. Being reliable in not hitting compliance will lead to more hours along with great in your primary work center.
12. Being reliable, on time and not calling out may lead to more hours.
A brief history of my past target experience.
At one point when I worked in target my work center was in so demand and short handed (Cart Attendant). This happened due to high turnover rate in my workcenter. I worked 19 consecutive days without being off. The stretch consisted off working 3 straight weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) all closing shifts and only cart attendant closing during the stretch of time. In a two week period I worked 64 hours and 55 hours more than my ETLs and STL for those weeks. I had a day when I started 08:00AM and end at 11:30PM. Next day I worked 09:00AM and ended at 11:30PM. I had to take two unpaid breaks 45 minutes in a six hour state for both consecutive days. The store called me in for the day I had off for the two weeks in which I came in to work. During this month I worked 26 out of 30 days for the month. Got 28 hours of overtime for the month.
I hope this response helps.