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- Jul 19, 2013
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First, I'd just like to say hello to everyone. Hello every one! I've been lurking on this site for many months and now I've been compelled to post about my own experience at Target.
Back in March, I took a sales floor TM position with target. I was just trying to keep some income coming in while I finished up my final semester of college and looked for a "big girl" job. After my first month I heard mention of their Executive Internship program. I expressed my interest in the program, and my STL seemed more than happy to help me with the process. Unfortunately, I was informed that I was too close to my graduation to be considered eligible for the program. It was no sweat of my back as I was only interested in the internship. However, over the next few months leading up to my graduation my STL kept asking me about trying to become an ETL. She was really eager to try an get me on board. I was reluctant, but eventually went and sat down with my ETL-HR to find out the ins and outs of the whole promotion process.
Flash forward to present day. I've been through three rounds of Team Lead interviews that my store sent me to at the district headquarters, which I rocked. I'm not saying I think I did well. My STL was told that I was the absolute best candidate they had interviewed, and they recommended that I be sent through interviews for an ETL position. I was informed by my ETL-HR that I would be interviewing again at the district headquarters at the end of August.
For the entire month of August I was being told things like, "we're still trying to find out that interview date, but it's definitely going to happen by the end of the month." My STL was the worst about this telling me she would be hearing the date at her next meeting at the district then coming back with a different story. My ETL-HR just started avoiding me all together. Based on my the many posts I've read about this kind of thing it's shaping up to be one of those carrot dangling situations. Heaven knows I have no business still working for minimum wage with a degree. What I don't seem to understand is why they pursued me so aggressively and invested so much time in developing me only to play me in the end.
I welcome and appreciate any and all commentary, advice, and personal stories concerning matters such as mine. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
Back in March, I took a sales floor TM position with target. I was just trying to keep some income coming in while I finished up my final semester of college and looked for a "big girl" job. After my first month I heard mention of their Executive Internship program. I expressed my interest in the program, and my STL seemed more than happy to help me with the process. Unfortunately, I was informed that I was too close to my graduation to be considered eligible for the program. It was no sweat of my back as I was only interested in the internship. However, over the next few months leading up to my graduation my STL kept asking me about trying to become an ETL. She was really eager to try an get me on board. I was reluctant, but eventually went and sat down with my ETL-HR to find out the ins and outs of the whole promotion process.
Flash forward to present day. I've been through three rounds of Team Lead interviews that my store sent me to at the district headquarters, which I rocked. I'm not saying I think I did well. My STL was told that I was the absolute best candidate they had interviewed, and they recommended that I be sent through interviews for an ETL position. I was informed by my ETL-HR that I would be interviewing again at the district headquarters at the end of August.
For the entire month of August I was being told things like, "we're still trying to find out that interview date, but it's definitely going to happen by the end of the month." My STL was the worst about this telling me she would be hearing the date at her next meeting at the district then coming back with a different story. My ETL-HR just started avoiding me all together. Based on my the many posts I've read about this kind of thing it's shaping up to be one of those carrot dangling situations. Heaven knows I have no business still working for minimum wage with a degree. What I don't seem to understand is why they pursued me so aggressively and invested so much time in developing me only to play me in the end.
I welcome and appreciate any and all commentary, advice, and personal stories concerning matters such as mine. Thank you for taking the time to read my post.