Working in Retail
Being a full time student, working two jobs, and being a student athlete has many challenges. Balancing can get very difficult and working right after all of my classes is really idealistic, especially when life gets a little crazy and the last thing I want to do is go to a five hour shift. I work at Kohl’s, which many of you know is a retail company and is really big. I used to work for Old Navy a few months back and it wasn’t nearly as big as Kohl’s so transferring over was exciting for me because I want to gain experience with retail so that I can go into the marketing aspect of fashion. It’s fun sometimes, but then there are times where the shifts drag and building relationships are kind of hard because no one really enjoys retail, it’s kind of just everyone is there, putting on a smile to make money. I do love my coworkers and my supervisors are great. The building is huge and so working the closing shifts really feel like they take forever. I used to work the truck shifts before I started school, and that was when I was behind the scenes and learned how everything was processed. I know that I really, really want to go into the fashion industry after graduation, and starting as a brand associate in a big company is exactly where I’m supposed to start. My motivation changes a lot during school, so it’s just an annoyance with school sometimes. At least I get to dress cute and I get to work with clothes... not to mention, my employee’s discount!
