tabou82
Active member
Hello everyone! I've read most of the earlier posts on working for M.A.C. but I would like to ask you guys if I am going about this wrong. I turned in my app to the counter (I live in Birmingham and there are no stores--only two counters) a couple of weeks ago. Well, after reading the previous posts, I decided to bring in my resume but I was told that as long as I turned in the app, there was no need for a resume. A lot of the MA's are not very friendly and therefore could not provide details of the app process specific to that counter. I did talk to one MA today while purchasing some items and I asked her about working there. She stated all of them started off as freelancers before moving on to permanent but that it's really hard to become permanent because no one EVER leaves that counter but this is the best time to freelance because of the holidays. She also stated that I could contact the manager who happened to walk right past us into the backroom (the MA advised me later that she was the manager) but the MA didn't bother to introduce me or anything. One of the other MA's commented on my eye makeup (how cutesy it was!!) while the other MA's replied, "yeah it is cute and she wants to freelance" which led to a veil of silence after I affirmed my ambition. I asked to speak to the Manager but the MA was like she's still at lunch. I always read how the MA's are really helpful to customers and future employees but I'm not getting that feeling at this counter. Everyone that works at this particular counter is white and although I don't think they are racist, but because I was born and raised in Alabama, I know that those ideals exist even among the most "egalitarian-minded" of individuals. I'm not interested in pettiness but rather doing make-up, which I love, at M.A.C. My goal is to freelance now with M.A.C. and move into a permanent position when I relocate back to New Orleans where they've just built a M.A.C. store at Lakeside Mall. Am I behind the eightball? Or should I just up my game and come on harder until I get the attention of the manager? I don't want to be a pest...
