to current job seekers, what's the fastest way you've gotten a job?

the fastest i ever got a reply was like.. half a day maybe? but it was for restauration (which tends to hire faster from what i've seen). but the job was... well, let's say i didn't make it through the trial shift. worst shift ever, never again, my back still remembers that slightly too low sink and the slippery ass floor (i was on plunging station, only made it through about half/three third of the shift before i was this close to breaking down from back pain)

other than that, it's usually a week or so, depends when you applied and if you call back for follow up. july to august is DEAD you have to wait for early september to get replies because employers are all on vacation, but then in september and late may/early june it's also hell because students are applying so employers allow themselves to nit-pick who they want.

for most applications, what i always did was apply online (indeed and such), always adding a motivation letter (turned out to be the most annoying part of job searching though lol) and taking notes of the job info (pay, schedule, etc) in case the ad is deleted. since i addressed the letter as if it was a physical one, i knew the address of the place and generally a phone number too, which i would ring anywhere from 5 to 20 days later to have a follow up of my application (though i did not do that for all jobs cause... eh). going in person to give your application works good too, though you have to make sure you give it to the manager so it doesn't get lost.

oh, and don't forget to get in touch with employement agencies around your area. they get offers from companies before websites do (if they do at all). that's how i got my current job at a security company, i was interviewing for another position when my interviewer got the email for my current position and asked if i wanted to apply to it instead.

Both jobs I've had in my life so far have taken a week to hire me, give or take. I was a shuttle bus driver on my college campus for 2 years and post college I've been a school bus monitor for 2 years. (The whole "having a college degree and only being able to get a part time job" thing is a completely different vent.)

Basically I just submitted my resume and a cover letter through my campus's job board where they posted on campus jobs and got a request for an interview within a week. Interview was a bit of a joke because they were so short staffed the manager was going to hire me regardless of how shit I did. Not a lot of 20-somethings wanted to work student transportation (yet they all wanted to take the shuttle ffs).

It was a couple days of training me on how to drive the shuttle and the desk procedures, but after that, the job was mostly chill.  It was my coworkers who caused drama between themselves constantly with all their gossiping. And for some reason they all saw me as a safe person to yap to (yet none of them actually wanted to be my friend) and I got the every angle of the drama. But sometimes I would accidentally say something to someone that I shouldn't have because I didn't understand that I wasn't supposed to say that thing to that person and then everyone would get mad at me. 

Eventually senior year I crashed the shuttle one too many times from stress and got fired, but it was close enough to graduation that it looks like I left willingly on my resume. 

My current job I applied to on Indeed after 6 months of being unable to get a job with my degree. Got a response within a week, and 30 minutes of training. I'm a part time bus monitor. The training was basically "here's how to put a seat belt on a kid, fill out this paperwork, you're hired," Again, they were so short staffed, that I think they would have still hired me if I had sat in silence the entire interview. 

It's usually really chill. Only one real coworker (the driver) and she's nice. The kids are special needs and preschool age. They all have their moments, but unless there's a lot of yelling, I'm okay. I mostly do my shifts and go home without talking to anyone.

Although I did get bit by a kid my first month working here and I thought I was going to quit lmfao. 

I'm currently taking paralegal classes at community college, so hopefully I can get a job as a paralegal within the next year or two. I'm mid-twenties, and way too old for just a part time job. I need like...benefits and shit. idk