I applied to over 30 retail jobs online and only heard back from two. Is it still better to walk into stores with a resume, or do managers prefer everything through corporate websites now?

Everything has to go through the system now. The best equivalent of that is just calling and seeing if you can follow up on your application or if there is anything else you need to complete for it.

It doesn't hurt to walk your resume into stores. I have actually gotten interviews on the spot doing that. In this job market, I would give anything a try.

Customize each application to the job description. The applications without the right words don’t make it past the scanner.

I just started walking into places windows shop ask if you can speak to the manager 9 times out of 10, it was either no or the manager didn't want to have anything to do with you, but I did find that walking into the dispensaries and actually letting them see your face did help a little bit, but if you bring your resume there. Is not a chance that it's getting seen by anybody. Good job, I went to one dispensary.The gentleman showed me he had 900 applications.He pressed 1 button 300 when away instantly.Because it didn't have certain words to fit the application or the job that they were looking for

If you walk in with a CV it is usually placed in the shredder as they will tell you to apply on company website and look out for jobs that way and due to GDPR they cant hold the information on you.
Depends if you are taking to the owner who is also the manager of the business. So guess small family run retail might.

I am also having a very hard time finding a job I have applied over 50 retail jobs customer service custodian part time crew member full-time crew member and much more I've got a few interviews it's very discouraging but it won't give up

Have you been using a lot of “buzz words” and the like in the résumés you’re submitting? So many companies use AI to screen résumés before they actually get to a person now. I’ve found that using tips/tricks from articles that guide you through how to word things on a résumé to get picked up by the AI screeners has significantly increased the number of interviews I’ve gotten.

Walk in absolutely. As a store manager, a resume’ will be sent to me and then corporate will request something, there will be an issue with a customer, a team member will need to discuss a scheduling issue, and that resume’ is long forgotten as it isn’t urgent. When someone walks in and says they’ve completed the online application, I am going to go look at it.

I do call backs and when I don’t get an answer I walk in

I think a lot of them are replaced by online applications now staff within don't usually have the power or care to handle your applications anymore.

I’ve actually been contemplating this….even if it’s sending the resume to the hiring team through email 🤔

Ask for the hiring manager when calling them, ask them how long it normally takes for the process. Follow up after thats answered with stating that you were really looking forward to finding work and was wondering if there was anyway to speed up the process, that you were looking for immediate work

61 applications 5 interviews 2 of them went as far as two interviews and a telephone interview both after telling me either way, we'll get back to you tomorrow or the next day.One of them just nothing and I thought the interviews went very well. I don't understand why I'm not getting these jobs. I do know that, buttender is one of the most important positions in a dispensary and don't let anybody tell you otherwise, unfortunately, being born in New Jersey, I have no dispensary experience. I do have 20 years of restaurant. Managerial and cooking, so I do come with transferable value. All I have to say is hang in there and don't give up, do not give up. Make yourself be seen. Go to conventions posts like this. It's a very hard industry to get into. If you love it like I do, you won't give up. A lot of places don't like cover letters, but if you're like me, your cover letter is your biography, I'm 50 years old, changing careers, not easy, just hang in there.