Would you take a steady front-desk role at $18/hr with a local staffing firm—great for steady hours and customer interaction—or wait for something with higher pay or a different industry?
I did a similar $18/hr front desk role in Akron — keeping a quick cheat sheet of extensions and a call log saved me when the phones spiked. Also ask if they cover parking and who backs you up for lunch breaks.
I’d ask who covers the desk when you’re on lunch or a quick break - my last front desk job didn’t clarify that, and I ended up eating at the phone. If they use a multi-line system, learn attended vs. blind transfers on day one; it cuts down on dropped calls.
I’d ask to see their visitor and package intake flow before day one — at my last desk, a simple one-page check-in with who to ping for deliveries kept lines moving and stopped lost boxes; do they already have that set up, @smith95?