Hot Topic

I have worked in a HT, and you have to be 16 and in some cases they will hire 15 year olds.

I was one of the normal people in my store. Kids would drag their parents in and be all "See not everyone who works here is a goth!" And it just so happened I was wearing A LOT of pink that day. And it helps that I'm black.

My two Hot Topics are 16+ and 18+ its fairly annoying that for one I have 2years and the other is 4years. It depends on the area cause the 18+ is the one cloest to me and well loads of people come in on a daily baises and well they have to deal with a lot of people and then 16+ one is in an area that is sorta dusty not a lot of people shop there due to the fact that more people wear um Holister and Ambercomie...It also depend on the store its self.

Most retail will only hire older people or workers with experience. I know a lot of mall stores want you to be over 18, but even if you didn't have to be, they probably wouldn't hire you unless you'd worked at a couple of other retail places, as they can afford to be more selective with who they hire.

I know in my city a lot of highschoolers want to work in Sanity (a CD store), but they won't take you unless you have good retail experience, so you have to work a year or two in, say, a department store first. Stores in the mall also prefer older people because they're more likely to be able to do full-time hours. Even college and uni students can be more flexible than someone who can only work weekends.

Sara:

I'd have to get a work visa to work in a Hot Topic (:

I think it would be cool to work there, but I think I'm allergic to the store, so I couldn't D:

Allergic how? I know I would be allergic to the trends in there. But I'm assuming you mean it's really dusty or something?

To work at the Hot Topic by me its 18, my sister used ot work in retail when they made the change, it's becasue the teenagers were cloggin up the system and jsut tryign to get jobs for discounts. They weren't working afficiently, and were over all immature.
I think its barbaric! I am uber mature! [Imagine all my friends rolling there eyes]

The minimum age requirement depends on the mall that the Hot Topic's in. Where I live it's 16. It's not a requirement to have piercings or tattoos, it may just make you feel like you fit in more since most employees have them, but again you don't have to.

I applied to the Hot Topic near me, but they are always swamped with other applicants. The way they look for new employees is through experience. I may have a job starting in the next round of hirings starting in October. I'm crossing my fingers.

AngiexAnarchy:

To work at the Hot Topic by me its 18, my sister used ot work in retail when they made the change, it's becasue the teenagers were cloggin up the system and jsut tryign to get jobs for discounts. They weren't working afficiently, and were over all immature.
I think its barbaric! I am uber mature! [Imagine all my friends rolling there eyes]

...That probably wasn't the only reason they upped the starting age, though. They might have wanted mature workers for number of reasons- work experience (with references to prove you can be relied on), prospective management, better understanding of business, salesmanship, more available hours, etc. When stores can afford to be picky with who they hire, it's usually the applicants with less qualifications who get cut first. Perhaps a higher age limit was just a faster method of ruling the majority of those people out.

Hot Topic probably realises that a lot of teenagers want to work there just because they like the shop, which, although it isn't a bad thing, loses out against hiring people who might be looking for a more permanent career, prospective managers or people who already have an understanding of how stock is ordered and visual merchandising works, etc. Hiring a skilled staff can do a lot for a business' productivity, and older people are simply more likely to have those skills.

I've gotten a Hot Topic discount because the one worker was flirting with me.

I used to want to work there but I kind of got turned off of it when they started adding all that Hello Kitty stuff. It's scary in there now!

Kurtni Ramone:

The Fantasy:

I also heard somewhere that you have to have a piercing or tattoo to work there as well.

Thats not true.

Half the people at the Hot Topic I go to wouldn't be working there then.

You have to be 18 here as well.
A lot of my friends and I want to work there, but we're all 16 and 15 =[
So I guess, I'm stuck as a waitress for a few years. [ugh]

Billissa Kaulitz.:

there was a hot topic at the mall near my home and they employed 15 year olds...

whoa, seriously?
that's crazy.

well, i suppose what some of you said were right about the age depending on the location; you all probably don't care, but I live in reno, and our mall is near the downtown area.
they probably want someone who won't have to worry about their schooling schedule and such.

thank you all for your input.

in my town you have to be 16 and over. It's probably because they sell lingerie.

My friend worked at our Hot Topic and he doesn't have any piercings or tattoos.
But he also hated it he said.

I used to work at Hot Topic. I was 19 when I started, but I overheard a young boy talking to the manager, and I believe she said you could turn in an application at age 16 (I guess since that is the legal age in the States where you can work without parental consent).

On the flipside, you have to carry and climb a ladder to plexy and hang some of the merchandise, so it does make sense if the rule is age 18+ or they dont' hire you until you are 18.

i defy you stars.:

I wish there was one in England. I'd probably try to live there if there was one...

Or Australia. Man, that would be kick ass, though, I doubt it would ever happen.