What Qualifications Do I Need To Work In A Flower Shop?

[Kaylie]

I want to work in my town's local flower shop. Im 14 and want to see if i can get a summer job this next summer. The lady who owns the shop is my neighbor and i was thinking about asking her if i could work there. What qualifications do i need and what looks good on that application. Ill be 15 by the summer. Would i just wash stuff and clean?
Thanks
Oh, and i have no past expirience with flowers....

[billy j]

You would probably wash stuff and clean and help maintain the flowers (weeding, watering fertilization etc)

Just go talk to your neighbor in person about it she will probably tell you if you are able to get work there and what would be required.

[G Wiz]

Also you'd possibly help as a runner on holiday flower deliveries - it's a florist's busiest time.

[lordreflexis]

Read some books on type of flowers and their names working in a flower shop you will be cutting designing and arranging them You can check out books at a library online take classes workshops
also you need to learn what flowers are for what holidays helpful information and what flowers grow in what season etc and how to care for them

What looks good on an application is the truth of experience. If you lie about having experience and you don't know anything that make you look really bad, and ignorant. what looks good is, I have no experience but eager to learn about the field, enthusiasm goes a long way having an eye for colors does too. Pre reading on your own shows interests in working in that field as you learn on the job experience comes with time. If you don't appear interested your not and you won't be working there ask lots of questions of the owner about flower arranging and so forth. Then ask the lady if you can work there and learn about it And when or if you do get a chance to work there don't sit on your face book account writing bored at work ? that gets you fired not mention your lazy. I don't pay people to sit on their Facebook accounts when I need them to deal with customers and make arrangements for them If they do I fire them and hire someone that actually wants to pay rent and bills and has some enthusiasm.

Don't list anything on an application that isn't true I could figure out rather fast that you know nothing about flowers don't make yourself look bad by being dishonest about experience.

Its get you nowhere and makes you look not very bright Also If you don't know what your being hired for ask ? if your hired to do cleaning and the such that would be the job pay attention you have to start somewhere and build experience I wouldn't pay some one top dollars or give a top position to someone with zero experience working = time=experience. You also can go to flower shops and nurseries in your area ad ask lots of questions. The prior experience you seek make you eager if your not willing to learn on your own and you just want a pay check You would not be hired what would be the point.

I live and breath construction if my employees new or not sat around all day jobs would not get done and if people don't seek knowledge go to school or take and participate in classes and workshops
they are in the wrong field if you want to sit around bored at work get a job in security watching an empty parking lot. cause that about all the enthusiasm you have.


Hope that helps
Lr

[saaanen]

None.

Ask your neighbor