If high school graduation is in your near future and you’re ready to explore career options, you’ve reached the right destination.
Whether you’ve held a job before or you’re brand new to the market, now is the perfect time to learn about different types of positions so you can start a career that fits your interests and skills.
It can feel like a lot to figure out—but you’re in good hands. Friday Services, one of the leading temp agencies in Asheville, recruits, trains, and places talented individuals with businesses and industries across Western North Carolina.
We can help you learn more about available jobs for high school graduates and what those roles involve. Here are eight positions to get you started.
Customer Service Representative
What you do: Interact with customers to provide information about a company’s products and services. Maintain a professional, positive manner when talking with customers in-person, over the phone or by email. Handle customer complaints or provide information on discounts and incentives.
Skill required: Great listening, communication and problem-solving skills
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $34,000 per year
Blender
What you do: Operate machines or equipment that mix or blend materials for any number of industries, including chemicals, color pigments, agricultural products, food products, and more.
Skill required: Physical strength, dexterity, and attention to detail
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $34,000 per year
Assembly
What you do: Put together various products following detailed instructions to create products efficiently and correctly. Provide maintenance of assembled equipment, analysis, and ensure quality control.
Skill required: Physical strength, dexterity, and attention to detail
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $28,000 per year
Material Handler
What you do: Locate products, wrap or package them appropriately, and place them on delivery trucks. Take products off of trucks and put them on shelves. Ensure customer orders can be fulfilled and moved quickly.
Skill required: Physical strength, dexterity, and attention to detail
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $32,000 per year
Bank Teller
What you do: Provides account services for customers by receiving deposits and loan payments, cashing checks, issuing savings withdrawals, and recording night and mail deposits. Sells cashier’s checks, traveler’s checks, and savings bonds.
Skill required: Great customer service skills, attention to detail, and basic accounting knowledge
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $30,000 per year
Administrative Assistant
What you do: Organize, manage and keep an office running smoothly. This may include tasks like organizing files, scheduling appointments, assisting other staff members, directing customers, drafting messages, and maintaining office supplies.
Skill required: Organization skills, attention to detail, and basic computer knowledge
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $38,000 per year
Laborer
What you do: Manual tasks like digging ditches, moving debris, unloading materials, and preparing a work site. Use hand tools, operate machinery and assist crews with necessary tasks.
Skill required: Physical strength and dexterity
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $32,000 per year
Environmental Services Technician
What you do: Maintain a safe, healthy and clean work environment among a company’s facilities.
Skill required: Physical strength, dexterity and attention to detail
Pay for full-time positions: Average salary $32,000 per year
What if none of these jobs are for me?
You can learn more about careers for high school graduates if you look at our featured industries, or visit O*Net Online, a website sponsored by the U.S. Government’s Department of Labor that can help you discover jobs you may have never heard about before, and learn about the career path you’ll need to take to get hired.
Friday Services Helps Recent Grads Find the Right Fit
Once you find the type of job that’s a good fit for you, talk with the team at Friday Services. We’re here to help you connect with employers in western North Carolina.
