Working at Greyhound

The next class is about recruiting and jobs. This is a great topic to talk about since one, I am in need of a summer job or internship real bad, and two, Greyhound employs A LOT of people. Especially in big cities, they need more employees. I believe that Greyhound hires and looks for candidates of a wide range background. There are so many departments you can go into.

At the Greyhound in New York City, their terminal is huge and a lot of people work there. You have front desk people who answers your questions, and help you with ticket inquiries. I also see luggage carriers, maintenance people, concierges, customer service, and most important; the bus drivers. Each of their duties are different, but they all work for the same company and are there to assist the travelers.

When I am on the Greyhound website, I can navigate through it very easily. I scroll down to the bottom of the page and can find a link for employment and careers. From there on, you can select the location you would like to work in, the job title and description. Many big companies have these links on the bottom of their homepage which makes it easier to recruit employees and for us to apply. Although the economy is bad, many jobs are still being offered - such as Greyhound!

Back to Websites

So I know I said I won't talk about the Greyhound Website again, but what we are learning this week really corresponds with something I can talk about. Our lab is on html and java - yeah...all that fun code stuff. I actually thought the lab was cool and fun to do. Well besically the codes I used for my lab is what the people who made the Greyhound website, and what the other website makers use.

When we are entering our information to purchase tickets or even make selections, there is a input box available. That is where we write/ input our information. Like the code I was introduced to put into my own survey web page, this code is meant to make sure all information is inputted. If you are missing something, a notification will occur either a pop up or on the page again stating you forgot something. This ensures that you have entered everything they need.

Then we were to link two webpages together. A button will allow us to go to the next page, or whichever page you want and back. This button is what makes navigating websites easier. The button brings you to the page it is said to do, and by clicking another button, you go back to other pages. I found this lab to be really neat because anyone can do it and make their own web pages.