My m-i-l is looking for a retirement job and really wants to work at B&N. The applications say that MS Access skills are necessary and she wants me to teach her. My question - what sorts of specific Access skills are they looking for? I assume she won't need to know VB, just the basics of relational db structure & reporting?
Thanks in advance!

5/9/2007 9:05:04 PM

hmm...my brother works there and has never said anything about having to use it...but ill check with him.

5/9/2007 10:45:13 PM

yeah i know a bunch of dumb broads that work there and there is no way in hell they know how to use MS Access. I will check later tonight or tommorow though to be sure.

[Edited on May 9, 2007 at 10:54 PM. Reason : .]

5/9/2007 10:54:28 PM

5/10/2007 12:22:44 AM

She doesn't need to know access skills if she's a bookseller. Is she applying for a staff office position? Like school coordinator or something?

It's a great place for more retirement age ladies to work - my mother got a part time job there and absolutely loves it.

5/10/2007 9:09:07 AM

Thanks for the advice - I'll just give her a basic rundown and she can take it from there. She's very proficient with Excel so I don't think she'll have problems with anything she might have to do there.

5/10/2007 9:38:37 AM

isn't there a tutorial that comes with access?
have her do that then come in and show her some other stuff

she should be fine though

5/10/2007 10:38:43 AM