I have begun my research by interviewing Jimmy Reuther, a long time friend of mine who has returned home from college for the summer and is currently on the prowl for a summer job. Jimmy goes to Virginia Tech and has planned on finding a job in our hometown of Olney, but his job hunt is not going according to plan due to the current economy.
I sat down with Jimmy and asked him a few basic questions about his current job hunt. Through my research I have found that his failure to find a job was not due to any malfunctions in his applications, nor is it due to a criminal background, rather it was strictly due to the fact that no companies are hiring at the current moment. Jimmy said that he literally has been walking from store to store applying for a job. "I have applied at every store in Olney, everything ranging from Shoppers Food Warehouse to Pet Value," Jimmy said.
To continue my research I plan on going to the career center at Towson University so that I can get information from people who are experts in the field of job hunting. I will also interview a few college students who have steady jobs on hold for them when they return home from college. This will give me information from all ends of the spectrum.
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I overheard a guy trying to apply to Starbucks at the mall; they told him that no Starbucks in the district, or the two neighboring districts were hiring.
ReplyDeleteI haven't quit my job, basically cause it would be difficult to find a new one, and because I'd have to re-train, which would suck.