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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (25 children)

Instead, two years after he graduated with a computer science bachelor’s degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, he’s unemployed and living with his parents in the suburbs of Chicago. Despite having applied to more than 900 jobs — from secretary positions to a role at a prison — he has gotten only a handful of interviews.

I completely understand wanting a job in your field, and commend him branching out to other roles even secretarial. However, nearly every retail business in my area has "now hiring" signs. Is my area an anomaly and are basic retail jobs scares elsewhere?

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Right...in the 900 plus job applications they submitted, im sure not one of them was retail...

[–] scintilla@crust.piefed.social 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

for refrence Walmart has had me in the "applied" stage of resumee review on their shitty website for nearly a month. I don't think people quite get how bad it is. I had to wait for a spot to open up to interview at McDonalds that I'm still waiting for because the closest one was two weeks out.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 19 hours ago

My daughter had to apply to 45 jobs before she finally got hired. I would have stopped well before that when I was a teen.

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