#7

Today I read an article on CNN.com about a woman who is advertising her resume on her shirt! Her situation has worsened to the point of desperation, and she needs to get an interview now. Kelly Kinley is her name, and she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. Every day Kelly stands on street corners and in coffee shops around town, hoping that a business executive will notice her and take advantage of all she has to offer. The worsening economy is obviously driving people to do crazy things-Kinley has applied to approximatly 40 jobs per day, and has slowly been dipping into her and her husband's savings to pay for things like her son's gymnastics training. "Eventually, she says, We will have to sit down with our son and tell him that he can no longer participate in his life dream--because we don't have the money."
Even in Los Angeles its surprising the amount of unemployed people. The jobless rate there is 8.2 percent, and unbelievably, multiple times when applying for a job, Kinley has been told that she is 1 of 500 other applicants.
If this is a woman desperate in LOS ANGELES, imagine how bad it can be other places for other people.




http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/10/job.seeker/index.html