Intro
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2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
There’s nothing worse than pounding the pavement looking for “help wanted” signs. Each rejection feels like a personal blow and before you know it, you don’t have enough confidence left to get a job digging holes.
Devan is having a hard time finding work. Listen to Amanda give her a pep talk.
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Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Amanda: So how’s job hunting going?
Devan: Terrible. I can’t find a job anywhere.
Amanda: What routes are going? Are you doing Internet, or hard copy...résumés in the mail?
Devan: I’ve been emailing my résumés to all kinds of places. I applied at a bakery. I applied at a pizza place. I applied at an office. Nobody wants to hire me!
Amanda: Have you connected with a recruiter or a job staffing service?
Devan: No. Do you know one?
Amanda: It’s free and they have all the staffing services. They interview you hardcore. They get your whole profile, and then they do the work.
Devan: I would like the idea of somebody else doing the work.
Amanda: Yeah. It’s pretty cool. You have one interview with them only and they’re the gatekeeper, and they sell you to any job opportunities that are out there in your city.
Devan: That’s awesome because I don’t even know where to begin looking. I don’t know who’s hiring. I don’t know anything.
Amanda: It’s probably one of the most frustrating processes a person can go through, really.
Devan: It is. I see why people get stuck at crumby jobs for as long as they do.
Amanda: I completely agree. So they don’t have to job hunt. And it’s worse if you are unemployed at the time because then you’re desperate and you’ll take anything. So do you have something right now?
Devan: Yeah, I have a job, but my work’s going out of business so I’m trying to find a new job.
Amanda: So time’s running out.
Devan: Time is running out. I’ve got till the end of the month.
Amanda: Can you afford a little bit of time between this job and the next one? A little cushion there?
Devan: Yeah. Maybe I’ll get some unemployment soon.
Amanda: That’s true too.
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Discussion
Devan has applied a lot of places, but is having a hard time finding a job. Amanda asks her if she’s been using a recruiter. She hasn’t.
A recruiter, Amanda explains, interviews you and then shops you around to local employers, saving you the trouble. Devan thinks that sounds like a great idea.
She also says that she sees why people stay at crumby jobs for so long. Working sucks, but looking for work is worse. And, as Amanda points out, looking for work when you’re already unemployed is the absolute worst because you’re desperate.
Luckily, that isn’t the case for Devan. She has a little bit of time to find a job.
How did you find your job?
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