Well! I went to our local mall yesterday, where they were having a job fair, with the idea of putting in an application for the Bass Pro Warehouse that is opening in mid-June. Didn't know for what position, just thought "new store, there ought to be SOMETHING I can do." YIPES! I have NEVER seen that many people in the mall at one time. They estimate there were over 1,000 waiting in line just for Bass (which is screening all week and expect 2-3K to apply for about 150-200 jobs.) The manager, Greg Bulkley, was grinning from ear to ear, running up and down the line encouraging those waiting, talking with reporters from all three local TV news stations, etc. I waited 2 hours for a 5 minute face-to-face with Shareen, one of 12 managers doing the pre-screening interviews. If they want you, you get a call back in about 3 weeks. She seemed to think I might make a good trainer for employees (health and safety, policies, etc.) Works for me. Anyway, I got some birthday gift shopping done while I was there, so it wasn't a total wash. We'll see. Still waiting on the VA but it's good to have other irons in the fire. Sad that there are that many folks looking for work (me included.)
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