‘They’re not giving out jobs’: Indiana resident discusses her struggle in the job market

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The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers — including companies, government agencies and nonprofits — added just 22,000 jobs last month, down from 79,000 in July and well below the 80,000 economists had expected.

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00:00They're not giving our jobs.

00:18They advertise all this stuff, all these things, and we don't never get them.

00:30I've been looking for a job for about four months, health care field, CNA, health care,

00:43home health aid, anything in the medical field.

01:00I actually go on Indeed, I type in what I'm looking for, like the type of work I'm looking

01:05for, and it's a variety of things that show up and you just go to whichever you're interested

01:10in.

01:11And you just send your resume.

01:14They may reach out, they may not.

01:28Then when you search, it's a go.

01:30They call you back, everything's a go.

01:32Now when you search, it's like a if-if.

01:36You know, they may call you back, they may not.

01:38Then some jobs will have you to get dressed, come all the way out there for an interview,

01:42then they will say, oh well, we got some more people coming and we'll get back with you and

01:47you'll never hear from them.

01:48So I feel like you wasted my time, me and my guests, to come out there to just get told

01:52that.

02:05It's not me per se.

02:06I think it's the company and the people.

02:09Because I have resumes, I have experience, I have all these things.

02:13So I know it's not me.

02:14I believe it's the companies.

02:16Because like I said, they have their picks and chooses who they want to hire.

02:19I could be wrong, but I don't think I'm wrong.

02:29I say I get myself party like the rest of this month.

02:32If not, I'm just going to find something else to do.

02:36Because you only can keep searching, keep searching, keep searching, and if nothing

02:38coming up, then you got to do something else.

02:41What do you mean by something?

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