readings from the professor:

the baby boomers are all either leaving or getting kicked out.
there's job openings.
you want to fight fires? there you go, be a fire jumper.
here's one, clean up shit at the hospital down town.
you're a house wife, you have organizational skills, you can do this.
IRS re-caller.
oh, how about stuffing the faces of americans with fatty product?
manager positions open for burgerville.
and you have a great fake smile, that'll get you a job.
tell your references what to say on the phone.
present yourself as though you already know everything.
exaggerate on your resume, the only thing they'll check are references and you should've already talked with them.
make shit up to make yourself look like you actually care about their bull shit product.
finding a job is harder than the actual job itself once you find it.
you'll put out 300 resumes and one of them might be accepted.
or at the least, a letter of defeat.
80% of jobs found are completed via previous contact of some form with someone from the inside.
goodluck.