that are prompting business closures to contain the virus, she's again applying for every type of job she comes across in hopes that she gets something — "anything that I am remotely qualified for."
"I'm more than happy to go out to work in an office or store, basically in any available job," Rosenberg says. She searches on every job board she can think of, from Indeed to LinkedIn to a temp agency she used to work for, as well as for holiday retail jobs in her area. However, "even though I'm more than willing to work there, I think they might not want to hire someone with a master's degree to stock shelves or work the register. But I think a job is a job.
in September and October this year than during those months in 2019, according to online jobs marketplace ZipRecruiter."There just aren't that many holiday jobs," Rosenberg says. And as Covid-19 cases surge across the country, numbers are also ticking up in New York, an epicenter of the virus in the spring. Rosenberg recently had two interviews lined up, but both were canceled because the businesses were preparing for more shutdowns.
However, "I'm not putting all my eggs in that basket," Rosenberg says. She is currently working on boosting her Excel skills so she can prove her proficiency in an online assessment and use it to apply to more data entry and administrative jobs.
"I'm in a lot better shape than some people living paycheck to paycheck. So many more people are in worse conditions than I am," Rosenberg says. She worries for the millions of others out of work or underemployed, and their families, who are feeling the financial toll of the of pandemic more acutely: "It's going to reverberate for months to come."
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