Crowds lining up to apply at Ontario McDonald's shows reality of current job market

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For months, social media has been rife with horror stories of people applying to dozens, hundreds, even 1,000-plus jobs in Ontario with no success, u…

jobs in Ontario with no success, underscoring the nerve-racking plight of anyone looking for work in this ridiculously tough market.

Hiring events across the GTA, in particular, are regularly seen with lineups out the door and around buildings, whether at, footage of crowds of alleged candidates outside another GTA location of the ubiquitous chain has people fretting about the state of the economy and the region's Shared by local viral content accounts on Friday, the quick clip filmed from a passing vehicle at an Oshawa McDonald's shows a sea of young people snaking around the restaurant's parking lot, many of them with backpacks and a few holding umbrellas as they wait under the hot sun.

Amid the negativity were a few more defeatist responses, like one person that said "I kinda get it. This McDonald's is maybe a five minute drive from Durham College and Ontario Tech. Lots of international students looking to capitalize on a close to campus work spot. I don't blame em."Best of luck to all those hopefuls who are on the hunt for a role out there, as the task seems to have become more arduous than ever.Toronto animals keep getting trapped on rooftopsOver 8.

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