Man applies to 60 entry-level jobs and gets 1 interview

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida antheral has gone viral aft sharing however helium applied to 60 entry-level jobs successful the period of September and lone landed 1 interview.

Joey Holz said helium conducted the "experiment" aft seeing hiring signs each implicit Lee County. He wanted immoderate other work, truthful helium came up with a program for putting retired applications.

“Let’s bash 30 days, 2 jobs a day. If I prime thing up connected the side, great. I’m already employed," said Holz.

That's 60 applications for jobs that paid betwixt minimum wage and $12 an hour. Holz kept way of the responses, and helium was amazed by the result.

“Sixteen of them responded to me. Four of those went connected to a telephone telephone aft an email exchange, and past 1 of those turned into an interview. Zero of them turned into a occupation that was really hopeless for help," said Holz.

On September 29, Holz posted his “experiment” to societal media. He was soon contacted by Business Insider, and from there, the communicative took off.

“He wrote his nonfiction and that got picked up everywhere: beforehand leafage of Yahoo News, I’ve been trending connected Reddit, Occupy Democrats connected Facebook, The Other 98% page," said Holz.

Holz’s experimentation comes astatine a clip erstwhile workers are protesting for amended wages and conditions crossed the country. Companies similar John Deere, Kellogg, adjacent janitors astatine the Denver airdrome are connected strike.

“It’s not that cipher wants to work. It’s that cipher wants to enactment for enslaved wages anymore," said Holz.

The U.S. Department of Labor shows the marketplace is responding, with wages rising $0.19 an hr nationally successful September.

Holz said, to him, those numbers amusement the workers are there, companies conscionable person to wage for them.

“You’re like, 'Oh no, I committedness I’m trying to find you help, it’s conscionable cipher wants to work.' Nobody believes it anymore," said Holz.

Holz said helium ne'er intended for his experimentation to get this overmuch attention, but helium hopes it tin commencement a speech astir labour successful the U.S. that wasn’t happening before.

This communicative was primitively published by Rob Manch astatine WFTX.