NANCE PARRY SAYS she’s sent out more than 1,000 resumes since she got laid off in September 2019. She’s gotten one interview.
Just five weeks into what Parry thought would be a six-month contract, she was laid off from a job as a document specialist for an engineering firm. She says she’s sent out two to three resumes per weekday since but that’s netted a grand total of one interview, leaving her to live off of a monthly $1,200 Social Security check, $1,030 of which is used to pay rent for her apartment in Duarte.
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