Spent a morning at a career center in Greenville and noticed nobody was using the resume review booth

The sign said 15 minutes per person but I sat there for an hour and a half watching people walk right past it, so what's the point of free help if nobody trusts it?

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keith_rivera1924d agoTop Commenter

Ran across a news article the other day about how free job services are struggling to get people in the door because everyone assumes there's a catch. Seems like @sarah_hart nailed it with that timeshare comparison. The career center probably spent good money setting that booth up and training someone to sit there, but it's all wasted if people think it's a sales pitch dressed up as help. Reminds me of that old saying about a gift horse and looking it in the mouth I guess. Can't really blame folks for being skeptical when every other sign on the street is promising something free with strings attached. Maybe they should just put the resume reviewer at a table right next to a sign that says "no credit card needed" and see what happens.

sarah_hart27d ago

Figured maybe they thought the booth was a trap or something, like you sit down and they try to sell you a timeshare instead of fixing your resume. Guess free help just sounds too good to be true these days, which is honestly fair.

kelly_craig27d ago

Oh, that reminds me of the time my nephew refused to take a free sample of pie at the county fair because he was sure they were going to charge him for the plate. You couldn't convince him otherwise, so we just walked away and he missed out on some really good blueberry pie. Sometimes people are so used to getting the fine print that they forget some things really are just free.