First lady gets resume from girl with jobless dad

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/first-lady-gets-resume-girl-jobless-dad

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years. Then the girl popped up to hand the first lady his resume.

The first lady seemed a little taken aback but then explained to the other children, who might not have heard the girl's comment, that the matter was "a little private, but she's doing something for her dad." Mrs. Obama promised to deal with the matter later.

When the event ended, Mrs. Obama gave the girl, Charlotte Bell, a hug and then reached back to grab the resume off a table as she left the East Room. The first lady played host to the children at the White House on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

"Children are humanity's strongest. They abide." The Night of the Hunter

[luckytxn 2,264]

I read this yesterday and laughed. I love this girl.

[GandD 5,966]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/first-lady-gets-resume-girl-jobless-dad

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama's annual question-and-answer session with the children of Executive Office employees took a serious turn Thursday when a 10-year-old girl in the front row told the first lady that her dad had been out of work for three years. Then the girl popped up to hand the first lady his resume.

The first lady seemed a little taken aback but then explained to the other children, who might not have heard the girl's comment, that the matter was "a little private, but she's doing something for her dad." Mrs. Obama promised to deal with the matter later.

When the event ended, Mrs. Obama gave the girl, Charlotte Bell, a hug and then reached back to grab the resume off a table as she left the East Room. The first lady played host to the children at the White House on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.

"Children are humanity's strongest. They abide." The Night of the Hunter

That's the way to handle things...............

That's what everyone without a job should do.

[decocker 7,198]

i read that as her dad wants a specific job, not that he can't get a job period. kind of takes the 'awwww' out of it for me.

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

i read that as her dad wants a specific job, not that he can't get a job period. kind of takes the 'awwww' out of it for me.

The problem with this is that, with the current state of the US economy, once you take a job outside your field, you're done with your field, for lots and lots of people, from everything I've heard. And if you take a job that pays significantly less than your old job, it's getting harder and harder to get back to your pay grade.

[mota bhai 2,675]

The problem with this is that, with the current state of the US economy, once you take a job outside your field, you're done with your field, for lots and lots of people, from everything I've heard. And if you take a job that pays significantly less than your old job, it's getting harder and harder to get back to your pay grade.

Exactly. There is value in doing everything you can to stay on track. If you let them derail you, you're out.

[decocker 7,198]

The problem with this is that, with the current state of the US economy, once you take a job outside your field, you're done with your field, for lots and lots of people, from everything I've heard. And if you take a job that pays significantly less than your old job, it's getting harder and harder to get back to your pay grade.

sure. i'm in that same situation, i completely understand.

but there's a big difference between someone who can afford to live for three years waiting on the job opportunity they want, instead of being forced to take whatever job they can find based on the necessity of making a paycheck every week.

[Teddy B 17,252]

sure. i'm in that same situation, i completely understand.

but there's a big difference between someone who can afford to live for three years waiting on the job opportunity they want, instead of being forced to take whatever job they can find based on the necessity of making a paycheck every week.

Yep, and the Mother is employed by the executive branch as well. Kinda turns this whole thing into a prop.

Charlotte's family had joked over the weekend about making a job pitch to the first lady, but her parents didn't know she would give it a try, according to her mother, an executive branch employee who did not want to be identified.

Charlotte's father, Ben Bell, has been looking for a policy job for more than two years and recently has been trying to get a job with the Obama administration. He worked on the Obama campaign in 2012.

[Janelle2002 3,865]

sure. i'm in that same situation, i completely understand.

but there's a big difference between someone who can afford to live for three years waiting on the job opportunity they want, instead of being forced to take whatever job they can find based on the necessity of making a paycheck every week.

Right on!!

[GandD 5,966]

Handing the first lady a resume is a political statement. She didn't fire you.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Handing the first lady a resume is a political statement. She didn't fire you.

You didn't build those roads either.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

The problem with this is that, with the current state of the US economy, once you take a job outside your field, you're done with your field, for lots and lots of people, from everything I've heard. And if you take a job that pays significantly less than your old job, it's getting harder and harder to get back to your pay grade.

I don't understand this. Why don't you just not mention your out-of-field job on your resume, when trying to land a job in your field?

[GandD 5,966]

You didn't build those roads either.

I don't recognize the United States. I'm a patriot.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I don't recognize the United States. I'm a patriot.

Where do your cattle graze?

[deleted-05292014 331]

I think it's a little girl looking out for her father. Why does it have to be about politics?

...besides if he used to work for the campaign, what better way to get on the radar than by handing a resume to the First Lady - what a brilliant idea to me. I would only be disappointed if he put his daughter up to it, because that would just seem like using your kid to pander.

It's no different than corporate America. The old saying it's not what you know but who you know applies in most walks of life. If you can put your resume in the right hands to find the right opportunity what is wrong with that? Not a damn thing in my book. Hell if I ran into Larry Page or knew someone who knew him I'd like to get my resume in his hands