Images More Than a Job

Olivia decided to give retail clothing another chance. Today she would visit a boutique located in a beautiful Victorian-era house just off Main Street. When she arrived, she was greeted promptly by a stylish woman in her mid-thirties.

“Hi, I’m Olivia. Is there someone here I could talk to about a summer job?”

“That would be me. I’m Marissa, the store manager.”

“Are you hiring?”

“Maybe,” Marissa said with a wry smile.

“That’s an interesting response,” Olivia said.

“Well, the truth is, yes—yes, we are, for the right person. We don’t just hire to be hiring.”

“What’s the process?”

“It begins with an application; then there are two ...

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