Posted on November 18, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
Hemingway’s is a bar in Oakland in Pittsburgh one block away from the Cathedral of Learning of the University of Pittsburgh. So yes, at any time of day or night you might find a lot of students in the place. There are several students here now. I’ve been coming to this bar since I was [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The job developer wasn’t in her office downstairs. She left the building to attend some sort of job development conference. So I came back upstairs and got on my computer and searched the website of the local hospital that’s going to be here on Friday. Because of what I’m learning here at the Braddock Employment [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The break room is always cold. I’ve got my hat on. I write, listen to everyone else talk and eat my corn beef sandwich. After break I’ll go downstairs and talk to the job developer I’m working with to find out if the local hospital’s HR people coming here to the Braddock Employment And Training [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2008 by pittsburghflashfictiongazette
The radiators in my apartment banged and knocked all night long. I have to tell maintenance about it. One of the local hospitals will be having a job fair at the Braddock Employment And Training Center this Friday. Will the hospital actually want to hire someone or is this just make-work for the hospital’s Human Resource department? [...]
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