Woman Offers $500 To Help Her Daughter Find A Job

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MENIFEE (CBSLA.com) ? An Inland Empire woman is determined to move heaven and Earth ? or give away $500 ? to help her daughter find a new job.

Linda Smith, 61, is offering $500 to anyone who will take her daughter Lisa?s resume and get her a job.

?I?ve been standing out on the street corner with a sign, trying to get all the traffic to read it and pass out a resume whenever they?re receptive and take my daughter?s resume to work,? Smith told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Smith suffered a brain injury in 1996 after a car accident. Her daughter Lisa has cared for her these past 16 years, receiving a stipend from the government to do so.

Now that Smith is well enough to live on her own, her daughter?s caretaker income has run out.

Lisa Smith works other small jobs, but that income is not enough to live on. She has also been looking for full-time work, but is finding the same bleak job market as other seekers.

?I?ve been putting out resumes since August,? Lisa Smith said. ?I did a record number of 31 in three weeks and got absolutely nothing.?

So Smith has taken to the streets with a hand-scrawled sign.

?I?m offering $500 cash the minute she gets hired for $15 or more as an executive assistant or an office job,? she said. :huh:

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I wish her luck but I doubt that I would hire her if I was an employer.

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$15 an hour ? Seems a bit optimistic.

With brain damage, how well could she work ....

Maybe a daycare job would be better.

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With brain damage, how well could she work ....

The mom is the one who had brain damage. The daughter took care of her for 16 years.

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$15 an hour ? Seems a bit optimistic.

With brain damage, how well could she work ....

Maybe a daycare job would be better.

Well I was thinking maybe farming gold on an MMO if she can farm more than $15 worth of gold per hour to resell... but I don't think she could compete with Chinese labor.