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Thom is a second year art student at the Art College of the East Village. He hopes to become a graphic artist with a web development firm. Although he has student loans to pay college tuition, he needs to work 20 to 30 hours weekly to earn spending money, money for books, and the room and board his parents charge him (he lives at home). Because he has a strained relationship with his parents, he's a night person, and has afternoon classes, Thom hopes to work in the coffee house during evening hours. He does not have a car, and relies on public transportation to get to work.
Thom has previous food service experience, having had worked for Wendy's (a chain of fast-food restaurants) after school and summers during his high school years. He primarily worked in the kitchen and di not have experience working the cash register. In fact, Thom does not consider himself to be gifted using electronics nor does he like math. Ultimately he hopes to become a barista, but Jesse and Janet only hire experienced counter help from their stores for those coveted positions.
Freda is a 50-year-old widow with 2 grown children. Because she only has a high school diploma and has not worked outside the home since 1978, when her oldest child was born, she has little work experience. When her husband passed away a year ago, she found herself at loose ends at home, and also found that his life insurance policy did not completely fill the gap in his lost income. She has decided to work. Through friends, she learned that Something's Brewing is looking for people who might eventually become store managers. Before she had her children, Freda was an assistant manager for a private restaurant and thinks that's what she would eventually like to do. She likes the fact that Janet is supportive of her returning to work, and is willing to train her. Freda understands that her first position at Something's Brewing will be at the counter. Because Freda has not worked in over 2o years, she is a bit concerned about keeping to a regular work schedule and using all of the high tech equipment in the store. But she knows she has great people skills (Freda organizes and hosts the quarterly pancake breakfasts at her church).
Gina is a 25-year old college sophomore at State U. Her major is undeclared. This is her second stint at college; she flunked out of a private college in the middle of her junior year because she had difficulty managing time. Although Gina does not admit it, she also was active on the club circuit and found that it interfered with her studying. Her parents cut off her allowance after she was kicked out of college and Gina went to work in a succession of jobs. At first, Gina was a poor employee, lasting only 2 or 3 weeks in a job. But then she got a job at the cosmetics counter at the local depar tment store, where she blossomed. Gina had hoped to continue in that job, but was told that she would need a college diploma to be considered for a promotion. She applied to State U and was accepted. She moved to town to start school. Although Gina's parents will cover the tuition and rent, they expect her to earn her own spending money and money for food. Because her department store does not have a branch in town, so Gina needs a new job. Unfortunately, the department stores that are in town do not need assistance in the cosmetics department, so Gina thought she would explore employment in another line of work. The coffee shop seemed like something different--after all, that's where Jennifer Anniston got her start on Friends, so she thought she'd try her luck at Something's Brewing.
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