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Texarkana, TX
Texarkana "Twice As Nice?" -
10/31/2015As a life long resident of Texarkana, I've always felt a sense of pride for my city. However, I recently had an eye opening experience. After the company I worked for more than 15 years decided to downsize, many individuals such as myself became unemployed. I quickly found out that Texarkana's "Twice as nice" motto is just that a CATCHY ATTENTION GETTING CATCH PRHASE!!! EXPERIENCED/EDUCATED Individuals seeking a decent paying job will be greatly disappointed with the "good ol' boy" mentality of so many hiring agencies and company personnel.
The majority of individuals who are lucky enough to find employment must settle for positions that either under utilize or having no bearing on their area of education. Such job seekers must prepare themselves to be underemployed; forced to work in laboring and taxing positions in one of the seemingly endless local production, fast food or customer service positions. Sadly, many of the supervisory positions are held by individuals who either have minimal or no educational background and are afraid to hire an educated individual due to the fear that they may lose their job to that individual. Whatever happened to hiring the MOST FITTING CANDIDATE? Instead these individuals are the relatives, close friend or neighbor to someone within the organization.
This small town closeness does not always extend a helping hand nor open arm southern hospitality to all. Do not be fooled by the charming wrappings on this gift, delve into contents within the box before accepting what is presented to you.