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I have applied to the following companies online: Costco, staples, target, Kmart, uscellular, mad river hospital, Safeway, harbor freight, CVS/Caremark

In particular, staples, and Kmart, and CVS/Caremark all had an interesting personality/virtual job test that you have to take after completing the application. The test is basically a personality test. They are like 5 different questions asked 50 different ways. I felt very uncomfortable taking the tests because the tests themselves are not an accurate indicator of a good job applicant. It felt like I was taking a test to apply for the Central Intelligence Agency.

On Thursday the 11th I went out and collected applications for employment from ACE hardware, 76 gas (station), Rays (grocery store), Rite Aid (convenience, pharmacy store), the local movie theater, Eureka Natural Foods.

On Friday the 12th, It took 8hrs to fill in 6 applications, and print a resume for each.

On Saterday the 13th, I then took all the apps I had filled in and dropped them off. It took about 3hrs and I drove 35miles. I wrote down in a small index card booklet the contact names and a phone number of each place I turned in an application.

I haven't quite figured out how much time I have spent filling out the applications online. But I think I can safely say it took about 30-45 minutes for each one.  So lets just say average was 30 minutes, and 9 applications. That approximately 270 minutes spent filling in online applications. That is about 4.5 hours total for the 9 applications.