Find Me a Job

So I am an extremely poor college student. I have the privilege of having my college education paid for through a sports scholarship but still need to work to be able to support myself through any normal persons life. In the last few months we have found our country in a pretty devastating place. Fuel is now pretty cheap but everything else is much more expensive which puts a burden on myself and I'm sure other college students. Governor Kaine has recently stated that the state of Virginia will decrease its budget by 5% in the upcoming year, which might not seem like too much but the figure actually comes out to 10.1 million dollars. VCU has already put out statements that they are preparing to cope with the budget cuts although where the cuts will be made is not yet been made clear. This will effect all of us.

So, in the midst of this national "money" crisis I need a job. At this point I have drastically lowered my expectations to where I would choose to work, and still no success. I have been all over the Richmond Greater area and still nothing. Everyone just tells me to fill out an application and we'll call you. A week goes by I do the follow up thing and they tell me the same thing. I feel bad for college students in these times that are looking for some king of income and can't find anything. The government is bailing out big businesses because of their money blunders, which I understand somewhat the necessity to do so, but still I feel there isn't any help for college students who work to support themselves through this. If anyone has any answers, I'm all ears.