Question

My First Day on the Job

Answer 1

The central idea is: A job may be perfect for you even though you have trouble finding it.

How can we make this inference?

• the writer states that s/he spent a lot of time preparing for job applications
• throughout the passage, we find hints that finding a job in the industry is challenging. For example the writer states: By the time I began the search for my first full-time job, the job market was in bad shape. During my first few months looking for a job, I sent out countless resumes and only had one interview.
• In the end, the writer is satisfied with the job and finds out that it has positive aspects.

Conclusion: The writer had trouble finding a good job but ultimately found an appropriate one.

Answer 2

• The central idea of the passage is: A job may be perfect for you even though you have trouble finding it.

• When the narrator starts her job search, she experienced some trouble in finding it, since she sent countless resumes and only had one interview.
• Even though she was an inexperienced reporter, she knew from the beginning she wanted to be a writer, but she did not know what kind of writer she wanted to be.
• But in the end, she unexpectedly realizes her first "real job" was perfect in comparison to that of the people who ran the schools: "I learned so much about what goes into keeping a school’s doors open and all the work that goes into offering students a solid education. It made me think that my new job as a reporter was going to be easy in comparison."
• She also expresses that her job as a reporter was perfect because, she would be able to write every day despite the fact that she did not know anything about reporting.
• In sum, one may experience some constraints in finding the best job, but in the end, if people is patient enough and aware of what they really like, the perfect job can come to your life when you less expect it.