Chapter Seven: Job Hunting 101 with Professor Phil Coleman

Phil Coleman, one of the crazy men at the shelter, decides he wants to find a job. Adam chooses not to follow Phil in his journey to find a job because he would get nothing done on the way. Instead, Adam goes back to EasyLabor to earn some money. He gets a job at a construction site and makes it back to the shelter by 5:00 to meet with his caseworker, Kazia. Kazia's job is to help Adam and her other clients to get their own jobs and to get back up on their feet. She is there to listen to Adam's made-up story about his completely dysfunctional family. She teaches him how to budget and where to go in the event of a medical emergency. After his meeting, he meets with Marco at the library. Marco is really upset because he has tried to sign up for some classes at the local college, but he can't afford it so the college does not allow him to attend. Everything he tries to do to make his situation better fails. At dinner, Adam meets a man named James, who talks about a woman he has seen on the street. Every day she holds up a sign that says she will mow lawns for money. One day, she was gone. He thinks she had the right attitude and had gotten a place to live from all the money she had worked so hard to earn. James and Adam realize that she had the right attitude to get out of her situation.She worked hard and didn't give up. A few days later he calls Fast Company and leaves a message, letting the moving company know that he will be calling the next day. He calls the next day, but the manager, Curtis is still not at the office. At lunch that day, Phil Coleman, the crazy guy, suggests to Adam that he is getting no job offers because he is not aggressive and confident enough with the companies. Adam decides that to get a solid job that will pay enough to live on his own, he needs to be self-assured. He must go down to Fast Company and politely demand a job.

In this chapter, Adam tells the reader that to get out of any bad situation, one needs to be aggressive and determined. He constantly keeps his eyes on the ultimate goal: to live in his own apartment and have a stable job. Through this, he encourages his readers to be persistent in their journeys to wealth. Overall, the point is that one must have the right attitude to become successful.