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For the fourth consecutive day, people waited in long lines Thursday for a shot at a job at a new Wal-Mart in DeKalb County, pushing the total number ofapplicants beyond 10,000.
That's four times the entire population of Avondale Estates, the community next to the planned Memorial Drive store.
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[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Payton Ranson (front) was in line with about 75 people outside the St. Philip AME Church in Decatur before 9 a.m. Thursday to apply for a job at the new Wal-Mart at the old Avondale Mall.
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[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Shantica Riley (right) of College Park and Cleo Moore of Decatur are among the more than 10,000 people who have applied so far for 350 to 400 jobs at the Wal-Mart near Avondale Estates.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]HOW TO APPLY
Must apply in person at St. Philip AME Church, 240 Candler Road, Atlanta. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Jan. 18.
RELATED:
• More DeKalb news
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Beginning Monday, after virtually no advertising or any signs, the throngs of hopeful applicants continued to pour into a church converted into a jobprocessing center - all vying for only 350 to 400 available jobs, according to Wal-Mart officials.
The job-seeking frenzy may be a peek into a larger economic picture. A report from the U.S. Labor Department last week indicated a surprising plunge in jobcreation by private employers in November, with new jobs far below the level needed to keep pace with population growth.
Christine Roberts, a 39-year-old married mother of six, is hoping to get a job at the Wal-Mart deli. Roberts, who has long worked as a nursing assistant inSandy Springs, wants a job closer to her Decatur home. At the Memorial Drive store, "I could walk to work," she said Thursday after filling out herapplication.
Wal-Mart has long declined to reveal starting salaries at the store, but reports that the average hourly wage for regular full-time associates is $10.65 anhour.
Kamal Oliver, an employment and training analyst with DeKalb Workforce Development, a county organization that helped facilitate Wal-Mart's job fairthis week, said the turnout dwarfed the numbers of job hunters who applied for a job last year at the Wal-Mart on Chamblee Tucker Road in north DeKalbCounty.
"This says to me that a lot of people are looking for work," he said.
For the fourth consecutive day, people waited in long lines Thursday for a shot at a job at a new Wal-Mart in DeKalb County, pushing the total number ofapplicants beyond 10,000.
That's four times the entire population of Avondale Estates, the community next to the planned Memorial Drive store.
[table][tr][td]
Joey Ivansco/AJC
(ENLARGE)
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Payton Ranson (front) was in line with about 75 people outside the St. Philip AME Church in Decatur before 9 a.m. Thursday to apply for a job at the new Wal-Mart at the old Avondale Mall.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]
Joey Ivansco/AJC
(ENLARGE)
[/td] [/tr][tr][td]Shantica Riley (right) of College Park and Cleo Moore of Decatur are among the more than 10,000 people who have applied so far for 350 to 400 jobs at the Wal-Mart near Avondale Estates.
[/td] [/tr][tr][td] [table][tr][td] [table][tr][td]HOW TO APPLY
Must apply in person at St. Philip AME Church, 240 Candler Road, Atlanta. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until Jan. 18.
RELATED:
• More DeKalb news
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Beginning Monday, after virtually no advertising or any signs, the throngs of hopeful applicants continued to pour into a church converted into a jobprocessing center - all vying for only 350 to 400 available jobs, according to Wal-Mart officials.
The job-seeking frenzy may be a peek into a larger economic picture. A report from the U.S. Labor Department last week indicated a surprising plunge in jobcreation by private employers in November, with new jobs far below the level needed to keep pace with population growth.
Christine Roberts, a 39-year-old married mother of six, is hoping to get a job at the Wal-Mart deli. Roberts, who has long worked as a nursing assistant inSandy Springs, wants a job closer to her Decatur home. At the Memorial Drive store, "I could walk to work," she said Thursday after filling out herapplication.
Wal-Mart has long declined to reveal starting salaries at the store, but reports that the average hourly wage for regular full-time associates is $10.65 anhour.
Kamal Oliver, an employment and training analyst with DeKalb Workforce Development, a county organization that helped facilitate Wal-Mart's job fairthis week, said the turnout dwarfed the numbers of job hunters who applied for a job last year at the Wal-Mart on Chamblee Tucker Road in north DeKalbCounty.
"This says to me that a lot of people are looking for work," he said.
