(5 Sep 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Indianapolis – 5 September 2025
1. Close up of Nekia McNair, scrolling through job listings on a smartphone
2. SOUNDBITE (English), Nekia McNair, looking for work:
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"They’re not giving out jobs. They advertise all this stuff, all these things and don’t ever give them."
3. Mid of McNair and her neighbors sitting on a bench in front of their apartment complex
4. SOUNDBITE (English), Nekia McNair, looking for work:
I’ve been looking for a job for about four months, in the health care field, CNA, health care, home health aide, anything in the medical field.”
5. Wide of pedestrians walking along a city street downtown Indianapolis
6. SOUNDBITE (English), Nekia McNair, looking for work:
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"Then when you search, it’s a go. They call you back, everything’s a-go. Now when you search, it is like a if-if. They may call you back, they might not. Then some jobs that have you to get dressed come all the way out there for an interview. Then they will say, oh well, we got some more people coming and we’ll get back with you and you’ll never hear from them. So I feel like you’re wasted my time, me and my gas to come out there to just get told that."
7. Wide of people walking past a Reliable Staffing office downtown Indianapolis
8. Wide of downtown Indianapolis street scene
9. Mid of McNair and her neighbors sitting on a bench in front of their apartment complex
10. Mid and tilt down of McNair focused on her phone
11. SOUNDBITE (English), Nekia McNair, looking for work:
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"It’s not me per se, I think it’s the company and the people. Because I have resumes, I have experience, I had all these things. So I know it’s not me, I believe it’s a company because like I say, they have their picks and chooses who they want to hire. I could be wrong, but I don’t think I’m wrong."
12. Close up McNair scrolling through job listings on a smartphone
13. Wide of construction workers repairing the roof of a building in Indianapolis
14. SOUNDBITE (English), Nekia McNair, looking for work:
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“I give myself probably the rest of this month. If not, I’m just gonna find something else to do. Because you only can keep searching, keep searching, keep searching and if nothing’s coming up then you gotta do something else.”
15. Wide of construction workers operating on a rooftop with an American flag in the
16. Mid and pan left to right of McNair focused on her smartphone
STORYLINE:
Nekia McNair, a 49-year-old single mother, has been searching for work for more than four months without success.
“They’re not giving out jobs,” she said while sitting with neighbors outside her downtown Indianapolis apartment. “They advertise all this stuff, all these things, and we don’t ever get them.”
McNair’s struggle reflects a national trend. The Labor Department reported Friday that U.S. employers — including companies, government agencies and nonprofits — added just 22,000 jobs last month, down from 79,000 in July and well below the 80,000 economists had expected.
Despite her 12 years of experience in the medical field, McNair said she has had difficulty even securing an interview.
“Then some jobs have you get dressed, come all the way out there for an interview, and then they’ll say, ‘Oh well, we got some more people coming and we’ll get back with you,’ and you’ll never hear from them,” she said. “So I feel like you’re wasting my time — me and my gas — to come out there just to get told that.”
McNair said she is considering switching careers if she does not land a job soon.
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