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We need to do something completely different, make it pop, so that stands out so you can stand out in the interview and the interview is crucial in getting that job. you cant be meek and mild and conventional. you have to be completely different than theyre used to seeing in the interview. >> leeann taylor, rocking deejay. hold on for a second. our next guest is eric shektock in washington. hes an advocate for the homeless because he himself is homeless. eric, youve been reaching out. ive been f...

>> well, im not sure how pertinent my skills are. im a homeless advocate. there arent many job openings out there for that sort of thing. ive been really busy doing what i do, pro bono, and so i havent put in an awful lot of applications. ive been busy with this exit strategy effort. and actually, if it works out then, ill benefit from it too because ill get job training myself, and hofully it will pay living wage, thats what were working on is making sure that the homeless can get living wage j...

>> i love it. were social networking, eric, edwin, does that sound good? >> sounds good to me. >> sounds awesome. >> as soon as we wrap up this segment, well get our booker on that and connect all three of you. leeann taylor, congratulations, and edwin duarte and eric sheptock, all three of you making a difference and not giving up. i appreciate all three of you very much. >> you too, kyra. >> you bet. if youre out of work, want to sell yourself to perspective employers, let us know. send us y...

The streets you deal with they want to work, right? >> thats true. >> what do they tell you, people stereotype them when they walk in the door? do you feel like youre stereotyped when you walk in the door to do an interview? >> yes. when youre homeless or youve been homeless, you get stereotyped a lot of times. you have to remember a lot of folk who are college-educated and have high level of skill are losing jobs, and so if youre unskilled, then it is even tougher. there is a lot of competition...

Department ofum s s,th deol, also the head training administration, and clarence carter, who is the director of human services in d.c. government, and his deputy director laura zilinger. were talking with the homeless about how to get them job training and working on creating a program that will employ them because d.c. governments ten-year plan and homelessness had nothing in it about getting jobs for the homeless. >> here is whats amazing -- what mazes what amazes me, youre being so proactive....