Question

3. Which excerpt from the story "My First Day On the Job" best supports the conclusion that the narrator is putting a lot of effort into her job search?

A. “All the job search materials I’d read stressed the importance of networking in finding a job.”
B. “Then a woman I worked with at my part-time job told me about a reporter position opening up . . . ”
C. “By the time I began the search for my first full-time job, the job market was in bad shape.”
D. “I’d taken up my boss on his offer and stayed at my part-time job through the summer after college.”

Answer 1

A. “All the job search materials I’d read stressed the importance of networking in finding a job.”

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

The excerpt that best supports the conclusion that the narrator is putting a lot of effort into her job search is option "A".

It begins saying "all the job search materials I´d read..." which means that she has been searching on how to get a job from different sources

Option B only explains that a woman she knows told her about a reporter position

Option C describes the job market when she began the search. Maybe that means she has been looking for a long time, but this does not necessarily imply that she made a great effort.

Option D mentions that she has accepted an offer