Tuesday's job fair at a Reno McDonald's brought in a huge crowd, and dome of those people people never thought they'd be in the position to apply for a fast food job.
"Everyone is looking for any sort of help they can get, we're all desperate," said one of those attending the McDonald's job fair.
"They're hiring 100 people and I desperately need a job, I have three kids I have to take care of and anything i can get right now would be beautiful."
"It doesn't matter what they're hiring for - anything anybody is hiring for right now is a welcome sight,"
There were hundreds of others lined up at the McDonalds because of the a job fair, and there were managers from 15 local McDonalds. They interviewed all 281 people who turned in an application.
Maybe fast food isn't their first choice of employment, but right now, it's employment.
Another person in line said, "Yeah, it's been rough,I was a warehouse worker... I've been out of work for four months now. It's been rough. There's not much out there. For every job, you can see here, there are hundreds of applicants."
A McDonald's official says business has been good this past yesar and that's why the restaurants are able to hire. He says in this economy, a lot of people are buying from the Dollar Menu which is creating more demand and more jobs.
We know it's popular to hate McDonald's, but at least they are offering jobs, not many can say that.
