She telephoned businesses. She wrote letters. She works as a secretary at an insurance consulting firm, but doesn't expect to stay in one job forever. Few of her friends do. She's not going to entrust her future to a corporation the way David did.
Workers nowadays are likely to change jobs seven or eight times during their lives.
They don't think companies owe them a job for life, and they're not looking for it. They're more comfortable changing jobs. They see it as a way of getting ahead. I can't imagine that. If I lose a job it won't be as devastating for me as it's been for him because I don't have any expectations.