A store manager in Sydney, N.S., says large numbers of international students from Cape Breton University (CBU) are flooding her with resumes and heartbreaking stories about their desperate searches for housing and jobs.
Tasha Myers, who runs the Hallmark card store at the Mayflower Mall near the university, says it’s difficult having to tell students on a daily basis there are no job openings.
Myers and franchise owner Liam Vance both say CBU and its agents overseas need to do a better job of providing students with realistic expectations for housing and work.
“I had a student yesterday come in telling me that her recruiter just
