OkElephant2285 2 points 11m ago
I was in a similar situation a few months ago. I ended up taking a leave of absence (you're give a month. I ended up having 1.5 months off bc my manager let me stay without being scheduled for 2 weeks, and I was given 1 month LoA after those two weeks were up), used up all my vacation hours to support myself in the meantime. Kept calling stores until one said they could take me. In my experience, stores in college towns have openings semi-often because they get really busy during the school years (managers might feel they now need to hire more people) or students leave for whatever reason.