Isaiah Thompson and Shawn Herron were looking for a job for months but struck out.
So, the Las Vegas friends in their 20s made money another way: donating blood.
Thompson, who indicated that he sends out at least 20 job applications a day, several days a week, estimated that he can make upward of $800 per month giving away his plasma. He uses the funds to pay his rent.
It was easy to find a job three or four years ago, but Las Vegas’ job market is “honestly terrible” now, he said last month.
If someone has work, Thompson noted, they “better hold on to it.”
