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May 23, 2012
SEEDCO, Nonprofit Bloomberg Admin Fave, Slapped By Feds With Fraud Lawsuit
Federal prosecutors filed a civil fraud case this week against SEEDCO, which ran two job placement centers under contract with the city, for taking million of dollars in government funding without providing much service. The SEEDCO lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan names seven former mana ... More >>
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May 13, 2012
If You Ever Become a CEO, Make Sure Your Resume Is Flawless
The art of resume-writing is exaggeration; we are all taught to transform "filing" into "transferral of paper entities" and "job" into "duties and responsibilities." Our listed activities and interests are always hobbies we dream of doing on our free time ("fly-fishing," "biking up mountains," etc.) ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
"Cypress Hills Weed And Seed Job Fair" Is Not What You Think (Hope) It Is
If you go to the "Cypress Hills Weed and Seed Job Fair" in Brooklyn tomorrow and expect to come away with a sweet gig farming marijuana, you will be extremely disappointed.We got an email this afternoon from the United States Attorney's Office alerting us to the aforementioned job fair. Normally, em ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2012
Iraq and Afghanistan War Vets Facer Higher Unemployment: Survey
Members of the armed services who have come home face substantially higher unemployment rates than the government claims, an Iraq and Afghanistan advocacy group claims. And 37 percent of veterans surveyed say they know a fellow vet who committed suicide following deployment. The report comes from I ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2012
New Legislation Goes After Employers Who Discriminate Against Unemployed Applicants
Some employers are sending a clear message through their job postings to those who most need work: If you're unemployed, stay away. But it may be a bit more difficult for employers in New York City to reject the unemployed, if legislation introduced today at City Hall passes. This legislation woul ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
National Unemployment Rate Falls to Three-Year Low
Finally, some genuinely good news to celebrate: the U.S. Department of Labor's monthly job market snapshot says that the national unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3 percent, the lowest it has been in three years. January saw 243,000 jobs added to the market, mostly in business services, labo ... More >>
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January 4, 2012
Education Supplement: Unpaid Internships Aid Schools' Bottom Lines, But Do They Flout the Law?
Will work for credits
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Startup's 'Editorial Process' Involves Stealing From Writers
Hello, class! What did we learn from the Cooks Source incident of '10, in which Judith Griggs, editor of Cooks Source, stole a recipe from a blogger named Monica Gaudio, who then asked for an apology, but instead got a nasty response from Griggs claiming that the Internet was "public domain" ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
La Daily Musto Seeks Intern
This blog has been soaring lately, so we're reaching out for an intern to join in on the fun. I need someone to work UNGODLY hours to help me track down clips, transcripts, and interviews, and then blast the posts out into the social media. Let's pump it up a notch. Wouldn't this look outrageousl ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Brooklyn's Best Butchers; New Coffee Hot Spots
Goodfoodjobs.com, new Craigslist-type website for job seekers looking for employment in a sustainable food environment, has launched. [Diner's Journal] A roundup of Brooklyn's best butcher shops includes New Public Meat Market in Sunset Park, Michael's Prime Meats in Flatbush, and M&S Prime ... More >>
Blogs
September 20, 2010
The Good Food Jobs Site Is Up and Running
Back in May, we were heartened to learn of the nascent existence of Good Food Jobs, a Web site promising food industry employment that wasn't limited to back-breaking labor and/or pouring vodka shots for lecherous day traders. Now, the site's founders, Taylor Cocalis and Dorothy Neagle, send ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2010
Injustice! Employers Discriminate Against Boozing Job Applicants
There are certain times in our worklife that we imagine boozing might be almost a requirement of our job -- writers are by and large some of the drinkingest people out there, after all; a little whiskey hones our already razor-sharp wits, while only ever-so-slightly decreasing our type speed, ... More >>
News
July 27, 2010
Latest Stats Show Rising Costs, Falling Wages for College Grads
There are certain times in our worklife that we imagine boozing might be almost a requirement of our job -- writers are by and large some of the drinkingest people out there, after all; a little whiskey hones our already razor-sharp wits, while only ever-so-slightly decreasing our type speed, ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2010
FCI Students Get Career Advice: "Let's Remember That the Word 'You' Is Not Spelled 'U'"
Excellent knife skills, but needs pants.Culinary school students tend to graduate with an overly confident sense of their own kitchen prowess -- such is the effect of being awarded a diploma for learning how to carve potatoes into little footballs and making unbreakable hollandaise sauce. But ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Times: Unemployed Geezers Even More Screwed Than Younger Ones
The New York Times had the bright idea of following up with some 50-something job-seekers reporter Michael Winerip met at a job fair a year ago. Winerip finds they're doing terrible. "Of the 16 I interviewed again, 9 describe themselves as still struggling," writes Winerip. "Eight continue t ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2009
Craigslist Help Wanted Highlights: Another Job for Those Willing to Work with Their Fists
Job-seekers: The skill in the third sentence is the sort of thing you may be tempted to lie about, but we have a hunch that if you do, this employer will ask you to spar. Don't be afraid to say "no, but I'm willing to learn!"
Blogs
November 19, 2009
B&H Photo Sued for Talmudic Discrimination Against Women
B&H Photo Video, the famously well-stocked, reasonably-priced, and knowledgeable-staffed midtown store, employs a large number of orthodox Jews on the floor and in management, but plaintiffs in a lawsuit say they're not so good about hiring and promoting women. Naskinsha Cushnie and three ot ... More >>
News
October 27, 2009
The City's Bid to Save Cash Leaves New Teachers Out in the Cold
B&H Photo Video, the famously well-stocked, reasonably-priced, and knowledgeable-staffed midtown store, employs a large number of orthodox Jews on the floor and in management, but plaintiffs in a lawsuit say they're not so good about hiring and promoting women. Naskinsha Cushnie and three ot ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2009
Paterson Requires Stimulus Jobs to Be Added to State Job Bank
We like to be snide, but this actually seems like a good idea: Governor Paterson is requiring that every firm that gets federal stimulus money from the state to create those "shovel-ready" jobs we've been hearing about to post those jobs at the state Job Bank -- a resource to which unemployed citize ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2009
Upper White Trash: Workfare Without Work
(Editor's note: This dispatch is from a middle-aged, college-educated Manhattan resident who has given the hell up and gone on welfare. Previously at Runnin' Scared, he described the process of signing up for the dole, and the gourmet cuisine he bought with his food stamps.) When we last left our ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2009
On Cam'ron's "I Hate My Job"
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2008
Is a Culinary Career Right for Your Unemployed Self?
Where's Cam'ron been? On job interviews. This first act of a record, Crime Pays, that will almost surely never come out, "I Hate My Job" details the frustrations of the recently absent rapper as he attempts to come back into the work force only to be told, "You know we're not hiring murderers, ri ... More >>
Art
July 24, 2007
Your Own Personal Blackboard Jungle
Fresh from the frontlines, New York Teaching Fellows tell all
Blogs
April 26, 2007
Wolfowitz Seeks a Bodyguard
Fresh from the frontlines, New York Teaching Fellows tell all
NYC Life
January 10, 2006
Job Scene in 2006
A Special Advertising Section
Film
September 27, 2005
'The Aggressives'
A Special Advertising Section
Books
August 30, 2005
The Book of (Bad) Jobs
White collar, hard times: 'Nickel and Dimed' author Ehrenreich goes corporate
Film
August 16, 2005
'La Visa Loca'
White collar, hard times: 'Nickel and Dimed' author Ehrenreich goes corporate
News
May 6, 2003
Nanny Bill Gains Political Ground
City Likely to Enact First Household Worker Protections
News
October 23, 2001
A Migrant Mother’s Bind
Far From Family She Supports but Jobless After 9-11
News
December 19, 2000
Life on the Outside
After 16 Years in Prison Elaine Bartlett Came Home to a City and a Family She Barely Knew. Freedom Wasn’t at All What She’d Imagined
News
June 1, 1999
Hiring Squad
After 16 Years in Prison Elaine Bartlett Came Home to a City and a Family She Barely Knew. Freedom Wasn’t at All What She’d Imagined

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