“Just some quality time with the people I love and no drama. ….Probably won’t cost anything actually.”
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Sarah Stillman, 25, Brooklyn
“[T]here were a ton of layoffs at my firm…so I really feel like I need to watch every penny in case I might be next.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/390/files/2011/12/toiltown-live-audio.mp3|titles=Sarah Stillman]Naomi Bonneau, 27, Brooklyn
“I’m not a person who wants gifts. As far as material things, that’s done for. It’s not a priority.”
[audio:http://cdn.journalism.cuny.edu/blogs.dir/390/files/2011/12/Naomi_Bonneau.mp3|titles=Naomi Bonneau describes how she’s focusing on things that her family needs, not wants.]From hoops to hire – Will the Barclays Center create jobs for Brooklyn residents?
Construction is underway for the new Barclays Center on Atlantic Avenue, and Brooklyn residents will soon have a new sports team, the Brooklyn Nets.
The Barclays Center website says the arena “will be a community centerpiece” for Brooklyn, and will offer local concerts and high school basketball games in addition to NBA events.
According to the Associated Press, part-owner Jay-Z announced plans to open the venue with a series of concerts next year.
The Brooklyn skyline will change, but will local economy improve? Can the new arena create jobs for Brooklyn residents in a down economy?
In a recent post, I spoke to Jose Reyes, a 28-year-old from Brooklyn about job creation in Sunset Park. Jose believes the new Barclays Center could boost the Brooklyn’s economy and potentially offer new jobs to people in his neighborhood. Continue reading
A Bad “Good” Job Isn’t Worth the Money
This past May, for the first time since completing my undergraduate education, I found myself making a living wage. But a week into my fancy Upper East Side job, I knew it wasn’t going to work out. The simplest explanation I could offer friends and family was that it wasn’t worth my life.
It had taken me a bit longer to realize what Kaitlyn Kochany learned right out of the gates.
Like many Americans, I spent the last three years toughing out low wages, abusive supervisors, and high stress positions in the spirit of retaining a job during the recession.
What I learned at my fancy job was that more money wouldn’t compensate for the unprofessional environments I had endured at previous firms. Good wages wouldn’t suddenly make the same kind of position a good job. Even if walking away from gainful employment meant exhausting my savings and borrowing a pile of student loans, it was time to bet on myself. Continue reading
Can startups save America’s flailing job market?
As monthly job reports continue to present a painfully stagnant job market, more Americans are pushing for innovative entrepreneurship as a solution to job creation. President Obama addressed this trend in a speech on Thursday, Sept. 8 when he announced details of the Americans Jobs Act. Reactions to his plan and to the idea of entrepreneurship pulling America out of an economic recession are presented below using Storify.