City Is Hiring Waitresses, Bellhops And Sales Clerks

Even though the recession has been over for some time, it's still tough to find a job in the city. Many qualified graduates with diverse degrees have had to settle for jobs in service or retail to make ends meet while sending out countless resumes to accounting firms or publishing houses. Not that jobs in the service industry aren't great, they just aren't for everyone. So you can imagine how excited we got when a Daily News headline read, "Companies are looking to start staffing up again." Callooh! Callay! Jobs for everyone! And then we read further: "Many of the businesses currently looking for staff are retailers, restaurants and hotels, all of whom are gearing up for the influx of tourists for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays."

The News notes that Marshalls, TJ Maxx, Five Guys and PetSmart are all hiring, as well as a number of new hotels. But for anyone who wants out of an hourly, tip-based wage, the New York State Department of Labor just made an instructional video on how to use their Job Bank. The unemployed can also get advice at one-stop centers they've set up around the state. And NYC Small Business Services has set up Workforce1 Career Centers around the city to provide advice and job fairs. "I think if people are entry- to mid-level workers, they need to come to one of our career centers," said Jackie Mallon of NYC Business Services. Who knows, maybe you could be lucky enough to work the register at Macy's on Black Friday!

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By Jaya Saxena in News on November 8, 2010 3:32 PM

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JW

No, the City is not hiring for these positions -- private business is.

snickerdoodle

Hurray for McJobs!

Ragingsemi

Spoken like a true McDouche!

whoreofbabbling

Oh no, you are giving NYS DOL too much credit. If you have any real experience and/or college education, Workforce One ususally tells you that you are over qualified for any positions. This is one of the current job fairs, allowing you to work and still qualify for public assistance:

SALES ASSOCIATES

AEROPOSTALE

Candidates must have at least 1 year as a Sales Associate in retail or retail apparel (preferred). Candidate must have great communication skills and HS diploma/GED. If interested please attend a Retail Recruitment Event on Monday 11/08 at 10am and 2pm.

SALES ASSOCIATES

PAYLESS

All candidates must have at least 6 months to 1 year as a Sales Associate in retail. Candidate must have great communication skills and HS diploma/GED. If interested please attend a Retail Recruitment Event on Monday 11/08 at 10am and 2pm.

The job bank is a total scam. It's basically monster.com with government jobs thrown into the mix. Also, the jobs are NOT current. Yep, they are recycled from different places, but dol uses the date on which it copy/pastes the ad onto its site-- not the date the company placed the ad.

robingee

On the one hand, a job is a job. No one should feel they are "too good" for any type of work.

On the other hand, these jobs may not come with a livable wage or health benefits, which people need. Not everyone can work in a hi-rise and have a spiffy paycheck and lots of bennies. That's why a Public Health Option would be good. Except that those who DO have spiffy paychecks don't want to "pay for lazy people to go to the doctor" - so anyone in these service jobs are not worthy of health care.

So what do you do? Take any job because it's work, and just resign yourself to the fact that you cannot visit the dentist?