Careers,
fashion
Dolce & Gabbana's spring 2012 runway show, courtesy of Elle.com
OK fashionites, it’s not quite serving turkey in a soup kitchen, but if you’re interested in a Devil Wears Prada experience minus the paycheck, now’s the time to apply to volunteer for February Fashion Week (yes, the big one in Lincoln Center.) Justify time spent assembling Anna Wintour’s gift bag by slipping the models extra carbs or writing a piece for Thought Catalog. Or slipping your résumé into the bag. Here are the details from the official Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Volunteer Page: 
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News
There's no business like snow business
Seasonal employment doesn’t have to mean folding rejected 2 Broke Girls outfits at Urban Outfitters. You could instead get a gig as one of those folks who rescue the city after a big snow. The Local reports the city’s Department of Sanitation is hiring emergency laborers who can be called on to help clear roads and sidewalks. The pay ain’t bad: $12/hour (about what your average Trader Joe’s employee makes, FYI) and goes up to $18/hour for overtime. It looks like there will be plenty of work too: ye olde almanac says we’re due for above-average snow this year. Find out how to apply here.
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Services
Labor marchers in early October. Photo via Flickr's peoplesworld.
Work sucks sometimes. Coworkers can be annoying, and bosses micromanage, but there are some conditions in the workplace that are actually intolerable under federal and/or New York State law. Here is a quick run-through of just a few concerns that one of you (employed!) 99 percenters might face. From break time to vacation time to raise time, whether you’re in an office, warehouse, restaurant or at the cash register, Brokelyn will help you know when to stand up for yourself and when you don’t have a leg to stand on.
Careers,
contests
That's a ceramic Walt Whitman TV. Can you do better?
For you, “Pottery Barn” means rural clay studio, and “throwing pots” has nothing to do with domestic violence. Get your big break (ha?) and a shot at ceramics stardom with UncommonGoods’ ceramics design challenge, the latest installment of their periodic contest series. You can submit up to five of your favorite clay pieces, and the Uncommon folks will choose a spread of top picks before turning final decisions over to their customers (via community voting) and a panel of guest judges. Winner gets $500 plus a vendor contract to hawk their wares on UncommonGoods.com. There’s not much time left — contest closes 10/31 — so get your entries in to ceramics@uncommongoods.com ASAP.
Careers,
Food & Drink
Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream needs a social media intern.Yes, an ice cream. Intern.
“What did you do with your semester?”
“Oh, you know, just interned for ice cream.”
“Did you have to scream for it?”
“No, just Facebooked and tweeted for it.”
Beats interning at the lima bean and liverwurst factory, that’s for sure. Follow your creamy career dreams at hello@vanleeuwenicecream.com.
Careers,
Outings
This is all Sue can do to contain her rage.
Living and working in New York City since 2000 has made me an angry person. I’ve had a ton of crappy, low-paying jobs, from babysitting children of models, movie stars and poor people, to working in a bakery, to selling skateboards. And, of course, waiting tables, teaching yoga, styling photo shoots, selling textiles, throwing parties, doing admin work for nutty professors, cleaning up vomit in a bowling alley … Don’t make me continue. People in New York will do stuff like come in 20 minutes late to yoga class, change their babies AT A DINNER TABLE FOR DINING, and “forget” to pay you on payday.
I know I’m not alone. So to channel my emotions in a healthier way, I wrote a one-person character show about my work-induced anger problem called Minimum Rage, playing Oct. 20 at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in Chelsea. If you don’t come, I can’t promise you won’t be the target of our collective rage behind your back. But you can start commiserating by reading stories of the crazy crap my fellow Brokesters have had to hold their tongues on in the name of paying their rent. Add your own in the comments.
Careers,
Services
Are you having trouble getting your job prospects … straight? Looking for a new job without its own don’t ask don’t tell policy? On Thursday, you can be a step closer to your fabulous dream job by attending the Out to Work job fair, the largest LGBT career fair and workshop event in the Northeast, with 23 companies participating. You can expect some of the usual gay friendly go-to companies — Starbucks, Equinox and Whole Foods — as well as a couple companies that make you go “Really??” like Goldman Sachs and even News Corp. The fair is meant to assist a community that can sometimes have extra trouble finding suitable employment. So far, more than 800 people have already pre-registered, and many more expected are expected to show up.
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News
Would you trust this man with your life? Your hair?
You could get on TV by selling your teen-mom, fake-tanning soul for a gig feeding MTV’s ever-hungry maw of reality shows. Or you could do something that might actually make you a better person. Let’s say you’re a mother who always wanted to start a restaurant, or maybe a restaurant owner who moonlights as a banker but secretly wants to be a mother. Ex-fast food junkie Morgan Spurlock wants to make your dreams come tr… well, at least make less afraid to fail at those dreams. Spurlock and his team over at Warrior Poets (the ones behind Super Size Me and Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold) are looking for New York City-based dreamers for their newest web series, The Failure Club, set to begin production this fall for the Yahoo! Network. The deadline to apply is saturday.
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Services
Beekeeping at Brooklyn Brainery via Flickr's Ryan Sarver
If you’re an expert on esoteric topics — from how to have awesome conversations to Rubik’s cubes to calligraphy — you have a chance to supplement your income from that middling retail position you took during this double-dip recession. The Brooklyn Brainery will let you teach a course on your favorite subject — like, any subject — and get paid for it. The Carroll Gardens-based Brainery pays teachers with experience $45 per 90-minute class. But how do you become a teacher who inspires and amazes against all odds without much, uh, experience? Since the school year is here (Bueller?), we asked a few popular Brainery teachers for advice on how you too can succeed as a first-time teacher so you can get invited back — and get paid — again and again.
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Outings
Workin' it at last year's Work It. Photo by Flickr's Lindsay Wengler.
When you’re an independent creative type — graphic designers, dancer, musician, tech guru, writer or anyone who works from home — you’re often missing out on the built-in support system that comes with a full-time place of employment. That’s what Work It Brooklyn is designed for, to gather these people into a night of ”productive debauchery.” Since the event is a forum to create partnerships, share ideas and network like crazy, we asked co-founder Briana Campbell to give 7 key tips so you can make the most of the next Work It at Brooklyn Winery Aug. 31.
Since it’s been a while since we’ve all worked it, we wanted to share a few tips on how to make the most of your networking evening at the winery (and future networking events) — from what to bring to how much to drink. Test your skills at in the courtyard of Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg on Wednesday from 7 to 10pm.
