Brokelyn

Photo courtesy of MyTwoCensus.com.

Last week, one helpful reader gave us a heads up that the 2010 census was struggling to hire qualified census takers and provided information on how to sign up for the required exam. This authentically broke writer wasted no time in calling the number provided in that post. The friendly woman who picked up the phone gave me an appointment to take the test at Metropolitan Pool, not far from my apartment in Williamsburg. Here’s how it went down: Read the rest of this entry »

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If you’ve ever wanted to say the words “step away from the shrubbery,” this job’s for you. Newly listed on the Federal jobs web site is a gig paying up to $55,689 a year, as a Plant Protection Technician—in Brooklyn, no less. This  job with the Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service probably isn’t the secret-service-type gig you might expect from the title, but it could still make for an exciting 9 to 5. After all, you do get to do this: Read the rest of this entry »