Brokelyn

Beat that monster

“What’s my occupation?” the innocent little jury duty card asks me. I want to put down “professional job hunter,” because that’s what it feels like. Instead, I just leave it blank, not wanting to put “part-time intern at two companies for no pay, thanks Recession 2K9!” At least I know it feels that way these days, for so many of us who have yet to see the proclaimed up-tick in the economy. Many of us are constantly searching for a better opportunity, and Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com are less than helpful. Instead of getting e-mails telling you why you, a communications professional in Brooklyn, should be a software engineer in Stamford, Conn., start somewhere better tailored to your field. For those of you who are new to New York and/or the job search, you’re likely going to be looking for something in the categories below, which can be huge draws for people new to NYC. All of the following are updated fairly regularly and are great places to start: Read the rest of this entry »

Ah the job fair: like thrift shopping, you never know what gems you’ll find buried under false starts.Brooklyn has a big fair coming up next Wednesday: 80 companies will set up at Long Island University to advertise all sorts of jobs, from Ikea and Applebee’s to the State Department and the Department of Agriculture’s Asian Longhorn Beetle Program. If it’s anything like this fair in 2009, it could be packed. Full list below. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you wearing any pants right now? If you’re freelance, unemployed or unemployed and you’ve fallen into the no-pants trap, today’s newly declared holiday is for you. Over at ASSME (the American Society of Shitcanned Media Elite), blogger Sheila has declared it First Annual Freelancers Put on Your Pants Day in a post that sounds like the beginning of a hot phone-sex convo: Read the rest of this entry »