"My friend told me that story about waiting in line for the Village Voice to come out so he could see what jobs were available. I thought that was really striking because it really wasn’t that long ago, and it’s so different from the way we do things today."I moved to New York City in October of 1999. Through a friend, I'd secured a basement bedroom on East 7th Street, but I hadn't found a job. Like many other unemployed New Yorkers, on Wednesday mornings, the day of the paper's weekly printing, I poured over the classifieds section of the Village Voice, circling any interesting job listings in red or green ink. Three weeks after I arrived in the East Village, I enthusiastically accepted a position as an art gallery preparator.
- Elizabeth Goodman
This morning, while reading Rachel Brodsky's Flavorpill interview with Elizabeth Goodman, I recalled those uncertain, early weeks in NYC. I also marveled, like Goodman, at how very differently we conduct job searches a decade later.
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3 comments:
Uhhh, really? In 2000, I was job searching completely online.
Consider this: Senior Smoke-In was 15 years ago.
Andiscandis:
Hah! Frankly, the Senior Smoke-In seems a lot longer ago than that! I suddenly feel super jazzed about the prospects for personal growth and creative productivity in my next fifteen years. ;)
With regard to the online job search, I was definitely not on board the Internets train for a few more years. The job search could be done online in 2000, but I think that you were ahead of the unwashed masses. (I'm filthy.)
You are filthy. Always have been, always will be.
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