How to Find a Job in the City - New York City
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Jobs and Life in New York City
A Plan to Find a Job in New York City
While some individuals are able to make a connection elsewhere in the United States or the world and gain a job or a long term career in New York City, this is not the usual case. It is easier to connect and secure a job in the city if you know someone living and/or working there, or if you move to or already reside there.
Young adults and college students often move to New York with friends or to join someone already there and they may live 4 to a 2-room apartment. Rents are sky high in New York City and young people can often tolerate and even enjoy living together in a cramped style for 6 months in order to find their Dream Jobs,
Older people may have difficulties moving to New York and trying to find 3 roommates, though. When people hit middle age, young and old alike look at them askance and seem to be thinking, "What's wrong with them that they are uprooted and drifting like this? Can't they hold a job or were they downsized and have no useful skills? Are they running from the law or creditors? Are they irresponsible drifters? Do they have Severe Mental Health disorders? Are they "con men"? It's true. For a time, when I received an application in the HR department from someone over 35 for a burger flipping job, my first reaction was, "What's the problem?"
Overall, I hear repeatedly that is is hard to find a good job anywhere and that if you're 17 you're too young and if you are 35, you're already too old. That's only a short 18-or-17-year career before one needs to freelance or start a business of one's own. The Baby Boomer retirement phase-out is leaving unfilled vacancies that should peak around 2012-2022 or so and that will open up more jobs for the young, those 35 and over and also for retirees that want to return to work or not retire in the first place.
However, any individual must sell themselves to a potential employer and make themselves appear to have no age-related issues, especially lack of fresh thought, refusal to take direction, and decreased productivity. This may be more difficult in New York City,since there is high competition for jobs and livelihoods.
I will never forget my visits to the city in which I saw trash collected every day of the week and McDonald's trash bags were piled out front by the curb to the height of 8 feet! There is plenty of business in the city and ample opportunity for work. even if you must accept a "survival job" until you can get something better.
One of the best plans is to obtain a 9-month or 2-year nursing certificate or LPN and then go to New York City as a travel nurse if and when there are openings, and there should be plenty. You will work anywhere from 12 weeks to 1 year and your rent and many benefits will be paid for you! There is no limit to the possibilities for you in this scenario.
Click this link to find out how: Travel Nursing
Lucrative Jobs
TOP JOBS IN NYC
The three Top Job Categories in New York State that employers need to fill are the following list and many of them are vacant in New York City:
1) Information Technology (IT) - many in health care and coporate settings,
2) Healthcare,
3) Teachers, including elementary school, special ed. and Pre-school teachers.
Environmental Engineer is the remaining occupation in the Top 20 Fastest-growing Jobs in New York State through 2014. Wall Street jobs are also growing pretty quickly in the city.
The TOP FOUR EMPLOYERS in the entire state are all health care providers and are all located in New York City:
- LINCOLN HOSPITAL at least 35,000 jobs total, many vacant
- MERRIL LYNCH & CO INC 15,000 jobs
- MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CTR 13,000 jobs
- BETH ISRAEL MED CTR-PSYCHIATRY 12,000 jobs
Health and medical staff people are retiring and moving elsewhere, especially in the lucrative field of travel nursing and travel physicians and related health travel occupations.
JOBS IN NEW YORK CITY
New York City-specific websites for jobs:
ADDITIONAL JOBS IN NYC
The following industries are increasing job numbers available as of 2006 in the state and NYC and the numbers are still on the rise (state and local departments of labor information):
- Educational & Health Services +31,700 jobs
- Financial Activities [Wall Street, etc] +15,100
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities +12,800
- Professional & Business Services +12,400
- Leisure & Hospitality +8,700
- Information Technology +3,800
Industries Eliminating Some Jobs:
- Manufacturing -21,200
- Government -100
Websites to Check for Jobs and Entertainment
- NYC Sports Opportunities
A recent list of teams and venues that have employment avaiable from time to time, listed on their websites. Phone numbers and contact information supplied. - Donald Trump
Look for opportunitites with the Trump megaEmpire. - New York City Native American Community
Information, jobs, etc. NY University School of Medicine. - Gray Wolf
Native Americans on Broadway with fine arts and elsewhere in NYC. - Broadway
View the venues and look for opportunities that might interest you. - New York State Restaurant Association
Restaurants in NYC and state - might be your Day Job. - NYC Department of Education
Become a teacher or administrator. - NYC Transit
Take a bus or drive a bus... - NYC Subway
Ride a subway train, work for the company or see the museums associated with it. - NYC Parks and Recreation
Many parks and venues to enjoy and to check out for jobs.
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Comments
Patti, as usual you have written freely and with passion.
Great hub. have been to New York twice and it was one of the most exciting fulfillment of life's journey.
Thank you
jdnyc - please let us know how it come along.
I'm actually doing a series of hubs on the states and the major US metopolitan areas and their job outlook in the 21st century overall - I've done all of the United States as individual states and several large cities so far. NYC was fun to do!
Make a million dollars!
Mr. M! - thank you for such a kind comment. It WAS fun to do.
This is some very practical advice. Imagine going to NYC as a licensed nurse or med tech - rent free for a year - and becoming a Wall Street legend or a star on Broadway. It could happen.
this is an extraordinarily useful hub and as always with your hubs, quite attractive and indicative of a lot of hard work going into it.
Thanks Iounn, it weas fun to compsose as well. I feel that I could get on a bus to NYC and have a job within a week. :) I'd like to live there for awhile.
1) Information Technology (IT) - many in health care and coporate settings
IT is number one in New york...!!!
good......
Regards,
Job Nigeria





jdnyc says:
4 months ago
Excellent hub! Thanks for the response to the request, and all of the useful information! I will be using these resources in my job hunt!