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With over a 1,000 online degree programs, the ability to cut through the noise and find quality programs among the chaff is an added barrier for jobless Americans. How would you choose an online degree?
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Internships and Robo-scribes.
As more and more college graduates face unemployment, they are willing to take unpaid internships in the hopes of jumpstarting their careers. Are these internships giving them a leg up or just allowing companies to exploit people for free labor?
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Time between jobs does not have to be a depressing time. Here’s what you can do. But whatever you do, don’t beg….read more.
Returning vets have a harder time finding work than their civilian counterparts.
Since the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) commenced construction on Second Avenue for a new subway line in April 2007, local business owners struggle to stay onboard. The underground blasting, traffic rerouting and construction sites transformed uptown Second Avenue from a bustling, consumer-friendly neighborhood into a community eyesore.
Construction at 97th St. & 2nd Ave., courtesy of Mark Lyon. (March 2011)
Storeowners’ ability to survive may be further tested, as locals doubt the accuracy of the subway’s December 2016 completion date. In a recent AM New York report, the Federal Transit Administration placed bets on a February 2018 finish.
Last July, the New York Times reported 29 closed businesses on Second Avenue between 63rd and 96th Streets. Since then, owners continue to close up shop, or at best, layoff employees.
Beach Café owner David Goodside told the Wall Street Journal earlier this week that business at his restaurant on 69th Street and Second Avenue is down 30% since opening in 2008. He laid off four employees this past spring. Ralph Schaller of East 86th Street’s Schaller & Weber Grocery told Crain’s he can relate.
“I guess business will improve when (the construction) is over,” Schaller, who recently fired an employee. “If we’re still around.”
While the MTA and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce took joint initiative to encourage Second Avenue shopping with February’s “Shop 2nd Avenue, It’s Worth It!” campaign, business owners see no reprieve as jobs and local businesses continue to fade.
WSJ suggested that as a result, neighboring First Avenue is experiencing a revival. Wine bar Felice and the famed 2nd Avenue Deli are among upcoming openings on First Avenue this fall.
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