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The writer, an illegal immigrant, scrambles to find a job that pays well and won’t ask for his Social Security number. (full text)
Josbeth got her first job at 15, and working has taught her to be responsible, keep her cool, and overcome her shyness. (full text)
Donald wonders why his job applications go unanswered—until a job training program teaches him what it means to be professional. (full text)
Worried that she won't be able to keep a roof over her head when she ages out of care, Chimore works three jobs and has a hard time remembering that her work is not her life. (full text)
A feminist folk singer transforms herself into a sex object to attract money and attention. (full text)
Can money buy happiness? And how much control do we really have over our happiness, anyway? Jhanae explains psychologists' answers to these vexing questions. (full text)
After a conversation with his father about what would happen without garbage collection, Evin reconsiders the value of different careers. (full text)
In a roundtable discussion, five writers consider the pros and cons of ambition in its many guises. (full text)
Parents often tell their children, "You can be anything you want to be"— but is it true? Rosie argues that it's not, and that hearing it too much encourages unrealistic dreams. (full text)
Nesshell feels that some of her peers' ideas about their future are unrealistic. She asks readers to consider where they want to be in twenty years, and what specific steps they will take to get there. (full text)
In a sidebar to "But How Will You Get There?," Nesshell tests out the Bureau of Labor Statistics' career information page for young people. (full text)
The writer describes how high unemployment rates for teens hit foster youth especially hard. (full text)
Marsha’s parents, like many immigrant parents, want her to become a doctor. A career in medicine becomes her dream too—until she realizes that she prefers writing to science.
Financial aid problems and a busy work schedule make Merli wonder if she should drop out.
Working with toddlers in a preschool teaches Gamal more about human nature than he could ever learn in books. As he sees it, children are the last people left on earth who do and say what they truly feel. They display the same behavior and emotions of adults, but without disguise.
Desiree works as an unpaid summer intern for New York City Councilwoman Gale Brewer. The experience changes Desiree’s view of politicians, who she assumes are cynical and self-centered people. She finds Brewer to be an honest, hardworking person who fights for her constituents.
Kanwal enjoys meeting a variety of customers from many different places while working at an airport store.
Erica decides that she wants to become a psychologist, but her family thinks that’s crazy.
Working as a camp counselor-in-training, Ilya learns a lot about responsibility when a young camper scrapes his knee and he has to call for help.
Tabitha interviews a music industry executive for tips on how to make it in the business.
It takes a lot of sweat and hustling, but Joseph lands a job as a freelance film editor.
Delia is a recovering junkie. A pusher by the name of Ralph got her to join his posse when she was six, and soon Calvin and Tommy were wearing her pockets thin as she indulged her habit. Unlike so many others, she was lucky she could go cold turkey.
Desiree is thrown into confusion when her father rejects her desire to become an anthropologist, because it doesn't pay enough. She wants to find a happy medium between making money and pursuing a career she loves.
Xavier reviews the essentials of the job interview: what to bring, what to wear (no Timberlands, please), how to listen and respond (lose the slang), good questions to ask.
Jordan learns a lot from his summer job of talking to kids and senior citizens about the dangers of cigarette smoking and the West Nile virus.
Merli is about to age out of foster care, but she is not a citizen and doesn't have a green card, which would enable her to work legally.
Princess enrolls in cooking school to learn a trade after foster care. Although she is afraid of failing, she sticks with the program.
Mary grew up in foster care, and describes how hard work and perseverance enabled her to eventually have the kind of secure life she could once only dream about.
Lucas thinks his summer job as a camp counselor for kids will be a breeze, until he finds out his 15-year-old mind isn't much more mature than a toddler's.
Not all goes smoothly when Jose starts his first real part-time job.
Bucking the advice of friends and teachers, Elizabeth has decided to join the army after high school.
Rana interviews former foster youth Chris Bogle on the difficulties of balancing college and work.
Juan describes his first day at an employment training program for foster youth. Asked to remove his earring, Juan wonders if the program is right for him, but several weeks later graduates with pride.
Zainab doesn't want another four years of education after high school. She's always liked subway trains and fixing things, so she enrolls in the High School of Transit Technology, where she's learning a trade by majoring in industrial electronics.
Damien, a bike messenger in New York, compares riding well on its maniacal streets to what artists call "flow" or athletes call the "zone"—a mystical process demanding the discipline and determination to make split second decisions that hold one's life in the balance.
After unsuccessfully pounding the pavement for months, Shaniqua decides that a college degree is the only ticket to a decent job.
Sharif gives advice to teens on how to successfully look for work. He shares tips on seasonal employment opportunities, filling out applications, networking, and handling interview questions. He shows how a positive attitude and persistence helped him land a retail sales position.
Donna learns a lot from her experience working at a summer camp for the blind.
As a new hospital intern, Sheela is afraid she won’t connect with the elderly patients. But she eventually reaches out to them, breaks their isolation, and benefits as much as they do.
Marissa starts working at McDonald's and within two years she's running shifts by herself and training to be a manager. She wants to have her own business someday and working at McDonald's has taught her she can do that.
While working at a New York supermarket, Tony is told to follow black customers around the store, even though most of the shoplifters are white.
Through internships, Lyn gains work experience and learns how to speak up for herself in the office.
Scott describes how he opened a bank account at a young age and saved money while living in foster care.
After immigrating to New York, Shahlo must convince her parents - and herself - that pursuing her dream of higher education will be worth it in the long run. (full text)
After getting his first paycheck, Jarel learns that banks aren’t just for rich people.
Antwaun interviews former foster youth who are both struggling and living successfully after leaving the system.
Charlene describes how teens can get stuck in dead-end, minimum-wage jobs, and offers advice on how to achieve more.
Sharif faces impatient customers, uncooperative cash registers, and self-doubts during his first day at work. (full text)
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