24 Hr. Fitness will be hosting a Hiring Event on Tuesday, December 11th from 2pm-4pm. Apply online at https://careers.24hourfitness.com/ or using the links below. Make sure to take your resume the day of the event. Sherman Oaks Galleria Jobs: Service Representative – Sherman Oaks Galleria Service Representative Night – Sherman Oaks Galleria Sales Advisor […]
Read More 24 hour Fitness in Sherman Oaks is hiringThe primary goal of GAIN is to be a true Welfare to Work plan. before a client finds work, it is helpful for them to have an idea of their strengths and interests. Enter the Vocational Assessment. Today I went to the Valley Assessment Center at Los Angeles Valley Community College and took an assessment […]
Read More The Vocational Assessment“Common Sense” – aka knowledge held by the common man fails in this argument. The LA City Council studied 3 peer reviewed studies before increasing minimum wage. I don’t know what they read – but here is some of what I found. Neoclassical economic theories present a clear prediction: as the price of labor […]
Read More The truth about Minimum WageHourly Wages 1 Adult 1 Adult, 1 Child 1 Adult, 2 Children 1 Adult, 3 Children 2 Adults 2 Adults, 1 Child 2 Adults, 2 Children 2 Adults, 3 Children Living Wage $11.37 $23.53 $27.15 $33.96 $17.20 $21.62 $22.95 $27.97 Poverty Wage $5.21 $7.00 $8.80 $10.60 $7.00 $8.80 $10.60 $12.40 Minimum Wage $9.00 $9.00 $9.00 […]
Read More Living Wage – what you need to earn to actually surviveEvery show about workers may need a reality check. Today in the office: + discussions about who took dance as a child and practicing dance moves in the bathroom mirror +people who use the elevator railing as a ballet bar. + can someone take Marco to the Big and Tall shop for shirts +the dude […]
Read More Office RealismI started this blog in a Los Vegas hotel room where I was celebrating my birthday with my friends Bonnie and Isabel. There had been a few times when they visited my work place on Skid Row (a few times in the dark, and witnessed the underbelly of poverty). They, my mother, and almost I […]
Read More Questions and AnswersHelplessness is not a skill that will should be learned or perfected. Lead your own life. Ask for help if you need to pick a direction; and then take action. Every day I have to (yes, I have to – it is actually part of my job as well as a compulsion) tell grown people […]
Read More Follow Jesus or Facebook friends, but Not Yourself#fb I needed to be less of a butt-head and learn to case manager
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Read More Wicked Witch of the Welfare OfficeWe like to call it Capitalism. If Yahoo and Verizon can sell access to the internet – why can’t the poor?
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