UPDATE: While today's deal of the day finished, be sure to check out Gary Vaynerchuck's other wine site, WineLibrary.com where there are terrific bargains on Kosher wines as well as a great selection. ...
As some of you may have noticed, after a long hiatus Jewneric has begun publishing once again. We hope you will continue to read and participate in our original content. Jewneric has been heavily involved in a number of projects in the past year, but one of note is ParnasaFest. One of the fastest growing grassroots movements to really affect change this past year across the ...
Dear Jewneric readers, I, along with Dani Klein and Susanne Goldstone, have started a new project called ParnasaFest. The idea is for Jews to network both in person, and using social media, to find jobs, careers, or just make new connections. During such an awful economic time, there is a huge need for these sort of "help your brother out" sort of events. The Facebook group lists all past and future ParnasaFest events: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52056874652 Last week we ...
Over the past number of years I have seen numerous friends and networking partners get new jobs. I usually send an email congratulating them, if I know the industry I will ask if I can help. I almost always let them know to feel free to ask for an introduction through linkedin. But in most cases I wasn’t very proactive in trying to drive them business. About 3 months ago I started with a new ...
Last year, I wrote a research paper for a Principles of Journalism class called Jews in the J-school. For a source, I wrote to Ralph L. Lowenstein, Dean Emeritus of the College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Florida. He has his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia (my current school). Here is what he wrote back: "As journalists, I think Jews have a special insight and empathy when writing about other minorities, whether ...
I would like to share a story with you. A few years ago, I worked with a job seeker who made a serious error in judgment. He had worked successfully in the financial markets until trying to manipulate the market using illegal tactics. As a result, he was banned permanently from his profession and was in need of help to ...
Many of us have dreamed of working in a high profile industry: sports, publishing, television or the movies. The work may sound exciting, almost like it is not work at all! Many do gain significant satisfaction by working in an industry that is glamorous and exciting. But remember, it is still a job and sometimes not all that it is cracked up to ...
Searching for a job can be stressful, not only personally but with outside stress as well. Family and friends can often be insensitive with questions or comments such as, “Why aren’t you working yet?” or “You're still in that dead end job?” It is important to manage the stress as much as possible during the job search. Take the time to explain to ...
I recently had dinner with an observant Jewish professional in his mid 30’s. He felt that to send one’s children to private day school, buy a house in the New York metro area and live comfortably, one needs a family income of at least $200,000 per year. Whether this is necessarily true or not, it speaks of the importance of negotiating the ...
I was going to write this as a comment to an earlier post by Lavie Margolin, "I regularly wear a Kippah. Somebody told me not to wear it on an interview. What should I do?" It got a little long and in-depth, so I thought I'd post it on its own. Here it is: Unfortunately, nobody can offer solid advice. ...
