Category: Features & analyses
Daniella, our WSWL Outreach & Special Events Assistant and LEAD Alumna, recaps last month’s Sunset on the Roof event, celebrating our Spring 2022 We Speak We LEAD cohort. I guess you know virtual love… until the day finally comes to meet that person face to face. You know what feeling I mean, right? A virtual life. This is exactly what the pandemic has given us – visits, classes, meetings, interviews, even celebrations through a screen. Since the pandemic separated us in 2020,...
Daniella, our WSWL Outreach & Special Events Assistant and LEAD Alumna, shares with us more about her experience (in Spanish and English) supporting our Spring 2022 We Speak We LEAD series, held in partnership with the We Speak NYC team of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. ENGLISH What is it like to be a woman who arrives or lives in New York in search of new opportunities? I am a professional, but I do not speak English fluently....
Worried about this important step in the job search process? Fear not! With strategy and the right mindset, you’ll learn the skills to succeed There are thousands of tips on how to make your job search more successful. However, they all boil down to “Do your homework”, i.e. prepare for every step of the interviewing process. If you are a foreign specialist and an English learner, you may have more “homework” – so much more that you don’t know where...
These worker-owned enterprises empower members to form their own businesses and to take collective control over decisions. For immigrant women, they are a pathway to job opportunities, income, and fulfillment. October is National Women’s Small Business Month – it’s time to celebrate women-owned businesses. Cooperatives are an important part of this ecosystem, allowing members to organize themselves in shared interests and goals as well as to form their own businesses. The cooperative model empowers workers in low-wage industries, including cleaning...
