The Lottery Effect· 6 min read How lack of information, coordination and poor funding leave newcomers to the U.S. guessing where to turn for the support they need By Tiziana Rinaldi Since the White House announced plans in early May to accept up to 62,500 refugees in… Jun 11 21June 11, 2021Article at The JobUp - Medium
The Grounding Power of Welcoming and Inclusion: A Social Journalism Practicum· 7 min read My community journey started a year ago, when I booked a ride on Lyft. The young man who picked me up was Muhammed Batmanoglu, a bio-medical engineer from Turkey who couldn’t find a job in his field despite his Ph.D. and fairly good… Dec 19 19December 19, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
In Their Words: How Immigrants Experience the Job-Seeking Process in the U.S.· 6 min read During The JobUp, the offline educational project I launched to help skilled but underemployed immigrants improve their professional outcomes in New York, I asked participants to keep a job diary. What follows are both observations and… Dec 19 19December 19, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
Building Trust, Serving Community: The JobUp· 5 min read “Thank you so much for everything,” participants have said of The JobUp. Or, “We will miss you!” Or “This was so helpful.” This summer, in lieu of a traditional internship, I have been learning about how to help immigrants in my… Dec 19 19December 19, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
The JobUp· 7 min read A year ago I booked a Lyft ride because I didn’t want to be late for an appointment in Midtown Manhattan. The polished 32-year-old man who picked me up was a bio-medical engineer from Turkey who couldn’t find a better job in New York,… Nov 27 19November 27, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
Making the Case for The JobUp· 4 min read This summer I embarked on a project to fill a service gap for the community of malemployed immigrants in New York. They are people who have acquired a college education or higher abroad, but cannot find skill-appropriate jobs in the U.S.… Nov 26 19November 26, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
A Hearken Story: Listening and Reporting with Your Community in Mind· 5 min read I have often talked about the importance of listening to the communities we serve as journalists, and providing their members with information and resources relevant to their lives. After all, they are the people in whose lives we strive… Oct 22 19October 22, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
If I Build It, Will They Come?For a journalist who has traditionally gained access to immigrant communities through gatekeepers — community leaders, nonprofits, lawyers organizations or other intermediaries— producing a short-term project to serve and interact directly with… Aug 09 19August 09, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
They Found Peace in the U.S. but Good Jobs Prove ElusiveIt’s hard to pull up stakes, especially when it means leaving behind established professions, good lives and loved ones. Yet, thousands of Turks felt they had no choice after their country descended into political chaos in 2016. Those who emigrated… Jul 24 19July 24, 2019Article at The JobUp - Medium
Comments for: This immigrant pharmacist earned U.S. degrees, but has no full-time job yet. Back home she thrived on her skills, despite her disabilitiesI authored this article as part of my graduate studies at The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, at CUNY. I met Clara Sofia Ochoa in 2016 while covering immigrant malemployment in New Jersey. Here’s the story of how she immigrated to the… Jun 26 19June 26, 2019Article at Essays and Portraits
Brain Waste: Many Immigrants Come With Dreams—and Advanced Training—but Can’t Find JobsOn a good day, Muhammed Rufai Batmanoglu picks up about 20 passengers for Lyft or Uber, mostly in Manhattan or Brooklyn. On a slow day, he takes riders as far as Riverdale in the Bronx to make ends meet. It’s a long trip for a Staten Island resident,… Mar 05 19March 05, 2019Article at City Limits
