r/NYCjobs

I'm planning on moving to NYC (Brooklyn) in October. Ideally, I would love to have a job set up before I get there, or at least have prospects/leads. I have been working in fashion in product development for years, but have been really struggling to find a job in that field for months, so I'm not picky job-wise. I will take anything honestly as long as it's full time, or even part time that pays decent. My question is - are there any websites or programs for young people moving to NYC that can help me secure a job BEFORE I move? Is that even possible? Or should I just go for it, move with savings and try my best to find a job within the first couple weeks of living there?

With the economy in the trash and the amount of migration from other states there’s barely any work here. I always wanted to move to a different state anyways but it was just a thought. It’s now looking like a reality and many other nyers I’ve spoken too are speaking about moving also. Coincidence? I think not!

Edit: this is literally just a haha discussion based on a reality for many, or others feeling similar . I don’t condone hate so keep that shit cute. Giggle, converse idc but I will report hateful comments.

Also it’s come to my attention ALOT of ya are taking me super serious comments) This was just a thought lmao. I didn’t ask for advice (I don’t mind it though i think it’s helpful for everyone) and I’m not moving any time soon lol. Take a deep breath and calm down. Have a giggle or 6. This discussion thread is really not that serious.

Hi all, I wanted to share that in the job search market, many humanities majors are struggling like crazy to find something. That was the exact spot that I was in. So I was doing a frantic job search on LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. back in January of this year. I was living in Manhattan at the time, now moved to Queens. I already had a bad experience with Success Academy and I quit on the first day of being hired because it was a dumpster fire (look it up on Reddit for more lore).

Then, I ended up joining Achievement First Charter School as a special education paraprofessional. It was really shit pay, $23 an hour, and only until 29.5 hours a week. If it crossed 30 hours they were lawfully required to give me healthcare, which they conveniently avoided. Classic. I remember having a quick interview in which they barely asked me any questions and hired me on the spot, said I could start right away.

I already had most of the DOE IdentoGo paperwork done and I filled out the HR stuff immediately. The front desk people, admin, and HR were genuinely sweet, kind, and helpful, hardworking people doing their best. So I thought nothing of it and walked into the workplace with an open mind.

The first week was pretty nonchalant and uneventful. Some of the students with mental health disabilities were acting up here and there, nothing too crazy, nothing I hadn't mentally prepared myself for. I knew going in that this population could be challenging and I was genuinely committed to showing up for these kids.

Then I was placed in a remedial class. One student kept screaming, kicking, and disrupting the entire room. I told him firmly but calmly to stop, the way any reasonable adult would redirect a child in crisis. A staff member immediately pulled me aside and told me not to talk to students like that. He had been cussing everyone out and kicking furniture, but apparently firm redirection was the problem. Noted.

Then D arrived.

D was a 12 year old with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and she decided from the moment she laid eyes on me that I was her sworn enemy. I don't say this dramatically, I mean she made it her daily mission to make my life difficult. Refused every instruction I gave. Talked back constantly. Made comments about my appearance. Recruited other students to ignore me. I tried every approach I knew, warm redirection, ignoring the behavior, positive reinforcement, changing my tone, giving her space, building rapport during calm moments. Nothing landed.

Part of my job was to walk behind D in the hallways as per strict protocol given to me by my supervisors. That was the instruction, clear and firm. Walk behind her, ensure she complies with hallway behavior expectations. D refused to comply with this constantly. And when I followed protocol and stayed behind her as instructed, it was somehow twisted into me doing something wrong. I was following the exact instructions I was given and still found a way to be at fault. Make it make sense.

One day D got directly in my face. I mean right in my face, close enough that I had no personal space whatsoever, screaming and cussing me out. I stepped away to give myself two minutes to regulate because that is literally what de-escalation training tells you to do, you remove yourself before things escalate further. Administration later told me that I had abandoned a student under my watch. That same student who had just screamed in my face was then coaxed into the principal's office with candy and treats, given a therapy session with the guidance counselor, and treated like the victim. I stood in the hallway processing what had just happened with absolutely zero support or check in from anyone.

That was the culture of this school in a nutshell. Bad behavior was rewarded. There was an entire sensory room where students were sent as a reward whenever they threw tantrums. A full recreational sensory room, toys, calm lighting, the works, given specifically to kids who acted out. They also got candy. Every single time. So naturally the kids figured out pretty quickly that a meltdown gets you a break in the fun room and a snack. You cannot make this up.

Then there was R. R was a student who had been raised almost entirely on social media and had what I can only describe as a full blown AI addiction. The school had to regularly turn off his Google access and block certain websites just to get him to function in a classroom setting. Even then it was a constant battle. Keeping R on task was essentially a part time job within my part time job, babysitting his screen time minute by minute while also managing everyone else in the room.

There was another student who would completely crash out the moment you asked him to do any class task. Take a quiz? He would rather take the zero and spend ten minutes cussing out the teacher first. And here is the truly unhinged part. Admin pulled me aside at one point and told me not to correct his loud, rude, disruptive behavior because, and I quote, it makes the school look bad if he tries to hit you. So we were being instructed to ignore dangerous escalating behavior because the optics of a student hitting a staff member were bad for the school. Not because it was wrong. Not because it was unsafe. Because of optics.

Speaking of unsafe, a teacher had his wrist twisted so badly by one of the problem students that he genuinely wanted to file a workers' compensation claim. The school pressured him to stay quiet about it and handed him a thousand dollars for his doctor's appointment. His wrist was seriously injured and they essentially paid him to keep it off the record. That tells you everything you need to know about how this school handled incidents involving staff safety.

The chromebook and AI situation was genuinely wild across the board. Kids as young as fifth grade were on Chromebooks constantly, using AI for everything, and work refusal was endemic. The kicker was that when a student refused to do their work, it was framed as a staff failure. You weren't engaging them enough. You weren't making it interesting enough. You weren't connecting with them enough. The kid sitting there refusing to take a quiz while watching YouTube was somehow a reflection of your incompetence, not their behavior.

The gossip culture was also something else. Information traveled through that building at lightning speed and not always accurately. Staff talked about students, students talked about staff, admin talked about everyone. It created this atmosphere of constant low grade paranoia where you never quite knew what was being said about you or to whom.

The day I was fired, I was called down to a room where the principal and an administrator were waiting. They told me I was a bad fit. I respectfully asked for more specific feedback because I genuinely wanted to understand what had gone wrong. What followed was a list of allegations I had never heard before in my entire time at that school.

One of them was that I had asked a student about his medication. Here is exactly what happened. The student himself voluntarily told me he took a small blue pill for his focus that made him not hungry at lunch. I asked him if he could share a little more so I could pass the information along to his parents or the social worker, which is exactly what any responsible adult working with a child with medical needs would do. That was twisted into me inappropriately asking a child about his medication.

None of these allegations had ever been raised with me before that day. No written warnings. No formal conversations. No documentation shared with me at any point. Just a list of accusations presented on the day I was let go with no opportunity to respond meaningfully.

When I became visibly upset, because I was blindsided and it was a lot to absorb at once, I was told to leave the premises immediately. The whole office watched. Nobody said anything.

I later asked for documentation of these allegations and was denied. As a probationary employee I had virtually no recourse. The union couldn't help. HR gave me a form letter. And I walked out of that building feeling like I had somehow failed, when in reality I had been set up to fail from the beginning in a system that had no real interest in supporting its staff.

What I learned:

• Charter schools operate with significantly less accountability than traditional public schools and probationary employees have almost no protection whatsoever
• Hired on the spot sometimes means we are desperate and will not invest in supporting you properly
• Document absolutely everything from day one, every incident, every conversation, every instruction given to you
• If you are neurodivergent like me, the ambiguity, the lack of clear feedback, and the chaotic environment of these schools can be genuinely destabilizing in ways that are hard to articulate to people who aren't wired similarly
• Rewarding bad behavior with candy and sensory rooms while blaming staff for student work refusal is not a trauma informed approach, it is chaos management dressed up as progressive education
• Your mental health and your safety are worth more than $23 an hour and 29.5 hours a week with no healthcare

I'm okay now. I've moved, I have interviews lined up, and I'm rebuilding. But I wanted to share this because I know I'm not the only one who has walked into one of these situations completely blindsided.

If you're considering a special ed para role at a charter school in NYC, do your research first. Check Reddit. Check Glassdoor. Ask hard questions in the interview. And protect yourself.

Happy to answer questions in the comments. Take care of yourselves out there.

when are these mid-tier, minimum wage paying jobs going to start playing hard to get? i'm 17F, live in nyc and need work... i've applied to well over 25 jobs by now, since the beginning of june and still haven't gotten anywhere. don't get why i need 2+ years of experience to hand out plates either?

i'm just so frustrated and only have experience managing other people's social medias/babysitting/petsitting etc. if anyone has any advice or ideas, i'd love to hear it. i need to pay for college in about a years time somehow.

Does anyone know any franchise or any restaurant or any type of places that they hire 16 years old and it’s easy to get hired like in their company policy? They use 16 years old for workers. I’ve had many places like McDonald’s Wendy’s and Popeyes they give me interview but when I called them, they said they don’t hire 16 years old but in the online they say the 16 years old is the minimum does anyone know any places any type of restaurant that are 16 years old? If you do, please let me know thanks.

Planning to move out of NYC, but not soon. I am currently an electrical engineering student. I have a high likelihood of getting my engineering degree. From what I've seen, entry-level electrical engineers only make around $80,000. The tax rate and cost of living are just too high in New York City. I am planning to move to Florida or Texas to avoid high rates of income tax.

I don't have any faith in Mamdani. People have tried to do what he is trying to do and have failed. The wealthy are already leaving for Palm Beach. If my taxes were going to something good, then I am willing to work in this state, but I just do not want to stay here. My cousin is in Utah, and he makes over 100k a year. Utah has a flat tax rate, and he can keep a good portion of what he makes. I'm just tired of what socialists are telling us and teaching college kids. Just giving people money does not make society better!

Hi, was wondering if anyone knows what positions at the US Open gets the Ralph Lauren uniform? I’ve been seeing some people get clothes from them but also a lot of people only have the US Open polos so I’m a bit confused as to how that works.

Also, if anyone worked as at guest access, how was the experience like? Thanks in advance!

Compensation: $20.00 per hour

Employment type: Full-time

Location: Brooklyn Army Terminal

The hiring manager for the company "Just Wireless" is looking for a new warehouse associate to join the team :

We are looking for team members who:

- Are upbeat, positive, and want to be part of a high energy / high performing work environment

- Have a high level of attention to detail

- Have a good work ethic, with a history of reliability & punctuality

- Full time position only

- Must be legal to work in the USA

- Spanish and English speaking a plus

- Able to read and understand English

-Monday - Friday 9:00am to 5:30pm

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OK, I've got a hot tip for you to at least land an interview for an Animal Laboratory Technician job even if you don't have experience.

There's a lot of NYC area universities (Columbia, NYU, Rockefeller, etc.) that do research and they use laboratory animals.

I see postings on indeed quite often looking for Laboratory Technicians (usually called "Technician Assistant" at Columbia) to manage animal colonies by feeding them, cleaning cages, accepting new shipments of animals, etc.

They usually only ask for a high school diploma but will also ask for some type of experience or training.

To get around the experience requirement, Purina (I assume the same company that makes dog food) has a line products for animal laboratories called "LabDiet" and they also offer an online course in Animal Laboratory Science that anyone can take for a fee (IIRC, it was about $50) and they give you a certificate when you're done.

Back when I was looking for a job ages ago, just mentioning that I was working on a LabDiet course in my cover letter was enough to land me a phone call asking to schedule an interview, because a lot of these labs will actually have you take the course after you're hired, so mentioning you're studying it in your cover letter shows initiative, you're interested in Animal Laboratory Science, and you're not just desperate for a job.

So why would you want one of these gigs working with mice?

Depending on the school, they usually offer free tuition!

Columbia University has "Technician Assistant" positions for animal laboratories that pop up often and one of the benefits is a 100% tuition reimbursement.

There's also higher levels of certifications you can earn for better jobs you find actually interested in it as a career field.

If you're interested, you should setup indeed to send you alerts for these types of jobs, like an alert for "Technician Assistant" if you're interested in trying for Columbia.

Good luck!

I see like 3 mta workers everyday by Bryant park just standing texting or looking at their phones while people jump to bypass and not pay the mta fare. They don’t do anything right in front of their face

I learned McGuinesses in sunnyside is looking for an additional bartender. No food, just drinks, no nonsense crew if you know what you’re doing and like a pub/cocktail atmosphere you’ll do fine.

I’d recommend swinging by and dropping off a resume

Usually 3 days or nights a week good neighborhood and crowd.

11a-7p or 7p- 4a

Hello I’m a 20 year old male with acne and bad skin and every job I go to I just get bad stares and judgmental looks every day and it’s starting to ruin me mentally. I am a hard worker and willing to travel. If anyone could reach out to me with a job opportunity I would gladly appreciate it. (I am a very clean person and I know the cosmetic procedures I have to do to fix me face, I just need the money to do it)

I was just laid off for the second time in 5 years.

I am at a loss. I dont know what to do.

I cannot go that long again without a job.

I cannot grieve, I need to move. Please give me sound advice on how to proceed.

Thanks,

What is entirely wrong with the job market ? This is extremely demoralizing and depressive. I don’t get how the rent is so high in New York and there are no jobs hiring. Literally none. I’ve been applying to jobs since the summer of 2025 and probably got like two interviews. Over 1000 applications. At all job levels. There needs to be a rent freeze until things are regulated. It seems like over time NYC has begun to cater to only high earners making 6 figures or more. There are no job’s actively hiring. They’ll invite you for an interview based off your qualifications in your resume and email you stating they found someone more qualified or might even ghost you. If I wasn’t qualified why would you waste my time and have me come for an interview. At this point I’m considering applying for a job in another state even without housing figured out. This is ridiculous. To anyone job searching out there that doesn’t have 6 figure skill set as of yet I wish you the best of luck.

Hii ! my bf and me are planning on moving to New York in 4/5 years. We are europeens and I am currently searching how we could get a visa since then. I work as camerawoman for tv and sport but I don’t think I will be able to get something in New York with that.
However my bf is a flooring worker specializing in every type of epoxy but with no degree.
Do you think there is possibility of visa sponsorship ?
Thxx

I’m recruiting participants for a user research study and am looking for people who meet the following criteria:

What we are looking for:
- Latina/Hispanic woman
- Between ages 18–35
- Currently lives in one of the five boroughs of New York City
- Enjoys exploring food spots, beauty/fashion, or lifestyle content
- Uses TikTok or Instagram regularly (at least 3 days per week)

Study Details:
- Location: Virtual (Zoom or other virtual meeting tools)
- Duration: 45 minutes to 1 hour
- Compensation: $30 for your time (pay via Visa gift card, Zelle, or PayPal)
- You must be at least 18 and speak and understand English.

If you're interested or know someone who might be a good fit, please send me a DM.

I’m graduating with my masters degree in Government (basically political science) in December (my undergraduate degree is in political science too). And I’m aiming to move to nyc in January. For that to happen, I would need to have a job offer by then. I don’t have any one specific job in mind, anything that a masters degree in government/political science would make me competitive for I am open to. For an entry level job in private sector/ industry, how early should I start seriously applying? It’s currently July so I doubt many employers are seriously considering applicants this early. My plan was to apply seriously in October and November. Thanks for your advice!

Compensation: $70K - 75K (Based on Experience)

Employment type: Full-time

Location: Brooklyn Army Terminal

The hiring manager for the company "JW MOBILE LLC" is looking for a E-Commerce Marketplace Specialist to join the team :

Established consumer products company in Brooklyn is seeking an experienced E-Commerce Marketplace Specialist to manage the day-to-day operation of our online marketplace accounts.

This is a mid-level, hands-on position for someone who understands marketplace operations and can independently manage listings, inventory, pricing, promotions, reporting, and account issues. This is not a remote position.

Responsibilities:

Create, update, optimize, and maintain product listings

Manage day-to-day operations for Amazon, Walmart Marketplace, Target Plus, and TikTok Shop

Upload product content, images, pricing, inventory, and product attributes

Monitor listing errors, suppressed listings, account health, and compliance issues

Set up promotions, sales events, coupons, and basic advertising campaigns

Troubleshoot catalog, variation, pricing, inventory, and marketplace support issues

Review sales, inventory, and marketplace performance reports

Coordinate with internal teams, warehouse personnel, and marketplace partners

Assist with new product launches and ensure existing listings remain accurate and up to date

Qualifications:

2–4 years of hands-on e-commerce marketplace experience

Strong working knowledge of Amazon Seller Central

Experience managing Walmart Marketplace

Target Plus and TikTok Shop experience is strongly preferred

Proficiency with Excel or Google Sheets

Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through independently

Strong written communication skills and attention to detail

Experience with product feeds, bulk uploads, or marketplace templates is a plus

This is a strong opportunity for someone who already understands marketplace e-commerce and is looking for a stable, hands-on role with an established and growing consumer products company.

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