Word: jobses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walk into an investment banking office, and you will see mostly young faces. Since bankers are drawn directly from colleges, a characteristic office is made up mostly of people in their twenties. Both Abraham and Wang say their offices' social atmosphere is a benefit of their jobs.
The concept behind CyberTrain and Intercity's computer literacy project is a simple one: Teach underprivileged people basic HTML skills so they can apply for lucrative jobs in an industry where qualified workers are typically scarce.
"It's a way for people to get paid for their mind and intellect, while as before their jobs were much more monotonous," Bressner said.
One of their success stories is Charles White, who was in between jobs as a cook before he enrolled in InterCity's program. Now he's in the final stages of applying for a job at CitySoft, a Web development firm in Boston and graduated from InterCity's program at...
Yet the program can be difficult for students, who often must hold down full-time jobs and juggle other responsibilities while they take classes.