Word: temping
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...students in crash training courses for teachers in New York City and Los Angeles; in L.A., 43% of applicants for those courses are men. A rush of men is hitting employment agencies like Help Unlimited in Washington, which says males account for half its placements in secretarial and administrative temp jobs, up from just a few before 2000. Maria Raimo of Elite Nannies in New York City says, "Male applications are way up in the past year, what with all the layoffs. I have people who used to work at IBM and other corporations registering as housemen, companions...
...official no-go zones and profoundly unwelcoming hosts. You thought airport security was tight after the 9/11 terror attacks? Well, it's no longer enough just to remove your shoes?now it's nearly impossible to fly without having a handheld thermometer shoved in your ear for a body-temp check. Just to be sure, many airports also require you to fill out health questionnaires on how feverish you feel...
...apartment at the Interfaith House in Dallas, which provides three months' housing to 100 needy families each year. David, 34, lost his job fixing rental cars in Austin after Sept. 11 when the tourism industry fell apart. Gina, 36, wasn't making enough as a nursing-home temp to cover the family's expenses. The Christians hocked everything they owned--their TV, the kids' PlayStation, Dad's tools--to follow David's old boss to a new job in Dallas. When that business fell apart too, David sold the tires from their two cars to pay for their nightly meals...
...emphasize this point, Demeo noted that after graduating from Princeton she realized that she had no idea how to find a job. Her mother told her to go to a temp agency, and she ended up as the “sample girl” in a grocery store...
Kate adores Jill, a stay-at-home mom dying of cancer, who poignantly captures family life in instructions she leaves for her husband (the water temp for socks, Christmas gifts for the next two years, advice to kiss the boys even when they grow tall). Unlike Jill, though, Kate is a bit player in her own household, which is run by a nanny wielding absolute power. Kate doesn't know her daughter's best friend or how much her son weighs. She's a victim of reverse intimacy; her associates soak up so much time that she stays in touch...