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Article: City residents grab jobs as number at work soars; Immigrants, former welfare recipients pump work ranks; will gains stick?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- April 9, 2001
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Georgia campbell got fed up with being on welfare after two and a half years. The mother of two was eager to improve her family's life by returning to work. So she signed up for America Works of New York, a program that trains and places welfare recipients.
Her performance in the program was so impressive that more than one employer tried to hire the native of Jamaica. She chose Loews Hotels in early 1999, which offered her $10 an hour to be a corporate office clerk and receptionist. Ms. Campbell quickly moved to the mail room and onto a senior clerkship, making nearly double her starting salary.
``Being on welfare, there is only so much you can do for ...