1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 1: Woke Up, Wake you up, program your alarm the power 2 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: one oh five point one on iHeartRadio Morning. 3 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: Everybody, It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy. We 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:13,680 Speaker 2: are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in. 5 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:14,200 Speaker 1: The building up. 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 2: Indeed, we have Commissioner Lewis Molina. How are you feeling 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 2: the great? 8 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 3: Always great to be here. 9 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 2: Now you're you're launching a new weekly initiative to help 10 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 2: New Yorkers find jobs. 11 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 3: Absolutely down, he's going with us, but let them break 12 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 3: it down. Yeah, Well, when you're in the number one 13 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 3: city in the in the world and you have job opportunities, 14 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 3: you got to come to the number one shoulder to 15 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: let people know what's going on. Right, So that's the 16 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,520 Speaker 3: fact delivering for you dot n YC. And we also 17 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 3: have a number two on two, three, eight, six, five thousands. 18 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 3: So we have a number thousands of job opportunities with 19 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:46,840 Speaker 3: the city. Some are entry level, some of for mid 20 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 3: career professionals, but we have somebody for We have a 21 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: job for anyone that wants to bring their talents to 22 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 3: the city and be part of helping our city evolve 23 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 3: and support the community. 24 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: Now, I was going to ask that, so these are 25 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: career it's not just seasonable seasonal, so not just for 26 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: the holidays. This is somebody someone could get into and 27 00:01:04,080 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 2: work for a couple of years, get benefits, and take 28 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 2: care of their family. 29 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: Long chatty. 30 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 3: Absolutely, so some of the jobs at entry level and 31 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 3: to the beginning your career track to do that, for example, 32 00:01:12,520 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 3: like an assistant school safety agent with the NYPD or 33 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 3: working as a taxi limousine commission inspector. And for college graduates, 34 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 3: we have to hire a thousand school teachers to deal 35 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 3: with class size. We also are looking for school nurses. 36 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,840 Speaker 3: So there's a number of jobs that are available if 37 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 3: you're just starting out in your career, for career progression, 38 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 3: if you're a mid career professional, we have those opportunities too. 39 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: Can you explain while working for the government is such 40 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: a strong option right now? 41 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 3: Well, so, I think as we've seen as of late, 42 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 3: when we look at local municipal government, they provide a 43 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 3: level of career stability that you may not get in 44 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 3: the private sector. We've wed a lot of challenges in 45 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 3: the City of New York over the over the last decade, 46 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: as many as you know and your listeners know, but 47 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 3: we haven't had a layoff, right, and I think that 48 00:01:55,880 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 3: that's important. At the same time, you have options you 49 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 3: can grow in are within the same city agency. So 50 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 3: we have thousands of city workers that start off in 51 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: the agency in twenty five thirty years later, they retire 52 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 3: from the same agencies. Myself, I had the honor of 53 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 3: working at five different city agencies, right, So you can 54 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 3: also port your career to other agencies while still maintaining 55 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 3: your city credit towards your retirement and your pension. 56 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: How did the recent shutdown affect some of those individuals, 57 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: because that's one thing when people talk about working for 58 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 2: the government, that's always something that scares people. 59 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:30,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think the recent shutdown really affected primarily 60 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 3: federal workers and affected the federal workforce, which is different 61 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: than working for a local government like the City of 62 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 3: New York. You know, we do work with our federal 63 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 3: partners in number of ways, particularly like grand Opportunities and 64 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: things like that. So we've had shutdowns in the past. 65 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 3: This was a long one, so there had some minor impact. 66 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 3: But a city like ours, we have a huge sort 67 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 3: of population base, and our funds are budgeted in time 68 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 3: for a lot of the programs we support, So from 69 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,959 Speaker 3: that perspective, it had very minimal impact. 70 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: We know a recent change in a federal education policy 71 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 1: makes nursing no longer classified as a professional degree. What 72 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: would you say to people who still want to, you know, 73 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: pursue being a nurse but they know it's not considered 74 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: a professional degree. 75 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 3: Well, so I think what I would consider nursing in 76 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 3: general as an advanced vocational job, right, which also has 77 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,240 Speaker 3: to have the complement of an academic Credentially, depending on 78 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: what you want to do in nursing, from being an 79 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 3: LPN to being a full RN, or to being someone 80 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 3: that manages a cohort of nurses on a medical floor. 81 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 3: So I think it really depends on what nuance of 82 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 3: nurse career path you're taking. But it is you know, 83 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 3: we're hiring school nurses now with a Department of Health 84 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: and Mental Hygiene. They're deployed throughout our public school system. 85 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: So a nurse is a critical job in the medical 86 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: field that allows doctors to do what they do and 87 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: be successful at it. 88 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 2: I want to talk about some of the no degree 89 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: jobs people that don't have a college sure, what are 90 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 2: some of those jobs and are those careers where they 91 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 2: can increase to make some huge salaries. 92 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 3: Absolutely, So I think one thing that's good about working 93 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 3: for the City of New York specifically is we invest 94 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 3: in a lot in our staff and we have a 95 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 3: number of jobs, for example, like city custodians that help 96 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 3: keep our buildings running from cleanliness to a lot of 97 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 3: other things within our building. And you don't need a 98 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 3: high school equivalents of diploma. And we recently launched with 99 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 3: the Department of Citywide Administrative Services a program called Epic 100 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 3: Education Propelling into Careers. And what we do is for 101 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 3: those that want to get their high school equivalency one 102 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 3: day a week, we in partnership with Metropolitan College of 103 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,720 Speaker 3: New York, they able to not only get their high 104 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: school equivalency, but twenty nine college credits. What does that 105 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: look like from a career perspective? Once you get that, 106 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 3: there's opportunities for promotion that may not have been available 107 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:51,960 Speaker 3: to you because of the qualifications for the promotion. But 108 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 3: thousands of city jobs not open up for you because 109 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 3: some city jobs do require a level of college credits 110 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 3: a high school diploma. So just because you have a 111 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:02,919 Speaker 3: high school equivalency doesn't mean that you cannot have a 112 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 3: career in the City of New York, and the City 113 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 3: of New York is willing to invest with you so 114 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 3: that you can have the career that you choose, because 115 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 3: we still want people to have agency and be in 116 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 3: control of their own future. 117 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: You know, a lot of these jobs they offer strong 118 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 1: benefits in union support. So can you explain what that 119 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: means for somebody who may be bouncing from job to 120 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: job with no stability. 121 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 3: Sure. So, about eighty three percent of our jobs come 122 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 3: from civil service examinations and they're represented by a number 123 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 3: of different local unions throughout the city. So one thing 124 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: good about union being a member of a union, and 125 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 3: I've been a member of many of the unions where 126 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 3: I work for the city, is that their price allows 127 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 3: you to have someone that can advocate for you when 128 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 3: you might have challenges at work a set of resources. 129 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 3: Being a member of a union. They also help negotiate 130 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 3: your salary and increases in compensation with the collective Barney 131 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: agreements that the union have and York, the City of 132 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 3: New York has a really special place in partnership with 133 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 3: all of its labor unions and leaders, and it is 134 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 3: a way to be able to deliver to make sure 135 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 3: that individuals can live and work with dignity. So being 136 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 3: a member of a union job really is a big 137 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 3: benefit working for the City of New York. 138 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 2: And what to do may of coming in January? Does 139 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 2: this help the efforts that you're doing, Does it hurt 140 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:15,960 Speaker 2: the efforts or does nothing change? 141 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,640 Speaker 3: I think it helps. I think you know, the incoming 142 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 3: mayor has talked a lot in this campaign and to 143 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 3: this day about affordability and opportunity right. And the city 144 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 3: is very, very expensive. Part of that is increasing our 145 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: affordable housing stock within the city, but you also need 146 00:06:33,279 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 3: income right and job opportunity right. And there's a generation 147 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 3: of young people that want to see change in government, 148 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 3: and you can only do so much of that change 149 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 3: from the outside. So we're saying join our city workforce, 150 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 3: be part of the change you want to see. And 151 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 3: I think when he talks about class size and improving education, 152 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 3: us doing this recruitment drive to fill a thousand teacher jobs. 153 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: It's what's going to let people know what opportunities exist 154 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 3: if you want to be a school teacher. 155 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,279 Speaker 2: As an example, Now, what you know we talk about 156 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 2: school teachers in school teachers call all the time and 157 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 2: saying they love being school teachers, they love their job, 158 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 2: they love teaching, but they don't have enough money and 159 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 2: funding to take care of their classroom. They don't have 160 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: the supplies, they don't have the books, they don't have 161 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 2: that is that being changed? Is their help for that? 162 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 3: Well, I'm here specifically about the jobs of teachers, right. 163 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 3: I would let the New York City public schools talk 164 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: about their ideas about how they help support teachers. But 165 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:31,000 Speaker 3: I think anyway that we as a city can help 166 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: support any worker, teachers included, to be able to do 167 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,920 Speaker 3: their job. Well, I think that's an important endeavor. 168 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: What would you say to somebody who doesn't realize the 169 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: long term value of having government benefits, of government training 170 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: and just advancement opportunities. 171 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would say, give give it a chance. Right, 172 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 3: you know you always, as I've gotten older, can appreciate 173 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 3: things that then't appreciate maybe when I was twenty four 174 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 3: years old. But I think you should give the city 175 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 3: an opportunity and it chance. I think all of the 176 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 3: skills that you would gain working for the City of 177 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 3: New York, they're portable skills if you want to then 178 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 3: go into the private sector or maybe work in another 179 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 3: local government somewhere else. These life journey experiences are of 180 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 3: significant value at any age, whether you're an entry level 181 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 3: professional a mid career professional. We even have some seniors 182 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 3: that join the city's workforce because they have time on 183 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 3: their hands and they might want to work part time. 184 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 3: We are an age inclusive city, so we have opportunities 185 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 3: for everyone. 186 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: Wow, Well, what does the application process look like? 187 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: So a number of ways. One is we have the 188 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 3: Delivering for You dot NYC website where you can fill 189 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 3: out a form, give us information, and we'll be in 190 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: touch with you to talk about what may be a 191 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 3: professional interest to you. You can also call us at 192 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 3: two one, two three eight six five thousand. There are 193 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 3: two main ways of getting employment with the city. We 194 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 3: give examinations for about eighty three percent of our jobs. 195 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 3: Others don't require an examination, and you apply be an 196 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,439 Speaker 3: application or resume and we would walk you through that process. 197 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 2: Okay, once again, if you're looking for a job, if 198 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: you're looking for some work, Power one oh five to 199 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 2: one and the commissioner linked up and you can get 200 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 2: information on Power one on five point one or give 201 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 2: them the website. 202 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 3: One more time, Delivering for You dot NYC. 203 00:09:12,080 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: All right, and the job market is hell right now, 204 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: yes it is, so this is actually a blessing. What's 205 00:09:17,679 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 1: your message to anybody who wants to make a career 206 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:21,439 Speaker 1: change but doesn't have any direction. 207 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 3: So I would say go to the website delivering for 208 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 3: you dot NYC is important because that's a start where 209 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 3: somebody can reach out and engage with you, when you 210 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 3: can have an exploratory conversation, or you can call us 211 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 3: at two one, two three, eight six five thousand, where 212 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 3: you'll have someone, a live person will help you walk 213 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:40,920 Speaker 3: you through what options may be available for you to 214 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 3: compete for, to consider for the next job opportunity you 215 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 3: might be looking for. 216 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: Last question I noticed this, do you have to be 217 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 2: a citizen American citizen? Because I know there's a lot 218 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 2: of immigrants here that don't have their necessary citizenship. Can 219 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:54,440 Speaker 2: they get a job? 220 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 3: Is that? Yeah? So certain jobs may require you a citizenship, 221 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 3: But we have persons that are in a documented capacity 222 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 3: that work for the city, so not every city employee 223 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 3: has US citizenship. 224 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be showing up anywhere with our US citizenship 225 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: at a time like this. 226 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:13,320 Speaker 2: All right, okay, all right, well, we thank you for 227 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 2: joining us this morning. Commissioned to Lewis Molina. 228 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 3: Thank you for joining us, Thank you for having me. 229 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 2: It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, every day, Wake up 230 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:23,480 Speaker 2: the Breakfast Club. 231 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 3: You'll finish what y'all done.