Brooklyn, NY - Hikind To Host Major Meeting With Local Banks After Claim Orthodox Community Not Adequately Represented |
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Brooklyn, NY - Following a month-long survey of 22 local banks in Boro Park which revealed that the Orthodox Jewish community is not adequately represented in the existing workforce, Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has organized a meeting with branch managers and human resources personnel to discuss community outreach strategies and potential vacancies.
Surveyors were asked to observe how many people, including tellers, worked in the bank?; How many were identifiably Jewish?; and Of those who are identifiably Jewish, how many were Chasidic, yeshivish, modern-orthodox or other? Hikind’s office also surveyed a dozen local banks located in Chinatown and half-dozen banks in Bedford Stuyvesant/Crown Heights as a means of comparison.
“Our findings revealed that more than a dozen banks serving the Borough Park community have not made a concerted effort to recruit, train or hire the best and the brightest that our community has to offer,” Hikind said. “Though we are aware of many qualified candidates, the character of the Boro Park community is simply not reflected in the workforce of local banks. An evaluation of the same financial institutions located in Crown Heights, Bedford Stuyvesant, and Chinatown found that the people who lived in those neighborhoods also worked in the local banks.”
Representatives from Astoria Federal Savings, Apple Bank, Chase, Dime, HSBC, Sovereign Bank, TD Bank, and others are expected to attend. The meeting will take place this Thursday at the Assemblyman’s district office. Mr. Zisha Novoseller of the Emergency Parnossa Initiative will also be present.
Hikind previously partnered with the Orthodox Union to hold a job fair which, to date, has yielded employment for 67 people. “There is no better feeling in the world than knowing you have helped put someone back to work,” remarked Hikind. “I am hopeful that this meeting will result in even more opportunities for people in our community.”
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May 03, 2011 at 03:15 PM Kol Hakavod, Dov. Says:Report as Inappropriate
I've thought this for years; nine hundred Jews waiting on line at the bank, and not one working behind the counter or at the desks.
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May 03, 2011 at 03:31 PM DavidMoshe Says:Report as Inappropriate
"Surveyors were asked to observe how many people, including tellers, worked in the bank?; How many were identifiably Jewish?"
Unless my employer is a synagogue or other Jewish organization, I'd just as soon they not be working on keeping lists of the Jews (or whites, blacks, Asians, etc.) in their employ. An ethnic, religious or racial group is not entitled to a certain percentage of the jobs available at a private employer. If the OU wants to encourage more Jews to seek employment at banks, so much the better, but telling banks that they need to hire more Jews is just silly.
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May 03, 2011 at 03:32 PM ABrisker Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let him go "survey" shop rite, costco, and mta drivers. Banks are a business.
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May 03, 2011 at 03:47 PM joeynathan Says:Report as Inappropriate
this is all fine and dandy , however how about doing the same thing for Maimonides Hospital and get them to hire Jewish girls as nurses.
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May 03, 2011 at 03:50 PM Mentsh Says:Report as Inappropriate
In order to gain meaningful employment in a bank, one must have an education.
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May 03, 2011 at 03:53 PM andThatAintAll Says:Report as Inappropriate
When's the last time you saw a police, a firemen or a sanitationer wearing a yarlmuckah?
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May 03, 2011 at 04:23 PM am Says:Report as Inappropriate
i worked at a bank/broker in nyc but could not find a job here in bp in any bank even with 40 years experience
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May 03, 2011 at 04:26 PM BLONDI Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ this is all fine and dandy , however how about doing the same thing for Maimonides Hospital and get them to hire Jewish girls as nurses. ”
its not only nurses; not that many clerical positions either open for the jewish people.
under their job postings they need weekend shifts...i WON'T work on shabbos!!!!
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May 03, 2011 at 04:38 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ this is all fine and dandy , however how about doing the same thing for Maimonides Hospital and get them to hire Jewish girls as nurses. ”
I am not a racist, but why does Maimonidis Hosp have more minority nurses than white ?
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May 03, 2011 at 04:40 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ i worked at a bank/broker in nyc but could not find a job here in bp in any bank even with 40 years experience ”
40 yrs experience is too much. At age 60+ looking for a job, by now enjoy your day.
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May 03, 2011 at 04:58 PM AuthenticSatmar Says:Report as Inappropriate
Why didn't he survey, how many frum people applied for the jobs
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May 03, 2011 at 05:12 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Do we know if religious Jews applied and were not hired?
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May 03, 2011 at 05:15 PM Yossi Says:Report as Inappropriate
Lets get this straight Dov..How many heimishe people do u see working in kosher groceries and food establishments in the orthodox communities..
# 1....No orthodox wants to shlep like Mexicans for 8-12 dollars and hour because they make better off sitting in Kolel and collecting....
# 2...Bank jobs dont pay enough to get the off from Kolel..There is no future being a teller except if you can become the manager...So we will have 15 managers in BP.?
I support Goldbergs grocery on 18th ave. even they are a bit more expensive but all register people are heimishe yingeleit with large families....
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May 03, 2011 at 05:17 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ its not only nurses; not that many clerical positions either open for the jewish people.
under their job postings they need weekend shifts...i WON'T work on shabbos!!!! ”
Dear Blondi:
If you won't work on shabbos and yom tovoim, and want to take off early on eruv shabbos etc. why are you not surprised that a hospital that must be open 24x7 will either not really want you as an employee or pay you at a lower scale than a worker willing to work regular night and weekend shifts. You can get a part time job where you can pick the days and hours you want but most hospitals are increasingly requiring their staffs to work regular weekend rotations which include both Saturday and Sunday work.
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May 03, 2011 at 05:20 PM Yossi Says:Report as Inappropriate
Sorry i also forgot to mention that Citibank on 54th street and 13th ave. had a yiddshe manager and was fired because he did favors for the heimishe business people ,covered their over drafts and the bank lost loads of money..Heimishe people working in banks will be facing every day pressure from customers to do transactions that is not in line with the banking department guide lines and then wind up loosing their jobs...Lets stay with the ones we have , they all do a great job and work on Pirim,Hoshane Rabbe,Erev yom tov,Chal Hamoyed and Tishe Bov...
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May 03, 2011 at 05:23 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
This sounds like an implicit demand for a quota. Is it not ok if theb banks have lots of yiddeshe employees but they daven with a reform or conservative minyan? Must they be from a specific chassidus ties to BP or would a bobover from Monsey or a yekker from Washington Heights also be OK?
Hikind is engaging in the same type of racial profiling that have always hurt yidden when we get "too many" of our bochurim admitted into the top schools.
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May 03, 2011 at 05:24 PM Yossi Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ i worked at a bank/broker in nyc but could not find a job here in bp in any bank even with 40 years experience ”
sorry if u have 40 years experience u must be over 60 years of age...Mishne says..Ben Shishim Lezikneh...Time for retirement...You know why we have an age discrimination law in the USA...?
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May 03, 2011 at 05:24 PM joeynathan Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ its not only nurses; not that many clerical positions either open for the jewish people.
under their job postings they need weekend shifts...i WON'T work on shabbos!!!! ”
but you can work on sunday
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May 03, 2011 at 05:25 PM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ When's the last time you saw a police, a firemen or a sanitationer wearing a yarlmuckah? ”
I know two but that is besides the point.
How many frum or jews for that matter apply for those jobs.
In other ethnic groups a police or fireman is an honorable job.
Not so with Jews and even more in the frum community
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May 03, 2011 at 05:27 PM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I've thought this for years; nine hundred Jews waiting on line at the bank, and not one working behind the counter or at the desks. ”
how many yiddin would work for the salary that a bank teller makes and as someone else mention education is needed
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May 03, 2011 at 05:28 PM The-Macher Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ In order to gain meaningful employment in a bank, one must have an education. ”
Really? Not under affirmative action, one doesn't! Go into any bank in NY and see who they hire - and how competent they are. You're better off banking online and dealing with the call center these days than dealing with the personnel of any Brooklyn or Manhattan bank branch (unless you've got a high balance or are a business customer).
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May 03, 2011 at 05:30 PM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I've thought this for years; nine hundred Jews waiting on line at the bank, and not one working behind the counter or at the desks. ”
to #6 and #4
interesting point but tell me what would be the reaction of many if not most frum parents if their daughter or son would say I am going to school to become a nurse or I am applying to be a policeman, fireman, or sanitation worker.
The blame is not with those institution but with us
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May 03, 2011 at 06:48 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Lets get this straight Dov..How many heimishe people do u see working in kosher groceries and food establishments in the orthodox communities..
# 1....No orthodox wants to shlep like Mexicans for 8-12 dollars and hour because they make better off sitting in Kolel and collecting....
# 2...Bank jobs dont pay enough to get the off from Kolel..There is no future being a teller except if you can become the manager...So we will have 15 managers in BP.?
I support Goldbergs grocery on 18th ave. even they are a bit more expensive but all register people are heimishe yingeleit with large families.... ”
This may not be for everybody in Boro Park but what about the yungeleit that have finished high school and didn't go to college and are desperate for a job with paid health insurance, or the young women that didn't become teachers or physical therapists and nurses? Tellers do get promotions within the bank and even reach managerial positions....and this would all be within walking distance from their homes. It's time the banks that want our business to reach out to our community...Great idea Dov, I wish you Hatzlocho
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May 03, 2011 at 07:49 PM DemsBeBabies Says:Report as Inappropriate
Chase bank has been hiring frum ppl in ask of their banks especially in flatbush and borough park.
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May 03, 2011 at 10:27 PM kankan Says:Report as Inappropriate
HSBC on 13 has a chasidiher yingerman with volener tzitzin working there
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May 03, 2011 at 10:54 PM Hopefull Says:Report as Inappropriate
I asked recently my banker at sovereign bank if I can get a job at the bank and he told me that they will glad to fill up all the empty desks in the bank with employees.
Now the question is, did anyone apply for a banking job and got declined?
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May 04, 2011 at 12:10 AM realistic Says:Report as Inappropriate
I'm sure banks will loss customers if they hire heimishe employees. As is custom in the frum community people want privacy and are concerned that the bank teller will discuss their bank balance in the kave shteibel
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May 04, 2011 at 08:31 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
I worked for many years in a civil service position out of state, where there were relatively few Jews (especially observant Jews). I took off for all of the Yom Tovim, and left earlier on Friday afternoon. All of the aforementioned time came out of my accumulated vacation and personal leave. Yet, I could feel the undercurrent of resentment by my gentile co-workers. They could call in sick, and take time off, because of their personal proclivities (i.e. hitting the bottle), but they couldn't stand a Jew taking time off for his holidays. In any event, the day that I retired from that job, and left that environment, was one of the happiest days of my life! Even when I came back to visit after I retired, I would still encounter hostility from former co-workers, who couldn't stand that fact that I didn't have to work there any longer.
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May 04, 2011 at 09:02 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Let him go "survey" shop rite, costco, and mta drivers. Banks are a business. ”
Since when is Shoprite and Costco not businesses?
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May 04, 2011 at 09:03 AM Velvel Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Let him go "survey" shop rite, costco, and mta drivers. Banks are a business. ”
How many Heimeshe Yidden apply for these jobs to begin with?
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May 04, 2011 at 09:40 AM shredready Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I worked for many years in a civil service position out of state, where there were relatively few Jews (especially observant Jews). I took off for all of the Yom Tovim, and left earlier on Friday afternoon. All of the aforementioned time came out of my accumulated vacation and personal leave. Yet, I could feel the undercurrent of resentment by my gentile co-workers. They could call in sick, and take time off, because of their personal proclivities (i.e. hitting the bottle), but they couldn't stand a Jew taking time off for his holidays. In any event, the day that I retired from that job, and left that environment, was one of the happiest days of my life! Even when I came back to visit after I retired, I would still encounter hostility from former co-workers, who couldn't stand that fact that I didn't have to work there any longer. ”
of course hitting the bottle is the only reason a goy would take off.
what a racist
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May 04, 2011 at 11:59 AM yankelde Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ In order to gain meaningful employment in a bank, one must have an education. ”
I have an education, and so my friends. Howmany yidden are and attended Touro College and have gotten an education? I dont see anybody that landed in the bank. The only reason to this is probably that for an orthodox jew with an education to work in a bank is considered underpaid.
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May 04, 2011 at 12:22 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
To #31-"Shred ready"- It seems to be in vogue today, whenever someone disagrees with a particular comment which someone has made, to attack that individual by referring to them as "a racist", without any definitive proof, or the slightest evidence. There are individuals who have been successfully sued in civil courts of law (for slander, defamation of character, intentional infliction of mental distress), by referring to others as "racists". For example, the Rev. Al Sharpton was successfully sued, and his organization had to cough up thousands of dollars in damages, as a result.
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May 04, 2011 at 01:42 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ I'm sure banks will loss customers if they hire heimishe employees. As is custom in the frum community people want privacy and are concerned that the bank teller will discuss their bank balance in the kave shteibel ”
So orthodox jews can't be trusted to be confidential. I don't think you should use any frum doctors or therapists. After all how do you know they're not sharing all your medical information with their friends.
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May 07, 2011 at 10:52 PM am oratzim! Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ To #31-"Shred ready"- It seems to be in vogue today, whenever someone disagrees with a particular comment which someone has made, to attack that individual by referring to them as "a racist", without any definitive proof, or the slightest evidence. There are individuals who have been successfully sued in civil courts of law (for slander, defamation of character, intentional infliction of mental distress), by referring to others as "racists". For example, the Rev. Al Sharpton was successfully sued, and his organization had to cough up thousands of dollars in damages, as a result. ”
I hate to defend shredReady, but the commenter he called out WAS being a racist. He said that when non-Jews "take off from work because of their personal proclivities (that is, hitting the bottle")", and there is no question that that was an ignorant, bigoted and racist remark.
If you agree that all non-Jews take off from work only to pursue their proclivity of hitting the bottle, you are as big an idiot as the first commenter.
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May 07, 2011 at 10:53 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ So orthodox jews can't be trusted to be confidential. I don't think you should use any frum doctors or therapists. After all how do you know they're not sharing all your medical information with their friends. ”
Because they can lose their licenses and livelihood if they do.