According to the US Department of Labor, some 14 million Americans are out of a job. Yet all isn’t bleak. People in our community, such as businessman David Hess and others, are trading in low-income jobs or outright joblessness for lucrative new careers — and sharing tips for how they did it.
Almost everybody knows somebody who’s been hit hard by the loss of a job and in today’s economy helping them find new work isn’t easy. “For every person we manage to place” sighs Zisha Novoseller executive director of the Emergency Parnossa Initiative “I have five more people waiting for an opening.”
Until recently David Hess was one of those still waiting for that opening. How did he survive the loss of a great job — and the loss of self-esteem that so often accompanies a loss of income? As has happened with others he discovered that sometimes adversity can be a person’s best friend.
When Life Throws a Curve Ball
At age 33 David Hess looks so young and effervescent that you’d never guess he’s been through trials people twice his age have never had to cope with.
Originally from Los Angeles from a modern Orthodox background David decided after a year of studying in Eretz Yisrael that he wanted to move on to a more spiritually inclined track. He enrolled in Yeshivas Sh’or Yoshuv in Far Rockaway and married his bashert.
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