arrived workers seek their first job. men like vincent chou. i spent a lot of time in new york chinatown and never noticed all these employment agencies until today. but there s so many of them. what do they do? that s how we find a job, especially new immigrant come here first to look for the first job. when i got here i just walked into one of these employment agencies, and they have a position. like a waiter or bus boy, cook, dishwasher, something like that. when you first came to america, is this the kind of work you expected? well, i decided to come here, i was thinking about some better job. maybe like 40-hour work week. can make some money for living. maybe i can have time to go to school. but i don t see any choice here. like other poor immigrants, he had to seek a menial job at one of these agencies.
new york is home to one of our country s oldest chinatowns. and it s here that many chinese immigrants begin their journey. china may be booming, but there are a growing number of poor workers at the bottom who believe they ll have a better shot in america. just below the manhattan bridge there s a row of cramped store fronts. employment agencies where newly arrived workers seek their first job. men like vincent chou. i spent a lot of time in new york chinatown and never noticed all these employment agencies until today. but there s so many of them. what do they do? that s how we find a job, especially new immigrant come here first to look for the first job.
new york is home to one of our country s oldest chinatowns. and it s here that many chinese immigrants begin their journey. china may be booming, but there are a growing number of poor workers at the bottom who believe they ll have a better shot in america. just below the manhattan bridge there s a row of cramped store fronts. employment agencies where newly arrived workers seek their first job. men like vincent chou. i spent a lot of time in new york chinatown and never noticed all these employment agencies until today. but there s so many of them. what do they do? that s how we find a job, especially new immigrant come here first to look for the first job.
new york is home to one of our country s oldest chinatowns. and it s here that many chinese immigrants begin their journey. china may be booming, but there are growing number of poor workers at the bottom who believe they will have a better shot in america. just below the manhattan bridge there s a row of cramped store front. employment agencies where newly arrived workers seek their first job. men like vincent chou. i spent a lot of time in new york chinatown and never noticed all these employment agencies until today. there s so many of them. what do they do? that s how we find a job,
our country s oldest chinatowns. and it s here that many chinese immigrants begin their journey. china may be booming, but there are a growing number of poor workers at the bottom who believe they will have a better shot in america. just below the manhattan bridge, there s a row of cramped store fronts. employment agencies where newly arrived workers seek their first job. men like vincent chou. i ve spent a lot of time in new york chinatown and i ve never noticed all these employment agencies until today. but there s so many of them. what do they do? that s how we find a job, especially new immigrant come here first, to look for the first job. when i got here i just walked into one of these employment agencies. and they have position. like waiter, busboy, cook, dishwasher.