Into the Deep End of the Pool; Lifeguards From Ex-Soviet Bloc Are Swimming in Culture Shock

Jun 21, 2008 – The Washington Post – Andrian Gherbovet, a 20-year-old native of the Republic of Moldova, has found many things difficult since he arrived in May to spend the summer as a lifeguard at an Alexandria condominium complex. Getting a ticket to the consumer economy wasn’t one of them… Read More

Lifeguards from Gdansk? Slovakia? It’s summertime in DC!

July, 2007 – DC Modern Luxury Magazine – If you’ve never checked into the Ritz just to check out the poolside action, you haven’t been swimming in the deep end. Wade into the scene, but be warned, the lifeguard on duty isn’t there to keep your dignity afloat… Read More

New Pool of Overseas Staff

Jul 23, 2007 – The Washington Post – Geil Vidal’s life was all books and calculations at home in Lima, Peru, where she was studying mechanical engineering and writing a thesis. Here, atop a Connecticut Avenue apartment building, the 23-year-old sits poolside beneath a tabletop umbrella, green iPod nearby, feet donning J. Crew flip-flops… Read More

Temporary Workers, Lasting Impact; Thousands of employers depend on temporary foreign workers with special visas. See page D7 for their stories and read how immigration law affects the local economy.

Jul 23, 2007 – The Washington Post – The iPod-carrying lifeguard watching over the rooftop pool at the posh Park Connecticut apartments, the physics teacher at Suitland High School and several laborers all have one thing in common: They are among the foreign workers who keep the local economy running, turning up more and more often in unexpected jobs… Read More

Pool Operator Dips Into International Labor Pool

August 2, 2002 – Washington Business Journal – It’s a rainy weekday morning, the kind of morning when motivation can be as scarce as the sun. For a guy in the pool management business, it might mean an extra hour of sleep. Steve Lavery, however, spends this particular morning helping one of his employees get a driver’s license… Read More