Wall Street's Pink Slip Party

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The Recently Laid Off Gather to Drink, Network and Maybe Find a Job

A hint of desperation hung in the air. Men and women grasped their drinks and mingled around the bar, hoping to catch the eye of that someone special.
Wall Street Pink Slip Party

No, it wasn't a singles event but a Wall Street Pink Slip Party where unemployed bankers, traders and hedge fund managers network and meet with recruiters.

"It slightly reminds me of speed dating but with careers, so 'speer' dating, if that's a phrase? It's pretty interesting," said Johanna Watkins-Green, an investment bank analyst who still has a job.

An incident at the office that day brought her to the event Wednesday night, she said.

"Three people were tapped -- so to speak --- and they were told never to come back. So that's what brought me here basically," Watkins-Green said. "Nothing's really secure."

About 400 people attend the Wall Street Pink Slip Party where people looking for Wall Street and other finance jobs mingled with recruiters, at the Public House bar in New York.
(Craig Ruttle/AP Photo )

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