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Paying It Forward With Pink Slipped

It’s no secret that in 2009, networking will be the single most important job search strategy that job seekers will utilize. 2008 ended with 2.6 million jobs lost and experts predict a gloomier outlook for 2009. In some states with high unemployment, there are at least 50 unemployed qualified candidates for every job opening advertised [...]

Poking Fun at Layoffs

Surviving Unemployment

It seems that most days the news is filled with stories about our declining economy and the increasing number of layoffs by businesses looking to cut costs as their own sales decline. If you are one of the millions that has been restructured or laid off, here are a few tips to help survive unemployment [...]

5 Tips to Layoff Proof Your Job

from http://blog.lendingclub.com/ written by DebtKid Are you vital to your employer? If your answer is, “absolutely!” then congratulations, your job is probably safe. If you hesitated, it may be time to look at how to layoff-proof your position. With companies laying off workers across a broad spectrum of industries, if you’re not vital you just might be [...]

Dealing with Job Loss

The times we live today are changing and unstable all around us, but for many we have things we can count on–our family, friends, and our job. With the changing economic climate and culture, the latter is not as certain as it was before. It occurred to me a couple weeks ago when a friend of [...]

7 Top Reasons Why People Leave Their Jobs

HR consultant Right Management asked 1,308 people why they left their jobs in the last year. Here’s how they answered (numbers add up to more than 100% because some people said they left for more than one reason): Downsizing or restructuring (54%); Sought new challenges or opportunities (30%); Ineffective leadership (25%); Poor relationship with manager (22%); To improve work/life balance [...]

Surviving the Corporate Restructure

Corporate restructuring, also known as downsizing or rightsizing is something that many of us have faced in our career and might yet experience in the future. Lately, you might have noticed on the news all the doom and gloom coming from Wall Street and the NASDAQ. Fear not, with a little preparation and a plan [...]