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Entrepreneur Takes On Former Employer After Firing

Reuters | Posted 12.06.2011

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(By Deborah L. Cohen) - Bryan Van Noy got a pink slip in 2007. After dusting himself off, he set out to launch a business that would challenge traditi...

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Defined by Ego

Amy Chan | Posted 10.16.2011

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Amy Chan

My whole life I've defined myself through the roles I've had -- the academic, the girlfriend, the party girl... As long as I had a role to fit within,...

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Weekly Audit: Police Defy Order to Clear Protesters from Wisconsin Capital

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger On Monday afternoon, the Capitol Police in Madison, Wisconsin refused to enforce an order to clear the...

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Arthur Delaney

Are The Long-Term Unemployed Saved Or Screwed?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Advocates for the jobless are divided on whether a deal reauthorizing emergency benefits for a full year has saved or screwed the unemployed. Fans of...

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Is Divorce a Career Killer?

D. A. Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

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D. A. Wolf

No one should have to risk their livelihood when marriage ends. No one should have to choose between parenting and paying the bills. Employers ought to be more amenable to flexible arrangements.

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How Do I Hang Onto My Job When Layoffs Loom?

Liz Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Liz Ryan

It used to be that twenty years in one job was a huge asset. Things have reversed today. It's hard to convince a new employer that we are full of creative thinking after spending twenty years in one shop.

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Saving Marriages Strained By The Recession

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jobs have been lost and homes have been lost, but if Dr. Alan Singer can help it marriages will not be lost to this recession. Singer is a family t...

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Girlfriends with Pink Slips

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Irene S. Levine

The support of female friends can help a woman get over the traumatic emotional and financial losses associated with being fired or let go. What can friends do?

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Congress Must Hold Hearings With CEOs Who Lay Off Workers

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee Stranahan

I'm tired of reading about the job layoffs daily while witnessing the lavish spending and bad decisions of incompetent CEOs, so I decided to do something about it and started a petition.

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