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Happy Thanksgiving! This Year It Is No Longer Humiliating To Be Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Thanksgiving Table!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media

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Stephen Viscusi

Losing your job is dreadful, no matter what the reason. In this journalist's mind, it is still better than health issues, divorce, or death -- but t...

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Getting Fired And How It Teaches You To Be A Better Parent

Mika Brzezinski | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

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Mika Brzezinski

When I was fired, I pretended it was like a gift to my kids. Somehow, I felt it was my duty to protect them from the pain I was feeling. I sugarcoated the whole thing. Big mistake.

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Frankfurt Book Fair Official Fired For Treatment Of Chinese

The New York Times | STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 10.22.2009 | Books

Read More: Communism, Censorship, Fired, Free Speech, Books, Book Fair, China, Chinese Writers, Chinese, Chinese Dissidents, Chinese Censorship, Frankfurt Book Fair, Books News

The Frankfurt Book Fair, which struggled to find a balance between free speech and honoring China as its featured country, dismissed its project manag...

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Ralph Lauren Model: I Was Fired For Being Too Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

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Leslie Goldman

Did anyone ever actually look at this image and think, for even one millisecond, that it was real? Filippa Hamilton's body was manipulated to such an irrational extent that it ceases to look human.

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Buyout...Just Another Word Meaning "Take This Money and Don't Sue Us!"

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

To me, the words "buyout" and "package" are white-collar slight of hand. It's is a dirty trick of smoke and mirrors.

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Why Employer Relocation Packages Are Becoming As Extinct As Jobs: Times Are a Changing Unless You Work for Oprah That Is!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 09.13.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

Relocation: if you can find it, is almost always worth it.

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Just Fired or Downsized? Feel Like Getting Revenge on the Boss? It Seems You're Not Alone

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

Lately, it seems that bridges are built to be burned. The internet has made getting revenge easy today. Lose your job, start a blog. Hate your boss, shout it out on Facebook or Twitter.

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What To Do When You Get Fired

Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living

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Paula Forman and Jeff Johnson

Hello in there! Here are 10 random tips for weathering the storm and getting back on your feet.

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Carrie Prejean Speaks With Rupert Murdoch About Joining Fox News

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Comedy

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Matthew Filipowicz

We have obtained exclusive footage of Carrie talking about that very subject with News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch. Take a look.

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A Dialogue on Leadership in Uncertain Times

Jan Birchfield, Ph.D | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

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Jan Birchfield, Ph.D

How do I revisit an industry that I have known for 20 years, with fresh eyes? How do I transform the fact of having been fired from a major setback, to an opportunity to live my life with greater balance?

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Does Telling Your Kids You Were Fired Make You "The Biggest Loser"?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Fired, Work, Children, Recruiting, Economy, Employment, Jobs, Careers, Obama, Business, Recession, Headhunter, Family, Parents, Living News
Stephen Viscusi

Emphasize to your children that the most important things in life are health, family, and being together. Mom or Dad can always find another job, but having one another is what really matters.

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Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business

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Bret Caldwell

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Girlfriends with Pink Slips

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

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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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My Bulletproof Tips: How to Be Perceived as 15 Years Younger than You Really Are on an Interview or at Work

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 01.17.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

Create a youthful perception -- otherwise, there's someone else waiting in the wings with quicker computer skills and contemporary pop culture knowledge who will be all too happy to fill your shoes.

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Four Christmases: The Humiliation of Explaining Your Unemployment Around the Holiday Table

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business

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Stephen Viscusi

Can you imagine having to explain that you're unemployed to the people you see only once a year?

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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The Leap: Beginning the Journey

Rick Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Rick Smith

I had co-written a bestselling book on career success and my own career had just crashed and burned.

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Leahy: Rove Cannot Claim Executive Privilege In US Attorney Scandal

Associated Press | Laurie Kellman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Fired, Karl Rove, Patrick Leahy, U.S. Attorney Scandal, George W. Bush, Politics News

A Senate chairman acknowledged explicitly on Thursday that President Bush was not involved in the firings of U.S. attorneys last winter and therefore ...

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