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Getting Laid Off

What to Know Before You Get Fired or Laid Off

Next Avenue | Posted 11.03.2012 | Fifty
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SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Donna Ballman So you hate your job and are ready to quit. Or you think you’re about to lose your position because ...

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Mompreneurs: From Laid Off to Launch... After 40

Sandy Abrams | Posted 08.08.2012 | Small Business
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Sandy Abrams

After being laid off twice within six months, there was only one thing for Judy Goss to do: start her own business.

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Why I'm Celebrating The Anniversary Of Losing My Job At 59

Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.23.2012 | Fifty
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Ann Brenoff

Three years ago today, an email popped into my inbox asking me to please step into my manager's office. There, a hired gun was waiting to tell me that my job as a nationally syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times was unceremoniously ending.

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10 Reasons Why Getting Laid Off Is Like Getting Laid

Andy McDonald | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Andy McDonald

I've realized why "getting laid off" and "getting laid" are only one word apart. They're very similar events. Here are ten reasons why...

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