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Early Data Suggest More Suicides In 2008; Rise Is Similar To Past Recessions

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY and BETSY MCKAY | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Debt, Unemployment, Job Loss, Mental Health, Suicide Rate, Suicide, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Great Recession, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Living News

Early signs suggest the number of suicides in the U.S. crept up during the worst recession in decades, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of st...

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New Poll Measures The Hardship Of Layoffs: 52% Were Surprised By Job Loss

ABC News | Posted 11.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Loss, Financial Hardship, Economy, Unemployment Benefits, Surprise, Finding New Job, Jos Report, Jobs Poll, Layoffs, Stress, Anger, Unemployment, Health Insurance, Financial Crisis, Business News

When the pink slip comes, trouble follows -- financial, but emotional as well. Three in 10 Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll sa...

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10 Ways To Embrace Change

realsimple.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Fear, The Balanced Life, Unemployment, Job Loss, Dealing With Change, Work-Life Balance, Identity, Happiness, Risk, Living News

Blindsided by a job loss, the unfamiliar isn't to be feared: It can be a chance to turn your life around....

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Latino Families' Fight for Banking Reform

Janet Murguía | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Debt, Weak Oversight, Auto Dealers, Job Loss, NCLR's Wealth-Building Policy Project, Nclr, Damaging Payday Loans, Cycles of Debt, Deceptive Lending Practices, Declaw Legislation, Wall Street Bailouts, Latino Families, Accountable, Janis Bowdler, Great Recession, Enforcement, Foreclosure, Housing Counselors, Mortgage Brokers, Small-Dollar Lenders, Greed, High-Rate Credit Cards, Oversight, Devastating Consequences, Innovative Financial Products, Limited Accountability, Economic Turmoil, Subprime Loans, Toxic Mortgages, Protections, Deception, Access to Credit, Product Vendors, Positive Innovations, Banking Reform, Politics News
Janet Murguía

One of the most devastating consequences of today's economic turmoil is the large-scale loss of nearly a generation of wealth among Latino homeowners.

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Job Losses? Not in North Dakota. A Stimulus Plan That Really Works

Ellen Brown | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: State Deficits, Banking Crisis, Fractional-Reserve-System, Job Loss, Unemployment, Farid Khavari, Bank of North Dakota, President Obama, North Dakota, Florida, Montana, State-Owned Banks, Job Creation, California, Business News
Ellen Brown

Why is North Dakota doing so well, when other states are suffering the ravages of a deepening credit crisis? Its secret may be that it has its own credit machine.

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Middle-Class Family Forced Into Homeless Shelter

The Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact

Read More: Foreclosures, Virginia, Job Loss, Middle Class Family, Middle Class, Homeless Shelters, Homeless, American Homelessness, Joblessness, Viriginia Homeless, Impact News

It's estimated that 7 million more homes are going into foreclosure, which is dramatically changing the the face of those who are without a place to l...

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A Dialogue on Leadership in Uncertain Times: Session 3

Jan Birchfield, Ph.D | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Women's Leadership, Job Loss, Corporate Power, Power, Executive Coaching, Executive Power, Living News
Jan Birchfield, Ph.D

Humility arises when we see through the illusion of personal identification with power; this increases the chance that we will use it in service of something larger than ourselves.

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Unemployment Spike Compounds Foreclosure Crisis

washingtonpost.com | Renae Merle | Posted 09.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Job Loss, Subprime Mortgages, U.S. Financial Crisis, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, Recession Economy, Business News

The country's growing unemployment is overtaking subprime mortgages as the main driver of foreclosures, according to bankers and economists, threateni...

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The Silver Lining of Job Loss

Rick Smith | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Losses, Job Loss, Career Advice, Careers, Fast Company, Getting Fired, Career Change, Recession, Business News
Rick Smith

Personal evolution works best under conditions that most favor variation and change. It is your incompetence, not your successes, which often lead you to the path that is uniquely right for you.

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Under-Employment

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Under-Employment, Job Losses, Jobs, Acting, Job Loss, Unemployment, Writing, Entertainment, Show Business, Boston Legal, Hollywood, Living News
David Dean Bottrell

In my humble opinion, the trick is not to obsess or become phobic about periods of "under-employment," but to realize that (for most of us) they are simply inevitable.

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What "Never to Say" at a Job Interview

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 07.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Taxes, Job Loss, Gm, Mud Wrsteling, Computers, The FBI, Politically Correct Homsexuals, Dmv, Job Interview, Boss, Hate Groups, Childcare, The Elections, Maury Povich, Biracial, Lottery Tickets, Technology, Unemplyment, Comedy News
Francesca Biller-Safran

Do you have any hot looking daughters? My 27 year-old adult soon still lives at home and I'd do anything to marry him off, or at least have him shack up somewhere else.

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On the Career Couch: Career Calamity Recovery

Stacey Radin | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Adjustment, Recovery, Career, Job Loss, Resilience, Unemployment, Job Cuts, Career Advice, Unemployment Benefits, Business News
Stacey Radin

The loss of a job can be a transformative period in your life that forces you to reflect-- it provides the time to take stock, reevaluate options, current lifestyle and goals.

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Dear Dr. Susan: Dealing with Critical Mothers and Laid-Off Husbands

Dr. Susan M. Guthrie | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: How to Handle a Layoff, Job Losses, Job Loss, Economy, Jobs, Dealing With Layoffs, Job Cuts, Recssion, Dear Dr. Susan, Dealing With Job Loss, Mothers, Family, Dealing With Family, Living News
Dr. Susan M. Guthrie

There is something pretty devastating about losing your job - after all, your job is not only how you survive financially, it's where you get much of your sense of worth.

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Job Loss Chart: What 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Over 13 Months Looks Like

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Job Loss Graph, Job Chart, Job Loss, Job Loss Chart, Job Graph, Chart of Job Loss, Job Loss Graphic, Job Loss Numbers, Politics News

Some notable graphs were released on Friday while analysts and members of Congress waited for a compromise to be reached in the Senate on the stimulus...

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8 Healthy Ways To Spend Time Post Lay Off

Health.com | Kate Stinchfield | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Job Losses, Job Loss, How to Deal With a Layoff, Healthy Lifestyle, Economic Crisis, Jobs, How to Deal With Problems at Work, Layoffs, Job Cuts, Health, How to Deal With Problems, How to Deal With Stress, Living News

If you've recently been handed a pink slip, you likely have a lot of free time on your hands. Once you've got your severance package and health insura...

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Unemployment Takes the Bronze

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Depression, Job Loss, Unemployment, Job Search, Great Depression, Employment, Business News
Michael B. Laskoff

After death and divorce, the most likely source of grief for most people is caused by unemployment. You can survive if you follow the old military adage: "Embrace the suck."

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Unemployed: Mass Layoffs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 03.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Unemployment Rates, Job Losses, Unemployed, Job Loss, Unemployment, Newly Unemployed, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

72,000 people lost their job this week. What does a voice of the unemployed have to say about it?

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How to Never Lose Your Job

Grant Cardone | Posted 02.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Unemployment, Job Loss, Job Numberes, Money, Jobs, Job Cuts, Grant Cardone, Recession, Business News
Grant Cardone

During times like these the most important employees are those that can bring revenues into the company.

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Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Unemployment, Job Loss, Mexico, Illegal Immigrants, Remittances Drop, Immigrants, Mexican Migrants, Global Economic Crisis, World News

MEXICO CITY — The money sent home by Mexican migrants fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said Tuesday _ part of a ...

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Learning From The Rat

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Change, Job Loss, Chinese Astrology, Personal Health, New Year's Resolution, first30days, Ariane De Bonvoisin, Happiness, Entertainment News
Ariane de Bonvoisin

Right now, I am in Boston for the Massachusetts Conference for Women. Tomorrow, I'll be leading a workshop on New Beginnings. It's the perfect time of...

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How To Survive A Sudden Job Loss

LA Times | Kathy M. Kristof | Posted 05.26.2008 | Business

Read More: How to Survive Unemployment, Job Loss, Business News

If the country's economic malaise leaves you out of a job, here's the first thing to remember: Stay calm. That's because once you know you'll be out ...

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