Layoffs

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Think Again: The End of Local Reporting

Eric Alterman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Newspapers, Local News, Los Angeles Times, Reporters, Death of Newspapers, Investigative Journalism, Propublica, David Simon, Newspaper Industry, Media News

With much of the world of journalism focusing on the trials and tribulations of our great national newspapers, it's easy to forget the importance of Tip O'Neill's old adage: "All politics is local."

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Does Face Time Matter?

Nicole Williams | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Business, Work, Living News

Read my virtual lips: Face time is golden. Here are some tips for part-timers and telecommuters to keeping their jobs secure.

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From Lehman to Landscaping: A Laid-Off Banker, One Year Later

P.G. Sittenfeld | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Laid Off, Investment Banks, Lehman Brothers, Investment Bankers, Business News

After losing my job, I watched Lehman's stock price until the whole ship went under last fall. I needed a new source of income, so I moved to Dublin, Ohio to work for a lawn care company.

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Down, Not Out: Laid-Off Journalist Tries The Back-To-School Strategy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Cobra, Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Health Insurance, Down Not Out, Business News

Jennifer West lost her job as an editor over a year ago. She couldn't find a new gig. Now she's in school to get a master's degree in childhood specia...

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Gannett To Cut 1,400 More Jobs In New Round Of Layoffs

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Layoffs, Gannett Layoffs, Newspapers, Gannett, Media News

NEW YORK — Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. plans to cut 1,400 jobs in the next few weeks, about 3 percent of the work force, as it faces a prolo...

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Kremlin Shuts Down All Casinos In Russia

nytimes.com | CLIFFORD J. LEVY | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

Read More: Layoffs, Economic Crisis, Casinos in Russia, Russian Casinos, Kremlin, Siberia, Putin, World News

The government is shutting down every last legal casino and slot-machine parlor across the land, under an antivice plan promoted by Vladimir V. Putin ...

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Hey LAUSD, Please Save Ms. Brier Before It's Too Late

John Koch | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Superintendent-Ramon-Cortines, Public Schools, Layoffs, Education, Lausd, Wonderland Elementary School, Teachers, Firing, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Take Action, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Living News

Ms. Brier is at the cutting-edge of K-6 education, described as "exceptional" by parents. There was just one problem. She had just received her pink slip by the LA Unified School District.

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Unexpected Opportunities in the Midst of Recession

Monica Ali | Posted 07.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Global Recession, Workplace, Business Culture, England, Recession, Business News

Now is a good time to look at some illusions which have remained more deeply embedded in our work culture.

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Recession Forces a Bad Choice: Filing Early for Social Security

Mark Miller | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Social Security, Unemployment, Recession, Business News

New federal government data shows that applications for Social Security benefits are running well ahead of the rate expected due solely to aging of the population.

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A Dialogue on Leadership in Uncertain Times

Jan Birchfield, Ph.D | Posted 07.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Leadership, Fired, Purpose, Business Advice, Living News

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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GM Grows Towns, Then Leaves

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Grand Rapids, Layoffs, Orion Township, GM Bankruptcy, Gm, Mansfield, Recession, Wilmington, Ee, Business News

General Motors was once viewed as Miracle-Gro for small towns, taking places like Ontario, Ohio from a village of 700 people in 1956 to what is now a ...

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Unemployment Claims Hit Record At 6.78 Million

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment Benefits, Unemployed, Auto-Industry-Layoffs, Unemployment Rate, Flood-of-Unemployment-Claims, Business News

WASHINGTON — The economy is sending a message of hope laced with caution: That the recession is steadily easing, but new threats could delay any...

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Are Layoffs Unethical?

New York Times | Randy Cohen | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Unemployment, Business News

In mid-May, British Global Services announced 15,000 job cuts, while Japan's Sony continued cutting 16,000 jobs. Here in the U.S., 5.7 million jobs ha...

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How Not to Lose Your AmEx Black Card: Staying a Step Ahead of Outplacement

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Strategies, Resume, Layoffs, Job Search, Economy, Careers, Jobs, Hiring, Firing, Downsize, Recession, Business News

Whether we are downsized, right sized, fired for cause, or not...unemployment in 2009 is not associated with only mid-level and lower-level jobs. It's an egalitarian phenomenon.

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An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Alex McCord | Posted 06.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Layoffs, Clothing, Job Market, Real Housewives of New York City, Consignment, Job Search, Alex McCord, Entertainment News

The sun is shining and things are looking up. As the Real Housewives madness shifts into book writing and work madness, I am taking a moment to be grateful.

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Get on the Breadline!

Lawrence Levi | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Job Losses, Unemployed, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Unemployment Benefits, Recession, Living News

The Breadline is a website devoted to telling the tales of the unemployed -- in their own words. It's a place for fun commiseration, or, as we like to call it, "A blog of reduced circumstances and gallows humor.

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A Mindless Meld of "Star Trek" and the New Unemployment Rate

Dave Astor | Posted 06.11.2009 | Comedy

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, DeForest Kelley, President Obama, William Shatner, Phasers, Jobs, Captain Sisko, Captain Janeway, Joblessness, Captain Archer, Star Trek, Loss of 539, Avery Brooks, Unemployment, Space-Time Continuum, Dr. Benjamin Spock, Mr. Spock, Trekkies, The Inner Light, Leonard Nimoy, Blogging, Captain Picard, Enterprise, Kate Mulgrew, Ricardo Montalban, Scott Bakula, The Wrath of Khan, Starfleet, Baby and Child Care, Barack Obama, Layoffs, Captain Crunch, Bones McCoy, Starship Enterprise, Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart, Vulcan, Comedy News

The U.S. Labor Department announced Friday that 539,000 people lost their jobs last month -- a dreadful total, but not as high as the 600,000-plus axed in March. Here are three reasons why the unemployment increase got slightly less awful...

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Volunteering While Unemployed: Fill the Resume Gap

Margot Pritzker | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Layoffs, Unemployment, Non-Profits, Jobs, Networking, Volunteering, Chicago Non Profits, Chicago News

When you suddenly find yourself at home, unemployed, spending your day searching Monster.com, how do you keep your skills sharp and leverage all networking opportunities?

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Unemployment Climbs To 8.9%, Highest Since 1983

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Business News

WASHINGTON — Evidence is piling up that the worst part of the recession has ended. But that doesn't mean the pain is over. A better-than-expect...

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Country and Company: Part II - Aligning Goals

Ralph Gomory | Posted 06.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Adam Smith, Markets, Unemployment, Wall Street, Profit, Economy, Economic Crisis, Ceos, Business News, Us Financial Crisis, Shareholder Value, Business, Citigroup, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

Without balanced trade productive companies operating in the United States are open to continuing assault from foreign entities advantaged by their governments.

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Microsoft Moves Forward On Plan To Lay Off 5,000

AP | JESSICA MINTZ | Posted 06.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Jobs, Microsoft, Microsoft Jobs, Microsoft Layoffs, Business News

SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is pulling the trigger on thousands of the 5,000 job cuts it announced earlier this year. And in an e...

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What to Do When You Get Laid-Off

Shu Kim | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Layoffs, Laid Off, Unemployment, Economy, Recession, Living News

Our purpose here is to share some of the invaluable lessons we learned along the way to professional reinvention.

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5 Steps to Take After a Layoff

Nicole Williams | Posted 06.05.2009 | Style

Read More: Layoffs, Work, Severance, Unemployment, Style News

Once you recover from the initial shock of the news, you'll want to take these steps to help ensure a smooth transition into the next chapter of your life.

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Things That Will Survive

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Mass Media, Karl Rove, Hmos, General Motors, Regulatory Policy, Ford and Chrysler, The Kindle, Bernard Madoff, Global Warming, New York, House Republicans, Business News

The game is now to figure out who will get through this thing, because when we're all safely on shore the survivors will find a world in which they are faced with significantly less competition.

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