NPR Lays Off 13
National Public Radio, which has been facing a decline in corporate sponsorships, will lay off 13 employees and implement other cost-savings measures ...
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Netanyahu Unveils Economic Rescue Plan
Haaretz | Tal Levy | Posted 05.24.2009 | World
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Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz unveiled on Thursday a rescue plan for Israel's "plummeting" ecomony. ...
Odious PR Move Of Our Time
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business
Today Yahoo! reported its earnings, which beat street estimates. As far as earnings go, they were pretty typical of today, actually better than some. They had earnings, for example.
State Getting Another $100 Million For Unemployment Insurance
AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Chicago
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- The federal government is giving Illinois an additional $100 million for its unemployment insurance program. Illinois gets ...
When One Door Closes, Another Opens. But Those Hallways Can Kill You
Noah St. John | Posted 05.21.2009 | Living
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When your livelihood is taken away, you have to fight to get it back, and fight for your own sense of self.
State Jobless Rate Hits 9.1 Percent, Highest In 23 Years
Associated Press | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate hit 9.1 percent in March, the highest it's been in almost 24 years. That compares to 8.6 percent last mon...
The Pink Slip: Women and Layoffs in the Recession
Rod Shrader | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business
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It turns out that even though women are more than holding their own in terms of staying employed, their gains are not reflected in leadership positions.
Do You Have What it Takes to Push Up Through the Earth and Bloom Again?
Stacie Krajchir | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living
Do I have the strength to bloom and push through the Earth? Ugh, that sounds so hippie and so not where I am at or something I am open to right now. So, I don't know.
Does Telling Your Kids You Were Fired Make You "The Biggest Loser"?
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.13.2009 | Living
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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.
How to Fire a Friend
Nicole Williams | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
Firing someone is bad. Firing a workplace friend is worse. There isn't a lot that can be done to make this terrible task easier, but some clear guidelines will help you gear up for the dirty deed.
When All You Have Left Is Your Pride
nytimes.com | BENEDICT CAREY | Posted 05.09.2009 | Living
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"I have a new client, a laid-off lawyer, who's commuting in every day -- to his Starbucks," said Robert C. Chope, a professor of counseling at San Fra...
Over 20 Illinois Firms Warn Of Massive Layoffs
Chicago Tribune | Becky Yerak | Posted 05.07.2009 | Chicago
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More than 20 companies alerted the state in March that they plan plant closure or "mass" layoffs, putting nearly 2,500 workers out of work....
Covering Rashes & Creating Your Brand
Alex McCord | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment
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I attended a seminar about self-branding. Now, in my recent career I've had great fun working on corporate brand identity, copy writing, etc., but never really turned those skills inward.
Unemployment soars to 8.5 pct.; 13 million jobless
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business
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WASHINGTON — Unemployment zoomed to 8.5 percent last month, the highest in a quarter-century, as employers axed 663,000 more workers and pushed ...
Layoff Insurance: Latest Homebuyer Incentive
AP | ALEX VEIGA | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
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LOS ANGELES — Free granite countertops, swimming pools and landscaping aren't going to convince anyone who's afraid of losing a job to buy a hom...
Why Gen-Y is Kinda Screwed
Martha St Jean | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
Being smart, young and Ivy League educated does not keep you from being one of the twelve million four hundred sixty-seven thousand of Americans out of a job.
Looking For Work with a Knot in Your Stomach
Alex McCord | Posted 05.03.2009 | Entertainment
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I had some good meetings as well. There's the licensing of a clothing line, a cosmetics company looking for a face, a product line looking for an ambassador, and commercial opportunities.
Laying People Off -- Tearfully
Nanette Lepore | Posted 04.30.2009 | Style
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The worst has happened, the moment I dreaded. I have had to succumb to the hellacious economy and cut my staff.
Jobless But Not Jokeless in Journalism
Dave Astor | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy
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Many Americans don't care that newspapers are hemorrhaging jobs, but laid-off journalists wandering the streets could become a quality-of-life issue.
Job Fairs or Job Fairy Tales?
Stephen Viscusi | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business
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Today's career fairs seem anything but "fair" to me. Approach those companies that don't appear to be looking. Another secret if you're unemployed is to offer yourself to employers on a "per-project" or "temp" basis.
Peaceful Revolution: Women and Work: Why Employers' Work/Life Policies Can--and Should--Survive the Recession
Joan Williams | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business
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Employers with telecommuting and flexible programs that really work are finding that these new ways to work can enhance their competitive position in a recession.
China vs. Japan: Two Cultures, Two Responses to Crisis
Tom Doctoroff | Posted 04.23.2009 | World
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What explains the dramatic difference in how Japanese and Chinese people absorb the financial crisis?
Fired For Being Green: Sacked Executive Can Sue
Telegraph | Andrew Pierce | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green
Tim Nicholson's commitment to green causes was enshrined in law by an employment tribunal as a "philosophical belief" under the Employment Equality (R...
Caterpillar To Lay Off 2,454 Workers In 3 States
AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business
PITTSBURGH — Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as...
Conde Nast Layoffs Hit Media Group
MediaWorks | Nat Ives | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Conde Nast is planning cuts as soon as this week to Richard Beckman's Conde Nast Media Group, which handles more than 80% of t...
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