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Posts tagged layoff
Layoff Etiquette
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Pajama Business
Monday, July 20th, 2009This techie turned her dis-employment into an opportunity to blog for the unemployed.
Stay Active
Friday, July 17th, 2009It doesn’t matter that you got laid off. Stay in the flow. Get up, get dressed, get out of the house and make yourself useful. You’ll feel better if you do.
The Overqualified Advantage
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009In this market, there is no such thing as overqualified if you know how to play the angles. If you can take the pay cut, look at it as a strategic move.
A Happy [Jobless] Father’s Day
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009How do you tell the wife and kids that you might be putting less bread on the table for an undetermined amount of time?
Downsized Out of Peer Group
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Losing the paycheck hurts, and losing site of your career goals can be a vertiginous blow. But sometimes you lose your friends through layoffs, too, and that can make it difficult to navigate all the other attendant bummers of being unemployed.
When Unemployment Might be a Better Idea
Friday, March 20th, 2009We have long touted the cause of the entrepreneur who stares uncertainty in the teeth and forges her own path, the brave soul who takes a layoff and turns it into an opportunity. But this is taking things too far. Think of the neighbors!
Role Reversal
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Your wife was a high-flying executive a mortgage company. You stayed home with the kids and worked part-time at a really great environmental organization. Now she’s out of a job and you’re looking for ways to increase your paid hours to pay the bills. How do you cope when roles reverse? Where do you look for the kind of work you want to do when you need more of it?