Firing an employee is truly an art form. When performed correctly, a firing involves tact, style, and superb communication skills. Firing requires a delicate balance of sympathy and empathy, but also a firm resolve.
Incorrect firing technique will leave the employee bitter and angry, and can lead to various forms
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By Marc Levy
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Shalimar Pabon didn’t see the pink slip coming. She didn’t expect a yearlong search for another steady, full-time job that forced her to seek welfare benefits for her five children and herself.
And she didn’t expect to dazzle herself with a navy-blue interview suit, rouge
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Most managers will tell you that it is critical to be able to hire the right people to be effective. Truly effective managers will tell you it is just as important to be able to fire the right people. For newcomers to management, hiring is a fun activity.
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No matter what you call it, lay-off, downsized, restructure, terminated, pink slipped or fired, it is prevalent in these difficult economic times. It seems as if every news program you watch, or newspaper and business magazine you read, there are statistics of the downturn in the economy; namely, unemployment rates.
According
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Have you ever worked for an employer with unethical methods? You might have and not even known or realized it. Unethical employers are not limited to just sexual harassment or asking out employees. Unethical employers do more than just harass employees or verbally abuse employees.
Unethical employers are usually immoral and
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If you’re unemployed and looking for a job in this market then I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how hard it is to find a job. Everyone is looking and making the market very competitive.
Looking for a job is proving to be brutal. Right now it
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Right before I retired from the restaurant business, I started having panic attacks. They only time I would have them was in my car while I was on my way to work. If any of you have ever had a panic attack, you know that having one in your car
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THE SINGLE MOM’S GUIDE TO LOSING HER JOB: PART ONE
Let me begin by clarifying that I am writing based on real-life experience, not as some kind of theorist or “self-help guru.” I have lost a job I loved, my house, and, most recently, my car. But I have not lost
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Here is an eerie thought: the person who issues your daily workload and most likely hired you in the first place might be the one person you might want to avoid because of his or her weird actions or abrasive conversation. Yes, it may be your boss but it doesn’t
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If you’ve lost your job, there’s no need to freak out. The state of California has established many benefits for everyone that is unemployed. In this article, I will explain how you can get back on your feet and smoothly transition into your next job.
Unemployment Insurance (UI)
This program, administered by
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