NEW YORK (MainStreet) — For all the progress the economy has made since the recession ended, the job market only seems to be getting worse. The unemployment rate continues to hover around 9%, jobless claims have been on the rise for much of this year, and several reports show that more
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Getting fired, downsized, or whatever you’d like to call it, can leave you feeling frantic and helpless. When you’re out of work, you are very much focused on yourself. This is only natural. As such, you may find little consolation in knowing that there are many others who are in
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The recession may have ended in June of last year, but the job loss didn’t stop there.
Between April 2009 and March 2010, the U.S. lost 2.2 million jobs, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That number, as CNN Money notes, is actually more than 350,000 higher
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Preparing for The Unthinkable. If You Lost Your Job Today – Are You Ready For It?
Pick up a newspaper and read the business section, watch the business news on TV, or read any of the thousands of business blogs out there on the www and they are all saying the
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Councils could face the worst round of job losses “for a generation”
with at least 25,000 under threat, according to a new survey.
By
Published: 6:25AM GMT 01 Mar 2010
Research also found that seven in 10 councils predict they will have to cut
spending by up to 20
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Up to 500 workers are to vote on a second day of wildcat strikes over “serious
safety concerns” at a gas power station under construction in
Nottinghamshire.
By Rowena Mason, City Reporter (Energy)
Published: 6:50PM GMT 16 Feb 2010
The workers are contractors for Alstom, which is building the £600m Staythorpe
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According to the latest Labour Force Survey, 415,000 workers believe overwork is making them ill.
Have you had tasks piled on to you lately, perhaps to compensate for lower staffing levels? Maybe you feel you can’t afford to refuse work in case people think less of you. Either way, it’s bad
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Centrica has denied as “untrue” claims by the GMB union that it
plans to shed 5,000 jobs at its British Gas subsidiary.
By Rowena Mason, City Reporter (Utilities)
Published: 9:26PM GMT 14 Jan 2010
Centrica
The union raised concerns on Thursday that Centrica was not keeping it
informed about job losses, claiming
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The US is continuing down the road to recovery with the latest unemployment
figures showing that last month businesses shed the fewest workers since
March 2008.
By Rachel Cooper, City Reporter
Published: 6:00AM GMT 07 Jan 2010
A survey by ADP employer services released yesterday found that the pace of
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* What: U.S. employment situation report for November
* Nonfarm payrolls seen falling 130,000
* Unemployment rate seen steady at 10.2 pct
* When: Friday, Dec. 4 at 8:30 a.m. (1330 GMT)
By Lucia Mutikani
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Job losses in the United States slowed sharply in November, cushioned by seasonal adjustments and
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