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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If you are on the hunt for a new job thanks to a layoff you may be wondering how you should explain that layoff on your resume. While layoffs are never a good thing when they happen to individuals, in the turbulent world of business, they are
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December 31, 2010 by admin
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By DENNIS NISHI
As companies’ hiring freezes start to thaw, many laid-off individuals may see a chance to regain a position in their old companies. The odds of getting an old job back are better if you were let go for budgetary reasons and the company outlook has improved. But if
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Q. Your company went through layoffs and you survived, but you want to do more than just hold on. How can you make yourself more valuable to your company and improve your chances of a future promotion?
Chris Reed
A. You can enhance your odds of promotion by suggesting ways to solve
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You love your work and your workplace with colleagues that you may enter the comfort zone of work. So many may fail to recognize the telltale signs of a layoff. Here are some tips and signs you need to watchout for:
1.Attitude of Boss: If the Boss is closely observing you,which
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IF there is one thing that most unemployed job seekers have in abundance, it is time. And yet many of them misuse it.
Sean Kelly
This is understandable. Someone who has just lost a job may be accustomed to a workplace with its schedules and deadlines, and its expectant bosses and co-workers.
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Being laid off and collecting unemployment is something you think you wouldn’t have to worry about. The economy is hard on us, the lay offs, taxes rising, health care is to expensive and mortgages are
going up. People are losing their homes and their since of security in this world. What
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One company poster reads: “It’s a mistake to stop looking for work as soon as you’ve landed a job.” Since the economic slowdown, gloomy news regarding mass layoffs and widespread downsizing has scared many employees. People are just taking any jobs they can get. The number of underemployed also increased.
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There is a growing sense among economists that the worst of the recession might be over. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for the labor market.
Most forecasts predict that Americans are in for a long, painful slog as they try to get back to work. Some forecasts don’t have the
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