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The holidays are upon us once again and it can be an electrifying time of year. While it's a magical time of year, it is also a notoriously...
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Make the most of your talents

What are my special talents? The first step is to identify your talents. Your daily life is full of clues. What brings you joy? Activities at which...
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7 ways to ignite your job search

1. Practice positive recall. Recall an aspect of your working life when you were in the flow. Time flew by. Hours passed but instead of feeling...
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Remembering one of the largest mass layoffs in the San Francisco Bay Area

During the 1990's I was an accounts payable clerk at a cable company called TCI which had a monopoly overthe San Francisco Bay Area. I had a...
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PR for laid off workers: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook to promote

Thomasina Tafur was laid off after 19 years of loyal service at a Fortune 200 company. She is part of a growing pink-slip club of entry-level, mid...
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ChaCha Search closes equity round and lays off 25

Indiana based ChaCha Search has announced that they are laying off 25 employees, nearly35 percent of its remaining work staff and the rest of the...
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Want a new job? networking now can help

It seems like every news report focuses on how many people are losing jobs, but, I personally know 5 people that recently got new jobs after being...
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No job, no paycheck, now what the heck should you do with your retirement plan?

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  • January 29, 2009
It dominates the headlines, it's happening to your neighbors, friends and families: lay off'sand unemployment. Thousands of Americans are looking...
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You got laid off, now what do you do with your 401k?

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  • January 28, 2009
Each day lately the same terrible headlines monopolize the news: layoffs. Tens of thousands of recently unemployed workers in the US are now facing...
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