Moving on after a job loss is very possible. When unemployment levels start rising and companies cut back on their staff, it isn’t surprising that many people have found themselves on the fringes of the workforce, waiting for the chance to find something else. Some find steady work, but others do not and it’s not as...Continue Reading

Before employers announce layoffs, they frequently use phrases like "We're going to be making a lot of changes around here."Continue Reading

What can you do as an employee of a firm that has been acquired?Continue Reading

Your manager tells you they're letting you go for business reasons and slides a piece of paper across the table. It's a severance agreement.Continue Reading

When you lose your job, you lose your paycheck. You also lose a lot more than that.Continue Reading

The layoffs have occurred and the goodbyes have been said. You are still at your desk in the same job. You know it doesn’t mean that there won’t be another round of layoffs and that you won’t be cut then. I spoke with someone not too long ago who survived four rounds of cuts only...Continue Reading

I have always told people that when a manager is asked, “Can I see you for a minute,” on Friday afternoon, they know that the person is about to quitContinue Reading

When the rumors start at your company, there are two instincts people have—put their head in the ground or head for the hills.Continue Reading

When things look bleak, most people stick their heads in the ground as an ostrich does. It explains why so many people allow their homes to go into foreclosure instead of picking up the phone and calling the bank’s workout department to make other plans. I have been blogging about the job market since August...Continue Reading

There are distinct stages to the run up to layoffs.Continue Reading