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• Unemployment Nine: An eventful couple of days

  
  9nine9's Weblog — Authority: 114
  The emotional roller-coaster of being unemployed moved up a level in class over the past couple of days, transforming from the typical, run-of-the-mill ride at an average amusement park like Rye Playland to Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure. First, I received a Facebook message from a former co-worker, who ...
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• Rising Fees, Increasing Costs: The Death of California Education?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  It has been all over the news for the past few weeks. Due to steadily decreasing tax revenue and a still increasing deficit in the state budget, the University of California’s Board of Regents has drastically increases student fees, up to over $10,000 for undergraduates in the UC system. Students have reacted by ...
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• Laid-off workers start losing COBRA subsidies

  
  Political Blotter — Authority: 432
  Many of the millions of laid-off workers and dependents who were getting federal subsidies to help pay for health care coverage are now losing those subsidies and so might end up joining the ranks of the uninsured, according to a report issued today by two health-care advocacy groups supporting Democratic reform ...
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• Unemployment insurance is slamming Pasco schools

  
  Florida Blog — Authority: 151
  The Pasco school district has not laid off any employees this year despite the rough economy. Even so, the district is projecting a deficit in its unemployment insurance costs, chief financial officer Olga Swinson told the School Board today. In the first quarter of 2009-10, the district spent $250,000 on ...
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• Lemonade Movement

  
  Dustyhawk :: Broken Mirror — Authority: 132
  Whether you have been working for ages or whether it was your first job, getting laid off from work is a very painful thing. Not only have you lost your ability to earn to feed for yourself and your family; you lose your pride as other people see you as worthless and a pariah of [...]
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• How to Lower the Cost of Food After a Job Layoff

  
  Frugal Simplicity — Authority: 131
  If you were recently laid off from work, you need to make cutbacks. Are you drawing unemployment benefits? If so, this weekly check is nice, but it likely does not even come close to what you were making before. That is why cutbacks are important. Luckily, you can take many steps. [...]
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• Significant Cutbacks That Can Help You Avoid Debt After a Job Layoff

  
  Frugal Simplicity — Authority: 131
  Were you recently laid off from work? If so, you may be in financial distress. Even those who collect unemployment benefits barely find themselves scraping by. If you are one of those individuals, you need to make significant cutbacks. What might those cutbacks entail?Sell your house. If you live in [...]
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• Husband Loses Job, Wife Loses Respect

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 506
  In this recession, more men have lost their jobs than women. Maybe it’s because men earn more in general and so more of the higher paying jobs got cut to save our corporate entities overhead. Anyway, you can just imagine what kind of tension is erupting in households all over America. One couple recently came on ABC ...
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• Employee or Independent Contractor

  
  Administrative Arts — Authority: 120
  Continuing in my series, So You’ve Been Laid Off , I’d like to talk about a subject from my own experience.  While many temp agencies are quite reputable and a good source of work when you are in need, there are some companies out there who will try and take advantage of your situation.  A case in point is ...
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• Laid Off, by Jasper

  
  Dads Who Mock the World — Authority: 123
  Things are definitely different around the Mockingbard Manor. The job was going well. Assignments were completed, deadlines were met and the customer was satisified. Although I try to be flexible in order to meet the clients needs, I really prefer to hold firm in my position. In my experience, there is far less ...
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• An unemployment check arrives…alone.

  
  Blogging Away Debt — Authority: 420
  I’ve been checking the mailbox as soon as I get home each day in hopes we’ll finally receive a check from unemployment. We’re coming up on 8 weeks since my husband got laid off. Yesterday, we received a partial check. I didn’t know they even wrote partial checks. My husband is diligently looking for work ...
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• My days being unemployed are coming to a close

  
  Bent Corner — Authority: 139
  It looks as though the national nightmare known as me not having a job is almost over.  I’ve been offered a position with a Fortune 500 company that I have accepted.Yea!I was offered the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Going back to school

  
  Here..There..Whatever!! — Authority: 119
  Last night I had chatted my friend in USA and I was happy to talk to her again.But I was also sad for her because her husband has no job for the moment,he got laid from his job of many years.Fortunately,she has a job but its not enough to pay all their bills.Her husband is thinking of getting a college student loan ...
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• Will AOL’s Implosion Ever End? Laying off 2,300…

  
  remove the labels | Gadgets and Life — Authority: 436
  AOL continues an interesting trip that took them from one of the largest and most powerful ISPs on the Internet, to a fractured and financially-troubled company with dreams of becoming an advertising giant. Of course most of their problems were caused by their inability to adapt to (or really in some cases even ...
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• Got MBA to Hammer Nails

  
  CAREEREALISM: Because EVERY Job is Temporary — Authority: 435
  By CAREEREALISM-Approved Expert , Joshua Waldman I recently had an interesting conversation with a small business owner, who I met via LinkedIn. I had put out some feelers to see if laid-off people would be willing to share their stories with me. Will Martin wrote me back with his story. It is a story of ...
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• Are Bad Times Actually Good For Us?

  
  Knowledge Is Necessity — Authority: 130
  An article in the Oct 28 Business Week reports on a ten-year (1996-2006) study which found that, among other things, workers laid off from Boeing were happier than those still working there.Say what???The article reports that four researchers embedded themselves into Boeing during a decade of great upheaval when ...
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• Workplace Advice – Cool the Chit Chat

  
  Wise Women Investor — Authority: 121
  Stress is common for women in the workplace. One universal way that women relieve themselves of stress is to talk with others about the problems they face. Doing this with friends and family is a useful way to vent but you have to be careful in an office environment. How much time you spend visiting or chatting ...
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• Resume Ignored by Online Application Sites? Here’s Why.

  
  QuinnCreative — Authority: 125
  You’ve filled out hundreds of online job applications, and have never heard from an employer. You are beginning to feel rejected, unloved and unappreciated. Why doesn’t anyone call back? The reason may be in your resume and you haven’t noticed it. This cartoon appears 1websurfer.wordpress.coms site for Aug. ...
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• The Thing About Nate Ballard, Former Director of Communications for Gavin Newsom

  
  San Francisco Citizen — Authority: 508
  Here’s the thing about Nathan Ballard – he was almost always in this damn-the-facts-Gavin-Newsom-is-always-right mode. That’s just the way the bulk of his profession does it these days.* Oh well, he won’t be in that mode any longer, see the news release below. But what if the roles had been reversed? ...
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• A Surplus of Teachers

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 129
  One of the biggest draws to teaching is the growing numbers of students and the shortage of teachers. It seems like the perfect job. You get to work and educate children, have a great schedule including long summers, plus all the benefits of working for the government. If you love kids then this seems like the ...
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