Let’s hope it doesn’t happen to you, but in case you get laid off, here’s some great advice from U.S. News & World Report:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2008/10/22/10-things-to-do-the-day-after-youre-laid-off.html
Archive for October, 2008
10 Things to Do the Day After You’re Laid Off
Posted in How To, job seekers, resources on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How to avoid being an IT layoff casualty
Posted in How To, resources on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via ZDnet …
During this period of downturn, the unadulterated waste caused by failed IT will drive layoffs as organizations cancel poorly performing projects. Although these marginal projects might have escaped the axe during better times, today they’re perfect budget-cut targets.
If you’re an IT worker, click the link below to read how to avoid becoming a layoff [...]
New Site Aims at Creating a Common Job Language
Posted in How To, productivity, recruiting, resources on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via ERE.net …
What’s a marketing manager?
Ask five people, and you’ll get five definitions. Look for resumes, and you’ll get hundreds of people doing vastly different things.
Mark Bielecki is trying to clean it all up with a new site, Joblish. (And you thought startups had used up every possible fanciful variation of the word “job”!)
READ MORE [...]
When Job Hunting, Be Your Own Salesman
Posted in How To, best practices, hiring, job seekers, resources on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via The New York Times …
“It’s frustrating to hear ‘just get out there and meet people’ without any indication of how to do it,” Noël Ponthieux said by e-mail message. He is an American who moved to London several years ago, which meant he had few contacts to start his search for a position as [...]
Many workers do not respect their bosses
Posted in Statistics, employee retention, hiring, recruiting on October 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Reuters …
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Almost half of U.S. workers do not respect their boss and only half believe they are competent, according to an online survey released on Friday.
The study by Randstad USA, a unit of the world’s number two staffing company Randstad NV, found that the growing financial crisis has seen companies [...]
Will your IT job survive the financial meltdown?
Posted in best practices, hiring, job seekers, resources on October 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via InfoWorld …
After the consolidation wave, financial IT jobs could be cut. And cuts in discretionary projects across the board threaten many tech workers.
Fearful tech workers tiptoeing along the shaky alleys of Wall Street — and fretting about losing their jobs — should take a deep breath. Of the more than 100,000 job losses expected [...]
