Archive for the ‘Firings, Layoffs and Downsizings’ Category

Getting walked out the door with boxes in hand

Posted on March 10th, 2010 by by carl

I’ve been laid off twice in my career. The first time was when I was working with a company that went bankrupt. I was coming into the office one morning and found our manager taping a note on the door that said “All classes are canceled today.” We were a computer training company, hence the [...]

Why haven’t you worked in a year?

Posted on January 25th, 2010 by by carl

If you’ve been out of work for awhile, you’ve probably already found that the longer you are out of work the harder it can be to get back into the workforce.
First off, the longer you’re out of work the easier it can be to get out of the routine of getting up and the same [...]