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Life after layoff; a marketer’s plan.
When the ax falls you need to keep your wits. Marketing people should be better equipped to bounce back by using skills they already possess. The point of this brief article is that instead of turning to HR for guidance, marketers should utilize their promotional know-how to overcome the debilitating blow of a layoff.
Downsizing Dynamics
When companies are forced to downsize, it is an unpleasant time for everyone. Unfortunately many organizations make the process much worse than necessary. This article explores the problems and gives an antidote.

Toyota Brakes and Toyota White Gloves
Toyota, known as the king of quality must take immediate executive action regarding the reported brake problem!
So, You Think You Want To Become An Entrepreneur?
VocationVacations Founder, Brian Kurth, provides five key questions to ask yourself prior to becoming an entrepreneur.
The Best Career Change Books
Career expert and VocationVacations founder, Brian Kurth, offers up his top picks for career change and career transition books
Finding Your Dream Job In Your 50's
Career transition expert and VocationVacations founder, Brian Kurth, offers up dream job pursuit tips for the 50+ generation
The Truth About How to Avoid Being Laid Off
No matter how well your firm is doing, or whether it has downsized before, this current recession means that all jobs are at risk. The most successful people thrive in downsized organizations. Here are 4 key ways to reduce your risk of being laid off – and also how to cope if you do experience a layoff.

Career Success – How to Be a standout!
Looking for a job is never easy but looking for a job when the market is saturated is even more challenging. Differentiating yourself from others is most important. Learn what others have done to stand out.

Managing Your Emotions after a Layoff
An article of 1072 words offering coaching tips and describing the three phases and corresponding emotions to expect after a layoff
How To Process Grief.
Sometimes we are just not aware that we have not processed grief. We know to process grief when someone dies. However, there are other events that happen that we may not be as aware of the need to grieve as we process these events.

Do You Want to Reinvent Your Life?
We all know about midlife crisis. What is the solution? How do you plan for a midlife crisis? Midlife is a special time in your life where you have so much under your belt. You have spent time getting an education, sharpening your skills and building your career. Some tumultuous events may have happened. Now you want to focus on living the quality of life that reflects your values and who you really are.

Huge Growth: Two Women Entrepreneurs, Two Ways To Deal
For some female entrepreneurs, huge growth can come out of the blue. Although there are different ways to handle it, one thing remains: businesswomen must deal with it. This article examines the way two types of female entrepreneurs might handle huge growth in their business – and the effects their reactions may have.

Helping Staff Recover After A Layoff
Layoffs are wrenching for companies in many ways. First, there is the sobering reality that layoffs are necessary for the bottom line. Next come the anguishing decisions about what areas to cut, followed by the unpleasant task of sharing the news. No wonder company leaders want to wash their hands of this matter once they hand out the severance packages.

Is it the Right Time To Start a Business?
There are both aspects of a downturn, the good and the bad for entrepreneurs. However, it brings along with it loads of opportunities for them. Your success does not depend on the oppurtunities you grab, but on the ones that you let go. A smart entreprenuer has the vision to analyze on ways to effectively capitalize the oppurtuinty which is served in his platter.

Seven Steps To Downsizing
If you're like other companies that are scrambling to stay afloat in this economy, you might be considering downsizing. Letting someone go is always a difficult decision, so make sure you are acting rationally and intelligently when you're forced to downsize. Layoffs create risks for businesses. Employees may view a lawsuit as a way to minimize the impact on their personal finances. The savings you'll generate on your payroll and benefits costs may be negated by legal costs. Follow these guidelines to make sound decisions and avoid the costs of litigation.
Play! The Sanity Saver For Tough Times
The opposite of work is not play. It's depression. Learn why play is critical in order to save your sanity and your work!
New Career Path? Look Over Your Shoulder
When embarking on a new career it is helpful to examine the path that brought you to this point.
Re-Joining The Workforce? The Skills You Use At Home Can Help!
Are you re-entering the workforce? Have you been working from home with an internet driven job? Don't forget the skills you learned working from home when you're preparing for your job interviews. Most home based careers use skills that are much in demand in the conventional workplace - time management skills, data entry, and typing speed, writing and editing and verbal communications, even administrative and project coordination skills and computer programming.
Recession Slump…Helping Employees During the Crunch
There’s no denying it. There are hiring freezes everywhere, and unemployment statistics increase daily. This recession slump is hitting America hard, and organizations everywhere are trying to stay afloat. In previous recessions, layoffs have been the number one solution to combat rising expenses in the face of lower revenues.
Can I Get Business Financing with Bad Credit?
Had a tough time making payments on time, been through a divorce or had medical problem that affected your credit score? You may still qualify for a small business loan. This articles explains the ins and out of applying for a business loan with a poor credit score.
Ten Signs of an Impending Layoff
The news is full of announcements of layoffs. Most people are worried about their current jobs. How can you tell a layoff is coming? Here are 10 signs I've observed during my career.

Career Survival Tactics
You only have to open the daily paper to hear about the latest trends of downsizing, rightsizing, or latest wave of terminations a desperate attempt to recession proof businesses. Companies big and small are not immune, employees old or new are at risk, so the question is how can you increase your chances of staying in your job or landing the next position when layoffs and redundancy becomes inevitable? How can you manage your career so this doesn’t happen to you?

The Right Strategic Human Resource Imperatives for Right Now
Given the current economic climate, human resource executives and CEOs need to be thinking about some key people issues in order to improve their chances for organizational success. The key questions are these: 1) If I'm laying off staff, will I have retained the people who have the competencies required to execute our strategies? 2) If our strategies are changing, do I know the competencies people will need to have in order to successfully execute those new strategies? 3) Can I accurately identify our true High Potentials, and do I know what to do to keep them at this time? The good news is that there are clear answers for these questions and practical approaches to take today to make strategic human resource contributions to the success of your organization.
What Will Your Next Career Look Like?
Job security? Retirement? Dream on! No matter whether you're currently employed or not, you've got another career in your future: count on it!
57% of Layoffs Occur in Middle Age
Just when you're least able to cope with upsets in your life, when you're reevaluating everything, your career gets upended. It's all part of how the midlife game is played.
Top 10 List to Avoid Litigation
Many employers are looking for tips and advice to survive the maze of employment issues that come with having employees. While there are many important factors to consider, the following is my Top 10 List of ways to avoid litigation.
Self-Esteem after a Layoff
The day of the layoff went by pretty damn fast. I no sooner sat down at my desk when my supervisor said I needed to see the production manager. I don't remember much about the conversation other than some well wishes, some thanks and an open offer to provide references. As the George Thorogood song says, "Out the door I went!" This is how I dealt with my lay off...
Where to Find Work from Home Jobs
It seems each week you read in the newspaper where another large company is cutting back on jobs in the hopes of staying open. Unfortunately, the people that are laid off still have bills to pay and families to care for. This is part of the reason more and more people are wondering where to find work from home jobs.
Do You Follow Marked Trails or Bushwhack Through the Bush?
Your Style Can Predict Whether Franchise Ownership is Right For You If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business, you’re not alone. The desire for the autonomy and financial security that being your own boss can provide has never been more prevalent than it is today. There are many reasons for this but a main one would have to be that as big business gets bigger, the value of the individual employee is diminished and people are fed up with being disposable. Owning a business is a great way for a woman to take charge of her future.
Tips on Protecting Your Job During a Recession
Be realistic about your situation. Even if you are an exemplary employee, you are not immune to the potential impacts of a recession. Remember that valuable employees tend to earn more, which makes them candidates for layoffs.

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Ten Signs of an Impending Layoff
The news is full of announcements of layoffs. Most people are worried about their current jobs. How can you tell a layoff is coming? Here are 10 signs I've observed during my career.

Surviving an Economic Downturn: Creative Alternatives to Layoffs
It seems that you can't escape the headlines these days about the gloomy economic news. In every media outlet, we read or hear about stock market losses, real estate slowdowns, job losses, bankruptcies and bailouts. These are clearly challenging economic times. One key question for your business is how do you handle the economic slowdown when it comes to your staffing levels? Should you institute a hiring freeze? Can you take advantage of layoffs at your competitors by snatching up strong performers that they've been forced to downsize? Or do you need to layoff employees yourself? In this article, we look at some of the options facing small- and medium-sized businesses when determining how to handle their human resources needs during an economic slowdown.

Ten Actions Necessary for a Successful Job Search
How do you conduct a successful job search? Job Seekers frequently start in the middle. These ten tips will be invaluable after a layoff.
‘6 things you MUST-DO to ensure your family survives a job loss’
Nobody takes pleasure in suddenly becoming unemployed. Just the ‘prospect’ alone can be very overwhelming and stressful. Often the worry or anxiety comes from feeling you have no control over the situation. This is partially true, you may not be able to control what your employer does but you can control to some extent how it will affect you and your family. The reality is, no one’s job is really secure but a layoff doesn’t have to be the end of the world. The key to survival is to be prepared, especially with regards to your finances. Here are some things you can do in advance of being laid off:
Managing Your Emotions after a Layoff
An article of 1072 words offering coaching tips and describing the three phases and corresponding emotions to expect after a layoff
Life after layoff; a marketer’s plan.
When the ax falls you need to keep your wits. Marketing people should be better equipped to bounce back by using skills they already possess. The point of this brief article is that instead of turning to HR for guidance, marketers should utilize their promotional know-how to overcome the debilitating blow of a layoff.
Hard Work and Success -- One Follows the Other
The point here is simple -- and sobering for those who are looking for career success shortcuts. Be willing to go the extra mile. Create custom resumes for every job for which you apply. Once you get a job, work harder than others. Volunteer for unpopular jobs -- and then do a great job. Yes, if you want to become an outstanding performer, it's important to be a lifelong learner, set and achieve high goals, and get organized. But it's also important to do something a lot simpler -- and totally in your control; be willing to work hard. Hard work will help build your brand and put you at the top of the promotion list, and bottom of the layoff list.
The Truth About How to Avoid Being Laid Off
No matter how well your firm is doing, or whether it has downsized before, this current recession means that all jobs are at risk. The most successful people thrive in downsized organizations. Here are 4 key ways to reduce your risk of being laid off – and also how to cope if you do experience a layoff.

Understanding California Labor Laws and the WARN Act
California labor laws differ greatly from Federal guidelines. One such example is the WARN Act. Created in 1988, the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ('WARN" Act) requires employers to notify their staff at least sixty days prior to a mass layoff or closing of a plant. Several states, including California, have different variations of the WARN Act.
Self-Esteem after a Layoff
The day of the layoff went by pretty damn fast. I no sooner sat down at my desk when my supervisor said I needed to see the production manager. I don't remember much about the conversation other than some well wishes, some thanks and an open offer to provide references. As the George Thorogood song says, "Out the door I went!" This is how I dealt with my lay off...
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