Unemployment & layoffs

How Your Facebook Account Can Get You Fired

Here's a video clip on why sharing isn't always caring. Here's how someone actually got fired because of their Facebook page. The same token could go for when you're looking for you a new job. Be sure to share this with your friends.

Woman gives up job to save colleague's position


Why would you be willing to resign? Over an ethical issue? Mistreatment of yourself or a coworker maybe?

If you said “to keep other people on the job,” then I suspect you are in the minority. But I know you are not alone. I know this because a city worker in California has done just that. So what does her family say? What are her plans? Find out here.

Priest fired for improper expenses


“…Priests and prophets stagger from beer and are befuddled with wine;…” (Isaiah 28:7) or possibly hookers. Confession may be good for the soul but, as one Spanish priest is learning, it can be murder for the career. The official charge is misappropriation of funds, but once you find out where the money went and how he got caught you’ll never look at a confessional the same way again.

1000’s losing jobs, outplacement firms offer a lifeline


“Every problem is an opportunity in disguise” sounds good, but when the problem is being downsized (Corporate Speak for canned through no fault of your own) that disguise starts looking pretty damn deep. Now, thanks to outsource companies, a fortunate group of recently laid off employees is seeing through the hurt and despair of unemployment to bright new futures in their dream industries.

Landing a job won't solve everything


If you've been unemployed for a long period of time finally finding that job should make you unequivocally happy.

Wrong!

In these tough economic times it seems more and more that finding a job doesn't alleviate those constant worries but in fact may do the opposite. Anxiety and stress levels can actually increase in individuals who have recently found positions after long periods of unemployment.