New job for laid-off moms: stay-at-home motherhood
NEW YORK Soon after New Yorker Geralyn Lucas was laid off from her television job in January, she took her 2-year-old son to the playroom of her apartment building. She realized she had never been there before.
Within minutes she had inadvertently
Turn bad situation into better opportunity
"If only I had the chance to try something else," they say.
Now, given the current economy, many of those same people are being handed a golden ticket to take their careers in a better direction. But rather than viewing the opportunity positively, they'
Personal Finance: Laid off? Absorb the blow, then get focused
It's the dreaded tap on the shoulder. The proverbial pink slip.
Amid record unemployment, millions across the country are getting the bad news: Your services at work are no longer needed.
Without question, getting laid off is an emotional and
Economy calls for new skills
Historically, Marion County has relied on timber and agricultural jobs to support our economy. Lumber mills and canneries created income and employment opportunities for many residents.
I have a personal connection to these sectors as my dad was a
Moms without jobs - Sun, 15 Mar 2009 PST
Mary Quinn, 48, right, of Greenwich, Conn., is seen at her home with her daughters Paulina 11, left, and Isabelle, 17, at their home. Quinn, laid off in December from her job in the financial industry, is actively seeking work but in the meantime
New college grads scramble for jobs
This spring's college graduates face the toughest job market in decades as employers freeze budgets for new hires, lay off workers already on the payroll and leave open positions vacant.
In the first decrease in recent history, employers expect to hire
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that nonviolence is a powerful way to heal, transform and empower lives and communities.
The Junior League of Long Beach will launch its 4th annual childhood obesity and nutrition education initiative, Junior League's Kids in the Kitchen.
The
How to make an interview successful
We talk about networking a lot. In good times and bad, networking is usually the best and quickest way to get to the next job. You build your network constantly, starting with friends and family, and then adding new contacts from social and
Octumom: Just 14 reasons to care, a million not to
I've avoided the topic of Nadya Suleman and her high-density womb because really, what could be added to the great national conversation that wasn't summed up succinctly by one sage commentor on USWeekly.com: "UGH! I HATE, HATE, HATE HEARING ABOUT THIS
Faces of the recession: I?ve lost my job. Now what?
We know the unemployed through statistics: A staggering 4.4 million workers have lost jobs since the recession began 15 months ago ? with 651,000 jobs lost in February alone. Such statistics lump the jobless together as a faceless monolith rather than
