Archive for November, 2008
Monday, November 24th, 2008
As the slowing economy forces employers to put the brakes on new hiring, job seekers have seen their searches lengthen by nearly one month. However, job seekers’ understandable reluctance to relocate may be inflating the time it takes to find a new position.
BY JOHN A. CHALLENGER
The median job search ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Uncharacteristically heavy job cutting over the summer months could lead to the largest post-Labor Day downsizing since 2002. Furthermore, the surge in layoffs is expected to extend into the first three to four months of 2009 as retailers, airlines, consumer products manufacturers and other sectors of the economy absorb the ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Dear Office-Politics,
Hello and thank you for this forum. My question has to do with three really fabulous bosses. I was hired this February doing office work for the municipal government of a small town (VERY small, under 1,200 people). They hired me without knowing I was pregnant. ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
BY JOHN A. CHALLENGER
Bleak conditions for retailers as the holiday selling period approaches are expected to keep seasonal hiring well below last year’s level, according to the annual holiday hiring forecast by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Retailers are facing an uphill battle this year. Consumers are ...
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Dear Office-Politics,
I need your expertise in dealing with what I believe to be an overly ambitious backstabber. I am my boss' longest employee, love my job, very loyal, dedicated, and love my co-workers. My boss and co-workers are like extended family to me. Almost 2 years ago, a woman (I'll ...
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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
BY JOHN A. CHALLENGER
OUTLOOK: POST-ELECTION JOB CREATION
Jobs are on the forefront of many Americans’ minds going into this election season, especially job seekers. Each candidate promises to enact policies that will help ignite a recovery and new job growth, but where that growth occurs will depend heavily on who wins ...
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