Oh what a difference a few years of a recession make. Back in 2009, during the initial shock of the downturn, we first wrote about layoff trackers in the sense of “company going under, don’t bother to send your resumes.”

Today, however, the unemployment landscape has changed. Parts of the economy – depending on geography and skillset – are booming, while other areas continue to be hard hit.

We’ve seen companies expand and contract in the past few years, we’ve seen layoffs occur to one group while another group grows. And last but not least, while layoffs can be unimaginably painful for those involved, we think it’s important to list a few services available online which can provide insight into trends and benefits to those affected.

2011 Layoff Trackers

Hallway.com – Layoff Tracker: Think company gossip site Glassdoor.com meets, well, a conversation about layoffs.

Vault Employment Tracker: The optimistically named “Employment Tracker” tracks employment trends (i.e. layoffs).

www.DailyJobCuts.com: A daily roundup of layoff and other business economy news.

Each of the sites above have their strengths and weaknesses, so you’ll probably do best if you check out all three. The one piece of good news discovered while researching this post? A good number of the “layoff tracker” Web sites created during the early part of the downturn have not been updated in a while.

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