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First tweet up: Day 8 since layoff

This is the third installment of “Diary of an Unemployed Finance Mom 2.0,” laid off late last week. This story is real, nothing is fabricated. For the sake of her privacy, and her hopes of landing a new job, she’s going under the pseudonym, job mom 2.0. Follow her trials and tribulations on Twitter @jobmom [...]

Swine Flu Delays Job Hunt: Day 6 Since Layoff

This is the second installment of “Diary of an Unemployed Finance Mom 2.0,” laid off late last week. This story is real, nothing is fabricated. For the sake of her privacy, and her hopes of landing a new job, she’s going under the pseudonym, job mom 2.0. Follow her trials and tribulations on Twitter @jobmom [...]

Ask For Performance Reviews Before Crying If Laid Off

Laid off? Know someone who has been? Give them this good advice, via a good post on Philly.com about what to ask your employer after you’ve been laid off (and before you storm home in a tearful rage.) One I’d never have thought to ask for: Request copies of your performance reviews. Positive evaluations boost [...]

Death And Layoffs: What To Say

What do you say to a friend who has lost a job? Not saying anything specific could be kindest. “It’s a lot like death — people don’t know what to say,” Penelope Trunk, chief executive officer of Brazen Careerist, told the New York Times in a great article, full of relevant advice for all of us [...]

Obama Makes COBRA More Affordable For Families

There is a little bit of good news for those who were recently laid off. Thanks to US Government subsides, COBRA health insurance premiums are now more affordable. COBRA gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits, however, COBRA premiums were often expensive, as [...]

Giving a Hand To Those Out Of Work

For those Moms who are underemployed or out of work or have family members or know people who are underemployed or out of work, I saw these two articles which I thought were good ideas for everyone. NY Times – Not Laid Off? How to Aid the Less Fortunate You probably have friends and former [...]