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Read an interesting blurb in Business Week – no link because I can’t find one. Whatever BW. The article is: Are Your Employees Just Biding Their Time? The first point is that people aren’t quitting their jobs. So that’s good – we haven’t completely lost our minds. People see 17+% total unemployment and think to [...]

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Here’s a link to a WSJ article that goes behind the numbers. In a word – we are $#%^&$. Question for you: if you are unemployed, what does this news do to you? What is your reaction? If you are working, same question…what is your reaction? As for me…I feel like I have known this [...]

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Or at least one of them. WSJ had an article awhile back: When Returning to Work is Harder Than It Seems. This is a solid read for those of us that have been out of work for a long time. The article quotes that the average layoff time is around 6.5 months. I completely identify [...]

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Kelly Evans has a page 2 article in today’s “Wall St. Journal” where I get some column space. Job Openings Fall to Record Low in July takes a look at a leading indicator of how the US economy is doing – job creation. I spent some time with Ms. Evans yesterday and she asked about [...]

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I am. I have embraced it. It is not going to last much longer. But I have accepted it and it is ok. Last Wednesday, I was informed that funding would not be coming any time soon for the non-profit I thought had a position for me in September. There was some other talk – [...]

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Just read the first two paragraphs of an article from today’s NYT: “Job Losses Slow, Signaling Momentum for a Recovery.” This is an attention grabbing headline – that is NOT supported by the data and commentary in the article! Recovery is under way they claim even though were still losing 250,000 jobs a month! That [...]

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Just read  a July 8th article from Knowledge@Wharton: Caught in the Middle: Rising Unemployment Takes Its Toll on Older Managers that will cause you to lose some sleep. Especially if you are believing the hype that “it is getting better out there.” It isn’t. And it won’t. The opening paragraph sets the pace: U.S. recessions [...]

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The McKinsey Quarterly had an article back in March of the “New Normal.” I have read this short article several times and recommend you do the same. There is a lot of insight amid the prediction. It is clear that we are not just going through a new boom/bust cycle. As the author says, we [...]

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The boss brought my attention to this article about Generation X whether this current apocalypse from MSNBC. Being a proud member of Gen X and having read Douglas Coupland’s novel that officially branded us this article caught my attention. Like the subject of this piece, I too have been caught in the double whammy. I [...]

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Another post from Tom Peters. I got behind this past week. This time from the WSJ – Unemployment: Worse Than it Looks. Some very disturbing numbers that tell the real story. Not the 6% unemployed propaganda. Just going to cut and paste the stats….with some commentary and not going to follow the rules….props to the [...]

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