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EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE: Surviving a layoff

Even if you're working now, you can see the writing on the wall. Don't wait until you're laid off to fix that resume. Be proactive by planning for a new job. This package will help the employed and unemployed map out a strategy for finding work.

There are 19 items in this package.

The proactive approach; Take steps to cushion yourself if you suspect a layoff

The days of a lifetime employment culture are dead and buried. No longer can a person expect to be loyally employed with the same company for decades until they reach retirement age and start earning a pension check.

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Seattle blogger in PJ's unites the unemployed

SEATTLE _ Keri Robinson, a laid-off Microsoftie, started her blog for the pink-slipped when she found herself still in her pajama pants at 5:30 in the afternoon. She remembered thinking, "It's disgusting.

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Keri Robinson

Keri Robinson, a laid-off Microsoftie, pictured June 11, 2009, started her blog for the pink-slipped when she found herself still in her pajama pants at 5:30 in the afternoon.

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Assembling a new career; Consider natural talents and learned skills to apply to new job

In light of the layoffs in the auto and other manufacturing industries, many workers are faced with trying to reshape their past work experience to fit new job opportunities. To do so successfully, Louis Lamorte, director of career services at La Salle University in Philadelphia, suggests taking a step back and assessing your skills objectively.

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Laid off? You'll likely never make as much

CHICAGO _ After two decades running a support group for the unemployed in the northern Chicago suburbs, Brian Healy has seen it time and again. A former vice president caught up in a layoff eventually finds another job, but at the director level.

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Firms differ in handling of layoffs

MIAMI _ When Shareef Malnik decided to close his landmark Miami Beach restaurant for renovations, he wanted to be sure service remained top-notch until the very last customer was served.

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Layoffs can strain or strengthen family bonds for workers

SAN JOSE, Calif. The end of a job is just as much a beginning. "When you're laid off, you start to appreciate every single relationship you have," says Kris Rowberry, a 25-year-old San Jose aviation worker laid off in January.

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Lose your job? Tell your Facebook, Twitter friends

ORLANDO, Fla. "Needs a job." Ward, a 23-year-old account manager at an Altamonte Springs, Fla., marketing firm, hadn't even told her family.

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More making the most of forced job furloughs

CHICAGO _ At a time of day when he'd ordinarily be rushing off to an afternoon meeting, or checking his e-mail for the 15th time, Perry Drake stood in jeans and a T-shirt in his backyard garden, deciding what to plant next in the spring sunshine.

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Coping with Furloughs

Nora Plunkett, who works in media relations at Loyola University Health System, exercises during her furlough from work at North Avenue Beach in Chicago, Illinois, Friday, May 29, 2009.

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More workers fall back on part-time 'survival' jobs

MINNEAPOLIS _ Debb Carlson may be the new face of the American worker. After a layoff, the former special-education teacher's aide is stitching together a living from four part-time jobs.

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It pays to look on the positive side

Optimism. Like a lingering cold you can't shake off, the economy's blues just hang on. We can't change the market's ricocheting ride nor can we instantly Botox our bank accounts. _ Be grateful.

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Laid-off alumni asking alma maters for help

FORT WORTH, Texas _ More alumni are returning to colleges this year _ not just to visit, but to seek career help.

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Regaining jobs will take years

Chart shows how many U.S. metro areas are expected to regain pre-recession peak emplyment by year; map shows average annual gain in state employment, 2009-14.

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Top 10 job sectors

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Do career counselors help?

SAN JOSE, Calif. And no. Feel better? With each wave of layoffs, a cottage industry of job-help startups, career advisers and life coaches continues to mushroom.

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EMPLOYMENT

Abhijeet Khadikar of CareerTiger interacts with Elise Sandusky on job hunting strategies inside the Mercury News on June 11, 2009 in San Jose, California.

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EMPLOYMENT

Career Management Coach of Work from Within, Susan Bernstein, facing camera, interacts with aviation-services worker Kris Rowberry on job hunting strategies on June 15, 2009, in San Jose, California.

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Time cards

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