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Poverty and hunger are rapidly becoming a workplace issue… if for no other reason than the fact than an employee who is worried about where his or her next meal will come from is not...

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Companies are essentially asking employees to do two jobs. Employees can feel like you’re piling it on.

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With factors like technology, outsourcing and consolidation working against job creation, any job market rebound we see in the near future will be relatively small,

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We are seeing more job cuts from well-known, brand-name companies. The mom-and-pop category seemed to dominate the earlier waves of dot.com cuts.

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We see the same thing with job titles. People feel like the company didn’t appreciate them or the job they did deserved a higher title, so they change the title.

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The longer search times reflect additional risks in the job market. High energy prices may be slowing companies hiring plans and could result in the postponement of expansion programs.

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Energy
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Some expect CEOs to be chained to the desk. Most put in 12 or more hours a day, often working seven days a week. But we should want leaders in high-pressure situations to have time...

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We personally heard desperation in the voices of callers to our firm, … On an average, callers thought it would take at least five and a half months to become re-employed.

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Between technology and globalization, a large majority of U.S. white-collar jobs will become obsolete and either eliminated or dramatically altered,

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For employees in the middle of a merger-acquisition right now, it is likely that at least one in 10 will lose their jobs because of the combination.

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Changes at the top are typically followed by changes further down the ladder, … However, the high number of job cuts this year could also be leading to CEO changes.

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Benefits are much worse for part-time workers. The number of people without health care insurance has gone over 40 million.

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Health
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People who have been out for a while say, ‘I’ve got to get back to work,’ so they take downgraded jobs, … Maybe they can’t get a job as the plant manager, so they try...

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Smaller to medium sized companies will be looking to beef up and build tech infrastructure just as big companies did in the last boom.

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We have already seen a couple of large deals announced this year, one of which expected as many as 10,000 job cuts to take place as redundant positions are eliminated, … This could be a...

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Companies are starving for people with technology skills. I think people are kind of shocked. It’s certainly almost taboo in society. Parents tell their kids the last thing they should do is skip college for...

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The job-cut numbers in 2001 far exceeded anything we ever could have anticipated back in January.

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Companies that simply let these workers go will probably find a significant decline in the level of customer service and may even find some customers taking their business elsewhere.

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Service
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We are definitely going to see downsizing. There just isn’t going to be a need for people to the degree that was required in the boon years.

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People
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The normal mode of merging is you buy a company and condense the headquarters and the duplicative operations, … Now, most companies are expanding so rapidly that they need to keep the other company’s employees...

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Company
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The places where it’s really going to hit is government and teachers. Governments are going to be unable to pay for the promises they’ve made. Pensions for teachers and government workers just dwarf what we...

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As the number of people in these towns increases, so will the demand for products and services, which will, of course, result in more jobs.

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We are at a peak period of employment. Companies can’t afford to lose people.

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People
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With fewer job cuts last month and virtually no let-up of demand for skilled workers across all industries, one would expect far more wage pressure than has been seen,

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Pay raises have been paltry since 2001. Since 2001, wage growth has been muted because productivity has been so strong.

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The biggest factor pushing tech job cuts to a five-quarter high was a surge in corporate combinations in the telecom sector, which resulted in over 3,000 job cuts in February,

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People who don’t have a college degree often feel they have to hide that fact – even successful people.

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The question will be how do you share resources?

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Americans really are watching. Recent polls said it was the second-most important issue after the war in Iraq.

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Many of the weakest firms no longer exist, and those once considered the titans of the Internet are trimming payroll and other costs to the bare minimum.

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It’s a sign of company maturation as it begins to focus on its core areas,

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We ask all of our job seekers in the out- placement program to only look at the web after 6:30 at night or before maybe 6:00 in the morning, … It is a soaker up...

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Those are two areas of the economy that should be perking up right now if we were in a recovery mode, … Normally, businesses hire temp workers and work their employees longer — this drop...

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Economy
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There’s no question that senior entrepreneurs are out there. There’s more and more access to self-employment possibilities as people decide to put off retirement as they get into their 60s and 70s and 80s.

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There are zillions of conversations during work time that take place during these three weeks, … The length of time of the tournament is one of the things that makes this unique among major American...

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There is a lot of extra fiscal stimulus moving into the economy from the storm relief.

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Economy
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The heavy job cutting we have seen over the past three years appears to be trending down, … However, the job market seems to be in a state of limbo, where companies are eager to...

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Past
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You have to have as many balls up in the air as possible, … In this day and age, you have to be more of a free agent than an indentured servant.

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It has become apparent that U.S. companies are deciding that the best way to keep profits in line is to cut jobs at the first sign of weakness in any of their product lines.

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I think companies will spend billions of dollars over the next several years building their e-commerce structures, and these dot.com employees will be leaders in helping them do that,

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It used to be taken for granted that you wouldn’t do layoffs during the holidays, but that hasn’t been the case for at least several years.

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Holidays
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A lot of people leave jobs because they say, ‘I had no freedom. I had no say,’ … People don’t want bosses who are … just telling them what to do and not creating a...

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It’s taken the company losing $10 billion for the jam to begin to break.

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It is difficult to attract new businesses to a city if there are not enough skilled workers to employ. It is much more difficult to attract new people if there are no jobs immediately available,...

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When you’re out for three or four years, you’ve got book knowledge and the market doesn’t want that,

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Knowledge
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It becomes a question of, ‘How do you create a culture with a sense of openness for everybody?’

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Culture
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It’s a good sign in the face of all these tech cuts, … I’ll bet they can really access great talent right now. To bring that many people into the company when pickings are really...

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Talent
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The competition will be fierce for first-time job seekers this year. Not only are there fewer jobs, but the pool of candidates is bigger, … In addition to their classmates, college graduates will be competing...

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Competition
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Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the...

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Technology
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Companies are trying to be much more responsive to the individuals they want to hire. If they can meet (a need) for you, they will. It’s very important to be open. That may be the...

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