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5 Best Things About Moving Back in with Your Parents

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By Juliet Perrachon | Excelle So you’ve just been laid off. Or maybe you're a recent graduate who hasn't found a job yet. As if joblessness weren’t enough of a…

When your man (or woman) gets laid off

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How do you support an out-of-work partner? For answers, I spoke to veteran career coach, Belinda Plutz, who speaks not only as a coach but from personal experience since her husband just went through almost year-long period of unemployment himself.

Below are Plutz's tips:

2009 Has Been the Worst

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Hello everyone,

I must say, 2009 has been the worst year ever. This is totally off topic from the main purpose of my blog – empowering people to pursue the careers of their dreams. However, the overall mission of Career Cougar is commitment to empowered and extraordinary…

Your Career Should Fit Who You Are

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Today, I’d like to share about a personal experience at a previous employer. There was a person who worked in my company who coordinated a high-level, cross-functional process that highlighted and addressed ethics issues. This process was well…

Network Your Way to the Career of Your Dreams

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Hello again,

Today, a friend of mine told me that his employer has initiated a 2 - 3 day layoff period for restructuring purposes. He said that some people were obviously bottom performers and some were great performers but laid off for "other" reasons. He said that…

4 ways to prepare for a layoff

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A few days ago, I got an email from a friend -- yet another -- who told me that he had just been laid off from his journalism job. The job losses in our field are so huge that there is at least one website entirely devoted to tracking the loss of journalism jobs day by day.

My friend wrote that he wished he had done some planning before the ax had fallen, and he is not the only one feeling that way. Many people are in situations where they know layoffs are a possibility, yet they do little to prepare themselves.

Here’s a few suggestions I would have given to my friend had he called me before he got his official notice. But it’s not too late. These things still make sense once a layoff is official.

Daddy Got Laid Off

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It's been about a month and a half now, but I haven't told my boys, six and three, that daddy was laid off. I would have thought they would have picked it up from my stubbled face, crappy demeanor and daily dress of mismatched and stained warm-ups and T-shirts. Then again, my boys can be…

What to say when your friend is laid off

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DO: Send an email that reads, "I've really enjoyed working with you, and I wish you all the best," advises Lucinda Holdforth, author of Why Manners Matter: The Case for Civilized Behavior in a Barbarous World. DON'T: Send an email that…