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Fear of being fired? 5 smart ways and more to prepare now

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VibrantNation.com member VintageIsVogue is a Vibrant Woman who knows what it's like to lose a job in today's tough economy. She shares 9 things every savvy woman can do now to improve her chances of bouncing back from this setback as quickly as possible.

Worried about losing your job in today's economy? As a Vibrant Woman who recently experienced exactly that, I can assure you that now is the time to prepare for this eventuality. A few tips:

1. Create your resume now.
It's best to do this while you are not freaked out about losing your job and finding a new one.

Breastfeeding and breast cancer: what you should know

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My mom is a breast cancer survivor so I'm of the mind-set that it's not a matter of if, but when, I'll be diagnosed with the disease. Although, I just heard some pretty…

Do employers care about happy employees?

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A few years ago the phrase "war for talent" was all the rage in discussions of hiring trends. The thinking was that as aging boomers started to move out of the workforce, there would be a fight to capture the young people rushing in to take their places.

Consultants gave advice about how to court younger workers who craved different things than their boomer predecessors, and authors and bloggers wrote volumes about demystifying this new breed of worker. (Here’s a post I wrote about this for the New York Times back in 2007.)

Then the economy fell apart and talk of firing replaced talk of hiring. But it's possible that all that talent war talk is coming back.