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Here's hope and help. Whether you're an employer dealing with downsizing and layoffs or an employee looking for a new work home, these resources will help. Find job search ideas and interviewing techniques. Learn how the best employers treat the survivors of their layoffs. Get in touch with your dreams; set your goals; we'll help you chart your future course. You don't have to do this alone. The Guides at About can help.
 
Down and Out: What to Do When You're Downsized
Refocus your energy and use this unexpected windfall of time as an opportunity to reassess your career goals and to get on track to find a new position. Many job seekers have turned a termination into a positive experience. Make a job search plan. 
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Boom to Gloom: Predicting Layoff: Is Your Job on the Chopping Block?
It wasn't too long ago that US employers were falling all over themselves to compete for new candidates, but now, your job just might be on the chopping block. Here are tips for reading the writing on the wall from About's Steven Niznik. 
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Performance Management Instead of Layoffs
It costs too much to leave an incompetent manager in place. If the employee won't request a return to a level at which they were competent, the company must take action. About's John Reh tells you how. 
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Survivors Can Soar After Layoffs and Downsizing
If you do the right things right, you can minimize, and even eliminate, the negative organizational impacts of a downsizing. Find out how. Learn more from About's Susan Heathfield. 
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Check out these additional articles about layoffs and downsizing from About. (Just click on the box and select the topic that interests you. You'll find a page of resources about that topic.)
 
 
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