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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. More Articles: Surviving Layoffs: Looking to the Future


	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. More Articles: Preparing for the Bad News Layoffs


	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. More Articles: Want Help With Layoffs? To Do or Not to Do?


	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. More Articles: Human Resources Help in Layoffs

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