Archive for January, 2010
AOL Layoffs – Doing It Right
I was poking around the web this morning and found this article:
Laid-Off AOLers Get To Keep Their Laptops, PCs And BlackBerries
This is the way to do it, seriously.
When I got laid off I got to keep my laptop. Even though you can buy a new one for around $500, it is a really terrific gift [...]
Where Outplacement Fails
There is a Wall Street Journal article from a few months ago that caused quite a stir amongst outplacement professionals, as well as resume writers and career coaches and counselors. It is titled Outplacement Firms Struggle to Do Job.
There are some very strong statements in this article… in the second paragraph it quotes an outplacement [...]
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