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 Watch for These Layoff Signs 

Knowing it's coming could help you prepare

MarketWatch MarketWatch Oct 15, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 750,000 American jobs vanished this year, and more cuts are likely amid the current crisis. MarketWatch offers red flags that a pink slip is coming: Colleagues get fired: You are not immune, even if your boss says so. Training budgets dwindle: They are "not sure if everyone is going to be there," a career manager says. More »

More about:  Financial Crisis • layoffs • office • career • job security

Young Hopefuls Hit Hard by Credit Crunch

Interns give up dream
of retiring at 35 with house in Hamptons

Washington Post Washington Post Sep 21, 08 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sad eyes of interns watched Wall Street's precipitous drop all week. These "lackeys," who had worked all summer at investment firms, can no longer expect to  retire at 35 with houses in the Hamptons and "a closetful of Brioni suits and Hermès ties," David Bledin writes in the Washington Post . Nor will they endure years of 90-hour weeks and suicidal impulses. More »

More about:  Wall Street • Morgan Stanley • banking • financial institutions • job security

Canaries Get Company in Coal Mines: Recent Grads

Industry luring youth to replace aging workforce

Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor Oct 31, 07 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coal-mining companies are successfully recruiting college kids, promising better work conditions than the industry’s muddied image might suggest, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Some 60% of the current workforce could retire over the next decade, and jobs are suddenly abundant; young people are finding themselves explaining to their parents that there’s money and career security to be found underground. More »

More about:  college • recruitment • coal mining • job security • dangerous jobs

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