Ways to Stay Employed: Is Your Job Safe?
December 5, 2008 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Parenting
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Everyone I talk to lately is thankful just to have a job (including me!) Which means that many of us are worried about what will happen to those jobs in the upcoming months.
I caught this article on how to Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Ways to Stay Employed. It was interesting, because it gave some advice that other sources aren’t giving. Like: coming in early and stay late, pay attention to your appearance, and become a mentor. In short, present your best possible self.
The article is also realistic in the fact that it says you’ve got to …read more
Economy affecting women in the workforce
Women leaving the workforce: it’s not just for parenting anymore.
For the first time since the beginning of the women’s movement, there are fewer women in the workforce due to the economy:
After moving into virtually every occupation, women are being afflicted on a large scale by the same troubles as men: downturns, layoffs, outsourcing, stagnant wages or the discouraging prospect of an outright pay cut. And they are responding as men have, by dropping out or disappearing for a while.
It’s interesting that the statistics have long assumes women left the workplace to stay home with kids, and the economy was a …read more




