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More Hired Help Getting Fired
With all the focus on job cuts at big companies, it's easy to forget about another segment of the...
2009: the Year of Silly Little Dreams
For a lot of people, New Year's Eve means dresses, high heels and cocktail parties. For those of us...
It Can't Always Be Dead Poet's Society
When you imagine a classroom, you may picture a room filled with the cherubic, innocent faces of...
Hamsters Join the Workforce: Pet-Powered Office Equipment
The future is now! Somebody has finally invented an electricity-free paper shredder. It only needs...
Getting Fired or Getting Dumped? Hard to Tell ...
Sometimes being dumped hurts just as bad as getting fired, and sometimes being fired can feel like...
Staying Quiet, Out of Respect for the Dead
While most of my work with the obituaries involves simply editing and formatting them, occasionally...
'Tis the Season to Be Jobless
As promised last week: Let me give you a glimpse into what the holidays are like for those of us who...
More Women Than Men Keeping Jobs
It turns out the recession is producing some inequality among the genders, but for once it's tipping...
