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Item: Gov’t says ‘mass layoffs’ soared in January/AP
More Info: Employers took a large ax to their payrolls in January, the government said Wednesday, and the cuts are likely to get worse over the next few months. The Labor Department reported that mass layoffs, or job cuts of 50 or more by a single employer, increased to 2,227 in January, up almost 50 percent from the same month last year. More than 235,000 workers were fired as a result of last month’s cuts.
Question: If you lost your job, where would you begin looking?
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BethB on February 25 at 8:50 a.m.
Everyone should consider working for the census bureau while looking for work. The census bureau guy in Spokane said, about a month ago, that they were looking to hire between 1,000 and 3,000 people over the next few months.
BethB on February 25 at 8:51 a.m.
Oops - you know - for the 2010 census. So it’s temporary work, but it’s still work.
Aliasjax on February 25 at 9:38 a.m.
Overseas…probably the oil rich nations.
JIMMYMAC on February 25 at 10:44 p.m.
Bartending…I was a helluva ‘tender.