Even when they’re armed with superior education, skills and experience, many newly unemployed workers struggle to maintain their optimism amid a shrinking job market. (Jan. 9)

Doris Rodriguez got laid-off after 23 years with no severance or notice from Spansion — the largest producer of Flash memory cards. Her and her co-workers took pay cuts, went on work furloughs, all to avoid mass lay-offs. But even as the company was giving pay raises to executives, they laid-off 3000 employees, 615 in [...]

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The unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 9.4 percent, but the rate of job losses has slowed dramatically. Does that information change your perception of the economy? Do you think the government is taking the right steps to fix the economy? Have you personally been affected by the economy?

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As unemployment grows across the country, many workers are learning new skills and moving to different industries to find work. The state of Pennsylvania lost 41000 jobs in February. Many were in the manufacturing sector which has been in decline over the last decade. Jeff Swicord introduces us to a garment worker in York, Pennsylvania [...]

US Postal officials in Spokane say they are now trying to do more with less by looking for places to cut everything from electricity to possibly even employees. KXLY4′s Tori Brunetti reports. Video Rating: 5 / 5

Book store chain Borders Group Inc. laid off 164 workers today, including 88 at its corporate headquarters in Ann Arbor.  This comes days after CEO Ron Marshall resigned, two weeks after Borders reported disappointing holiday sales and just one day after Apple sought to seize control of the e-reader segment with its introduction of the [...]

Speed dating can be stressful, but its a cakewalk compared to speed layoffs! The job market is tough and you need to stand out to survive. The Job Search Guy™ provides you with lots of great job tips to help you find – and keep – your job. www.jobsearchguy.com Video Rating: 5 / 5

The city of Detroit has become a complete wasteland; California cities, New Jersey cities like Camden and other states have also laid-off firefighters and police. Is there any way to stop the demise of cities across America? Eileen Norcross with Mercatus Center at GMU explains that state aid doesn’t go where it’s needed. Video Rating: [...]