Softening the blow of being let go
Jill Baker Altman sensed trouble brewing when her bosses at headquarters started requesting a lot more information. Trisha Svehla knew something was up the day a new president invited all...
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Layoff fears part of ‘new normal’
Good skills and a good attitude no longer ensure steady employment, even when the economy is humming. This is the first in an occasional series about job loss and the...
‘Trophy husband’ tells all in blog
Kevin Rudge strapped his 18-month-old daughter into a shopping cart and wheeled her down the grocery aisle singing "Itsy Bitsy Spider." Their morning outing started about the time his wife,...
Group helps mom with job re-entry
Pamela Sturm grew up believing she could do anything. "The sky was the limit," she recalls. And, for a while, it was. The University of Notre Dame grad excelled in...
Workers inventing new types of career models
Steve Stephenson's daughter was 6 months old in 2000 when he and his wife, Angela, decided one of them should quit work to stay home with their baby. Steve wanted...
First job teaches lifelong lessons
Thousands of students lining up summer work or starting careers are in for rude awakenings. I'm not talking about their employment prospects. This is a good time to be hunting...
Employers push workers to save
Parents try all kinds of tricks to steer children toward healthy and productive habits. When all else fails, they beg or bribe them. Companies aren't much different. Years ago, they...
Gen Y’s parents staying at helm
Recruiter Jack Downing worked hard to land an interview for a computer programmer in his mid-20s at a company with its pick of good candidates. "It was a stretch to...
Changing the measure of success
Driving home from work on a beautiful October day, Bill George, then a Honeywell executive in Minneapolis, had every reason to be happy. The sun was shining. His wife and...
Deal leaves workers anxious for answers
Questions multiplied Monday in Tribune Co. newsrooms as employees tried to handicap their futures in a business controlled by Chicago billionaire Sam Zell. The deal accepted by Tribune's board late...