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  • Preparing for a layoff

    Posted June 23, 2009 - 4:58 pm

    Recession or not, it's always a good idea to plan ahead for potential career derailments before they happen. Preparing for a layoff can help ensure you have enough money saved to live on while you're unemployed, give you an advantage in finding a new job and minimize the stress involved in this painful situation. Here are steps you can take to help keep a layoff from hitting you too hard.

  • How to Stay Up in a Down Economy

    Posted June 2, 2009 - 3:36 pm

    Laid-off or overworked, IT pros still need to mind their emotional health. Here are six ways to keep your outlook bright in dark times.

  • Security's Role in Handling Layoffs

    Posted April 13, 2009 - 10:40 am

    The economic crisis has Michael Hamilton worried about worst-case scenarios. One of those isn't losing his job. But as CISO for the City of Seattle, he has to worry about everybody who does lose their jobs.

  • Afraid of losing your job to a younger, cheaper IT worker?

    Posted April 6, 2009 - 2:10 pm

    Should you be worried about losing your job? Not necessarily. There are plenty of advantages older IT workers bring to the table that can help ensure they stay employed through the recession and beyond.

  • How to Create a Better Life After a Layoff

    Posted March 30, 2009 - 11:10 am

    Meet Marty Bodley. He runs Revolabs, a manufacturer of wireless audio products that he started in 2005. After two consecutive years of 300 percent growth, the privately-held company is holding its own despite the recession. Six years ago, Bodley was in a very different position. He had been laid off from his role as director of new technology for GNNetcom

  • Cutting the Wrong Employees Can Kill A Business

    Posted March 9, 2009 - 11:04 am

    Retaining strategically important IT staff in a recession can provide an organization with competitive advantage. Outsourcing selectively now is a good option, but retaining in house project management skills is key for when the economic climate improves.

  • Protecting a business from angry ex-employees

    Posted March 2, 2009 - 12:26 pm

    In a late 2008 survey conducted by IT security firm Cyber-Ark Software Inc., 56% of financial services workers in New York, London and Amsterdam admitted to being worried about layoffs. In preparing for the worst, more than half said they had already downloaded competitive corporate data that they planned to use to get their next jobs. How can you keep this from happening at your company?

  • Severance Pay Mistakes: A Quick Guide to Employee Rights

    Posted March 2, 2009 - 10:03 am

    Severance payment errors aren't unheard of. In some circumstances, an employee needs to pay back the money, but sometimes an employee has a valid claim for keeping it. Here's how to know the difference.

  • Crisis for tech workers: Life after layoffs?

    Posted February 25, 2009 - 3:41 pm

    With daily layoffs and few new jobs available, techies have seen their careers careening off track -- and now they need to reinvent themselves or get off the tech train altogether.

  • Why Netbooks Are Killing Microsoft

    Posted February 23, 2009 - 12:28 pm

    When Microsoft laid off 5,000 people in January, analysts and pundits pointed to plenty of reasons for the first major layoffs in the company's history. The obvious culprits included the overall economic meltdown, Apple 's continued success and Wall Street's desire to see a leaner Microsoft. But the real cause of the layoffs can be summed up in a single word: netbooks.

  • Why Gen Y may survive recession better than Gen X, boomers

    Posted November 3, 2008 - 3:30 pm

    We may be underestimating Generation Y. Workplace and Gen Y experts say this group of whippersnappers may actually be better prepared to weather a recession and handle a layoff than Generation X and Boomers. Here's why.
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