My Fab 15 for the week: 

 

1. Wearing ‘almost homeless‘ sign, ex-executive seeks work 2. Do Tech Employers Value Character As Much As They Say They Do? 3. Employee Benefit: McDonald’s Provides Financial Education 4. Video – How to get fired on your first day of work (priceless) 5. 10 Essential Steps to Take BEFORE You’re Laid Off 6. How long will the recession last? 7. Employment contracts make firing employees a sweet sorrow 8.  Workless households  9.  Over 50? Worried about job prospects? Don’t be  10. Hilton employee witnesses company execs having an orgy (literally) in a hotel ballroom. She reports it and gets fired. Lawsuit pending.
 

11. Holiday Gifts to Employees May Be Followed by Tax Man  12. Google bloodbath on the way. Sergey says that they will significantly reduce their 10,000 contractors VERY soon.  13. 50 Funniest Short Job Descriptions Ever  14. Census bureau needs to hire 140,000 temps 15.  Most likely the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) will become law in the first 100 days of the Obama presidency

 

The Week In Tweets: 


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amprather: I think the recent layoffs at Chicago Public Radio really sucks.http://is.gd/axLT (expand) Sadly, it probably is not the last round in the sector.
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autodrool: After Layoffs, Workers Stay at a Factory in Protest http://jijr.com/bkE
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johnhummel: You know how last month we lost 500,000 jobs? Looks like the layoffsaren’t over yet: http://tinyurl.com/5kr7uu
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vergelbradford: Bloomberg says U.S. job losses signal we’re headed towards the worst recession since WW2 as layoffs sink consumer confidence and spending.
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Hashim: Layoffs are easy. Taking a pay cut and firing your personal assistant and canceling your free perks – now that’s hard.
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vergelbradford: Employment-based health care plans, negatively impacted bylayoffs, will surely be dealt with on Daschle’s watch in Obama’s administration.
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BobSanti: @donlemoncnn After seeing the recent layoffs I don’t think anyone is safe right now. It is pretty sad. Not to mention very scary.
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LucaBlight: My friend at work jus called me asking if her job was safe :( damn hysteria gripping everyone now cuz of massive coming layoffs at teh hospi
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FunnyBiz: Working on story on Layoffs. Would like to talk to anyone who got laid off, is a survivor, is afraid ax is about to fall. Can be anonymous
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bhimashankar: Layoffs this week:Marchex 35,Razorfish 40 ,RealNetworks130, Adobe 600 , Calypso Medical 35, iFloor 90 ,Targeted Genetics: 7 Iterasi: 4
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jcscowtown: Wrapping gifts for Adopt A Child at the Hospital Church tomorrow. Lord knows there are more in need this year. Over 500,000 layoffs in Nov.
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