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How to handle a job loss, including information on what to do when you are fired or laid-off, how to resign and how to move on.

Get Ready to Quit Your Job

Before you quit your job, review these tips and suggestions to make sure that you're ready to leave, before you turn in your resignation.

Fired: How to Handle a Termination

Getting fired, unfortunately, can happen to the best of us. It can happen even when it's not your fault. There could be a personality conflict between yourself and your supervisor. Your idea of what the job was going to be like might differ from what management was thinking. You could have simply screwed up. It happens. You're not alone.

How to Handle a Layoff

What should you do when you receive notification of a layoff? First of all, you should check with your company on the benefits you may be entitled to when you leave. Then, it's important to file for unemployment insurance, and to make sure you have all the bases covered, so you can start a job search.

Job Loss Checklist

When you have lost your job, it's important to check on compensation due, benefits, references, and unemployment. If you have been fired or laid-off and haven't been informed about benefits, contact the Human Resources department at your former employer or your manager to request information on the status of your benefits. Your state department of labor may also be able to inform you about what …

Pink Slip? What Next?

Have you lost your job? If so, you're not alone. Companies are continuing to cut back jobs, to downsize and to restructure operations. You may be able to turn layoff into a new career. Here's how to handle unemployment, starting a job search and more.

Ready, Set, Go!

Sometimes, it happens by choice. Sometimes, you don't have an option. In either case, it's important to be prepared to change jobs - because you never know when it might happen to you.

Unemployment

Unemployment eligibility requirements, when to file, how to file, benefits, rates, and answers to questions on unemployment compensation.

What to Do When You're Downsized

Have you lost your job? Here's how to handle a lay-off, apply for unemployment, start a job search and more.
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