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Gettin’ by: Experienced workers take holiday jobs
North County Biz blogger Sarah Tully has a great piece on experienced professionals, laid off from the housing and other destroyed markets, who snapped up seasonal jobs at malls and retailers usually...
View Article8 tips for job hunting during the recession
Check out a little-known feature of this website: the Monster degree finder. It has a good piece on job-hunting in this weak economy. The piece is filled with lots of common-sense advice from folks on...
View ArticleLatino immigrants hit hard by job losses
Foreign-born Latinos were hit the hardest by job losses in the first year of the recession, according to a study released by Pew Hispanic Thursday. Unemployment for Latino immigrants – both legal and...
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Dancing the (economic) blues away
The recession and high unemployment rates have been a bit of a boon for local fitness clubs and companies, experts say. Carol Gourlay, an area group exercise manager for 24 Hour Fitness clubs in...
View ArticleUnemployed? Find out how to save on your electric bill
Things are tough all over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find a way to save on household expenses. Take your electric bill. Southern California Edison has several programs and tons of tips designed...
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Alcoa laying off workers in Fullerton this month
Alcoa Fastening Systems, which has 1,000 employees in three operations in Fullerton, laid off nearly 50 employees this month, Operations Director Craig Brown said Thursday. “The cuts were across the...
View ArticleAnd you thought furloughs were bad
So this little ditty came out of a conversation I was having witn a Pilates pal. We were talking about furloughs and a new trend we’d heard about of people actually working through their unpaid time...
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How would you fix the Calif. job market?
On this Labor Day weekend we thought this would be a good time to explore the issue of jobs and working in California. Last week we asked people what they would give up to restore the “California...
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