Catherines Career Corner

MAY 7, 2015

Explore how to cope with job loss via this infographic. Like many thousands of people, if you have been thrust into a job loss situation that you probably didn’t want to be in at work, then, you need to know how to cope with job loss. For many, losing a job can be a devastating [.]. The post Cope with Job Loss: 12 Ways (Infographic) appeared first on Catherine's Career Corner. Related posts: How to Cope Better With Job Loss. Impending Layoff Notice at Work? 7 Ways to Get Prepared.

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Career Realism

JULY 23, 2012

In a recent article I wrote for AOL Jobs , I highlight the four steps to successfully surviving a RIF (reduction in force). The recent announcement of 27,000 layoffs at HP can send a chill through any corporate employee.

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Workology

JANUARY 15, 2014

Provide Information Packets and a RIF Kit. RIF kits are a great way to help communicate and reinforce important points in the meeting allowing for research once the reality begins to sink in for the now ex-employee. Here’s a company created RIF toolki t I recommend.

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HR Capitalist

APRIL 9, 2014

The Edge riffing on performance management stratiegies? . More wisdom from the Walter Isaacson book on Steve Jobs , this time a quote from U2''s Bono to Steve Jobs - after Jobs was freaking out when Palm was hiring some talent away from Apple. .

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HR Capitalist

MAY 17, 2012

The Edge riffing on performance management stratiegies? . More wisdom from the Walter Isaacson book on Steve Jobs , this time a quote from U2's Bono to Steve Jobs - after Jobs was freaking out when Palm was hiring some talent away from Apple. .

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Ms. Career Girl

JANUARY 17, 2018

This event is being fired or laid off by your employer and it has many different names; fired, laid off, downsized, reorged out, rightsized, riffed, whacked, kicked out, canned or just plain “let go.” It comes when you least expect it. It comes when you can least afford it.

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JobMob

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Here's an inspiring story of why you should never burn your bridges : “Fairly early in my career, I had to implement a RIF (Reduction In Force = layoff) for 1/3 of my department about 15 people in the terrible economy of late 2001.

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Workology

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Oftentimes in field HR roles, we are alerted to the fact before the general employee population that a reduction, RIF, or company change is happening. Late last week I read an interesting comment on a fellow HR Blogger, Charlie Judy’s blog.

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HR Capitalist

AUGUST 7, 2012

Move beyond 5 years in any job, and when times get tough, you're hoping you don't get impacted by a RIF when the axman cometh. . Dateline: Office of a CEO this week, City in the Southeast. Topic: Strategic Plan that's 10 Years Long. Me: "Are you going to be around for 10 years?". CEO: "I doubt it.". Realization: Every leader has a shelf life, even when things go well. I'd put that shelf life, when things are going well, at 5 years.

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HR Capitalist

AUGUST 19, 2014

If you liked that, a couple of my friends who know their stuff are riffing on a similar topic over at my other blog, Fistful of Talent.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

AUGUST 13, 2011

Last week I was notified in person that my position was being affected by a Reduction in Force (“RIF.”) Question 1: What should I do if, after being relieved of my daily duties, I learn of what seems a compliance breach? I am senior management for a non-profit.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

MAY 26, 2010

The way my employer did the Reduction In Force (“RIF”) was very unethical. Your belief that there was unethical conduct in the RIF, and unfair treatment of members of a protected class suggest that you have at least two of six kinds of leverage.

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Career Realism

APRIL 5, 2012

This goes for anyone who gets laid-off as part of a RIF (reduction in force). When I saw the announcement 2,000 people were laid-off from Yahoo this week, my first thought was, “I hope they gave them some good career coaching services.”

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HR Capitalist

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Move beyond 5 years in any job, and when times get tough, you''re hoping you don''t get impacted by a RIF when the axman cometh. Shelf life for leaders. It matters in business, it matters in sports, it really matters anywhere that leaders are in play. You come in as the new guy/gal. You''re fresh. People are scared. They lisen. So your approach is fresh and they''re scared enough to listen. Until they''re not.

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HR Capitalist

JANUARY 5, 2015

He was riffing pop culture into his craft long before it became popular via the explosion of the web. . This post is about hating change. This post is about growing up. This post should be related to how you treat someone with ideas different from yours. . Stu Scott, one of the most recognizable anchors at ESPN, is a victim of cancer. Notes about hate after the jump, but first, this from ESPN: "Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49.

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HR Capitalist

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Here''s my slides from HR Tech , where I riffed on the evolution of the modern manager and came to the conclusion that Ari Gold has more to do with what makes a manager successful than any of those BS Managerial Competencies your company might be clinging to.

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Workology

OCTOBER 23, 2012

For instance, it applies to tests used to screen employees or to some procedures used to identify persons to be laid off in a broad reduction-in-force (“RIF”). Doesn’t everyone love acronyms especially HR?

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HR Capitalist

AUGUST 17, 2011

Move beyond 5 years in any job, and when times get tough, you're hoping you don't get impacted by a RIF when the axman cometh. . Dateline: Office of a CEO this week, City in the Southeast. Topic: Strategic Plan that's 10 Years Long. Me: "Are you going to be around for 10 years?". CEO: "I doubt it.". Realization: Every leader has a shelf life, even when things go well. I'd put that shelf life when things are going well at 5 years.

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HR Capitalist

OCTOBER 22, 2013

I believe it was a man named Jack Welch who pissed of a bunch of HR pros at SHRM 2009 in New Orleans by riffing that “ there’s no such thing as work/life balance, there are work/life choices ”. That’s right. I’m here today not to give you the normal PR spin about how strategic the HR function can be, but instead to call B.S. on the biggest lies in HR.

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HR Capitalist

APRIL 28, 2014

Most HR pros will look at the Sterling case and thank the man upstairs that no one cares enough to record select managers in their company "riffing" on race issues - or any issue that has legal exposure, for that matter. .

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HR Capitalist

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

I knew that relationship was doomed) rather than a RIF list with salaries. You know the drill. If you've been in the HR game for more than 5 years in a position of authority, it's happened to you.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

While out on sick leave, my employer sent me a RIF (Reduction In Force) Notice, and a severance package, which is so meager it is insulting. Question : Hi, Alan. I am a long time reader of your blog. Great information! Thank you for helping us. the “little guys.” Never thought I would need your help, but here goes. I had been with the company for four years, was out on stress, and now I have no job.

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 17, 2010

The problem is, in my way of thinking, is that after we announce the RIF on Tuesday, March 16, we are still secretive. I got the following in a comment from Twitchh: And a good HR manager recognizes that employees are assets, not liabilities, but we all know that the general perception of HR is not one of sunshine, sweetness, and light.

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2010 RIF SHRM Diversity 138

Ask A Manager

JANUARY 2, 2019

Our admin for nine months had to be laid off in a RIF. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. I’m uncomfortable with my coworkers’ names. I work in the healthcare industry which is very diverse and have had this issue in several jobs, which is coworkers having names I feel uncomfortable about saying. Some examples of these names are: Princess, Honey, Sir, King. I don’t feel comfortable calling a grown woman “Princess.”

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Ask A Manager

JANUARY 14, 2013

The first turned out to be a nightmare, and the second disappeared due to a series of budget cuts and RIFs (the old term for downsizing) in the area. A reader writes: Why do so many folks talk about getting that “dream job” or working for that “dream company”? I’ve had three “dream jobs” in my working life so far. I pursued two, and the third found me.

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HR Capitalist

OCTOBER 25, 2011

He listed 15 huge classifications of laws that have been passed over the past 50 years protecting employees, then he went bat shit crazy on the author by riffing an EMPLOYER'S BILL OF RIGHTS. Jon Hyman at the Ohio Employer's Law Blog recently came across some opinion that suggested employees really don't have enough rights in America. So he did what any other reasonable person would do.

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Evil HR Lady

MARCH 17, 2010

The problem is, in my way of thinking, is that after we announce the RIF on Tuesday, March 16, we are still secretive. I got the following in a comment from Twitchh: And a good HR manager recognizes that employees are assets, not liabilities, but we all know that the general perception of HR is not one of sunshine, sweetness, and light.

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Sklover Working Wisdom

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I was laid off because the firm had a reduction in workforce, sometimes called a “RIF.” Question 1: Is it legal to downgrade my performance review based on unfounded accusations? The incident in question happened a long time ago, and was just mentioned in a recent review.

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HR Capitalist

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Layoffs and RIFs ensue. . My sons aren't really old enough to have this conversation yet, but they're getting close. When we eventually have the conversation, we'll do it every Labor Day and call it the "Labor Day Gut Check". "Hi Hi Kids! A chipper intro, I know. Labor Day is a time to relax (that's why I'm writing a blog post on Labor Day, right?), but it's also a time to reflect. Your career = your ability to think differently from the pack.

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Ask A Manager

MAY 24, 2018

I generally hate teasing and often am not very successful at riffing or coming up with responses to jokes from people I don’t know very well, so while it’s not limited to work, I mostly only wish I could participate in that type of banter when I’m at work. A reader writes: Your blog has been invaluable to me in my career, especially in the last year since I became a manager.

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HR Capitalist

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

I used to be in the wireless industry back in the day. Back when Motorola was king, then an upstart named Nokia came along with sweet software for its handsets that knocked Motorola back on its heels in a way it's never really recovered from. Nokia used to be king.

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Evil HR Lady

MAY 2, 2008

I just spoke with our Finance Director, who indicates that, due to our company's subpar performance (of note: we conducted a 10% company-wide RIF in July '07), our typical 4-5% annual increases will either be (a) zilch; (b) 1.5 - 2.5%; or (c) option "b" plus the possibility of 1-2% more based on company performance when September '08 rolls around.

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Career Realism

JUNE 6, 2012

As a result, the 2,000 workers had no way to give potential employers a reference to prove they were part of a RIF (reduction in workforce).

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HR Capitalist

DECEMBER 22, 2010

My friend Mike Haberman recently riffed on the use of profanity as a leadership tool , so I thought I'd do "story time" today. One of the kooky things about the life of KD is that I've been in one or two industries where cursing was the norm.

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Ask A Manager

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Last year my position was RIF-ed to half time due to underutilization. It’s seven short answers to seven short questions. Here we go…. Do companies keep “do not hire” lists? Do companies maintain a no hire list and is it legal to do? I asked because I applied to two positions with this company that are an exact fit for me. In addition, I know the hiring manager of the department. Unfortunately, I was never contacted.

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Ask A Manager

MARCH 24, 2016

I’m still devastated by the no notice RIF, and honestly hope the entire organization fails. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. I was laid off and now my manager wants my help. I was recently laid off on a Thursday morning with no notice and was basically perp walked to HR. I wasn’t even allowed to return to my desk to gather my personal belongings either. I was given a small severance and one weeks pay for each year I’d been there (5 years).

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog 4 Twitter tips no one will give you Posted to: Diversity | Fulfillment | Networking September 28th, 2010 Del.icio.us

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Ask A Manager

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Long story not so long, my ex-husband (with whom I have a cordial relationship and also two sons) was RIF’d a couple of weeks ago due to a merger. It’s seven short answers to seven short questions. Here we go… 1. Should I say something to my ex-husband about his false LinkedIn profile? For some reason, he’s created a second Linked In account and connected to me with the new one (in addition to already being connected on the old account).

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Is this your first time here? About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog There's no magic pill for being lost. Posted to: Parenting | Self-management December 4th, 2009 Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook When I was in the mental ward , it was mostly girls in their teens with messed up track records and eating disorders. But my roommate was from Kellogg, a top-ten business school. I thought it was insane that she was there.

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