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...says Rusty Rueff, who used to run HR for video-game maker Electronic Arts and was also a senior HR executive at Pepsico. Rueff also suggests making sure you're listed in your company's HR system as a person whom the firm would rehire: a potential employer may call and ask. And keeping your employment status as "active," even if you're no longer collecting any money or benefits, can help too. Rueff knows of one recently laid-off worker who negotiated that addition so that he would have an easier time refinancing his mortgage. (See pictures of Americans...
...talk about severance is as a bridge to your next job. HR managers themselves like to think of it this way. So call a few recruiters and ask how long they think it will take a person with your experience to land a new gig. If it's longer than your severance will last, make the case that you should be compensated for the entire time period. One tactic Barbara Barra, executive vice president at Lee Hecht Harrison, has noticed: suggesting that your company extend severance pay by a few months but agreeing to cut it off early...
...crudely on the country's poverty. The outside world's supposed interest in seeing "the ugliness behind [India's] glittering façade" is akin to the sadistic and hypocritical concern of the game-show host for Jamal, our slum-residing protagonist, while rudely referring to him as a call-center chai wallah; the objective is to humiliate. Reality exists at many levels. Just look at your skin under a microscope if you want to see filth and ugliness. Neelam Sridhar, Secunderabad, India...
...seventh, Penn threatened to derail the Crimson’s lead. With two outs, the Quakers had the bases loaded, but Vertovez, who pitched the final two frames, and the Harvard defense held fast to shut Penn down and win 5-2.“It was a close call in the seventh inning but we were able to shut them down and come out with the win,” Shaw said.The Quakers have now won just one of their last ten games. HARVARD 3, PENN 1Coming off its loss to Columbia on Saturday, which marked Harvard?...
...Certainly, tough times call for tough measures, and, with layoffs a common occurrence in the private sector, it is unreasonable for the public sector to pass completely unspared. The problem is the manner in which teachers are laid off—as dictated by the California Education Code, teachers are fired based on seniority, so that the last hired are the first to go. This system of indiscriminately cutting from the bottom up means that schools are likely to lose many of their bright, young, and energetic teachers, to the detriment of their students...