Fired for Now: Getting fired, laid off, and hired again

You’ve been fired or laid off. You oscillate between feeling angry, afraid, inadequate, frustrated, or depressed – and chances are anyone you live with knows it.

The practical impact of joblessness is self-evident, but when a marriage starts to crack under the stress, or children feel their parents become emotionally unavailable or lash out at them, the toll can be far worse.

Yesterday I learned of one organization that’s stepping up to help with just that. Next month, the Catholic Family Services of Durham Region, encompassing many bedroom communities just east of Toronto, is implementing a new program called the Centre for … Continue Reading

Isolation is a slow-to-build enemy of the newly unemployed. It doesn’t have to be. Thanks to a social media site called meetup.com, it’s surprisingly easy to find others in similar circumstances and get support.

Don’t be mistaken though. This isn’t about connecting in cyber space.

Meetup was developed to facilitate meeting face-to-face – yes, in ‘real’ life — with others who share similar interests, be those careers, politics, hobbies, health, fitness, books, hiking, just about anything really. (There are groups for Cryptozoology, Ayurveda groups and Wingman groups, if you’re so … Continue Reading