Screwed: 1,020 at Boeing

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s Total: 1,196

Boeing gave 60-day layoff notices to 1,020 workers in Washington, California, and St. Louis, Missouri last Friday as part of a larger plan to cut 10,000 jobs…In Nevada, Anheuser-Busch InBev cut 90 jobs last week and plans on cutting another 350 in the next few months…In Williston, VT, Triosyn laid off 35 employees and attributed the decision to a low demand of their anti-bacterial product caused by the marked end of the swine flu pandemic…In California, the city of Corona eliminated 31 government workers and a few city buildings…After having cut more than a quarter of their workforce, Viking Range Corp in Mississippi laid off another 20 employees.

Redecorate Without Spending a Dime

It’s winter. Maybe you’re unemployed. Man, those walls are feeling close together, aren’t they? It is possible to bring some freshness to your surroundings without buying anything new. Try our tips, and troll the web for more–we especially like Apartment Therapy and the blog at Design Public. (Though we’re a little biased on that second one.)

De-clutter

There are people who can make clutter look beautiful. You are probably not one of them. Put away all those tchotchkes–or even better, sell them or give them away. (Check out the tips for getting rid of castoff clothes for help.)

Move stuff around

It is sort of amazing what a difference you can make by rearranging seating or shoving a table over. About.com has ten tips for arranging furniture. Our advice: try out configurations that aren’t obvious…

How I Imagine My Hypothetical Average Workday, by Decade(s)

My parents always say things like “back in my day…the world was a better place” or “back in my day…we didn’t need e-mail to have a good time.” Here’s how I see it:

The Fifties
I get out of bed and put my slippers on. Everything is in grayscale. My wife has prepared a beautiful smorgasbord of scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and cereal flakes. My blond son, Timmy, and my blonde daughter, Diane, both tell me how they are so proud of their father. I smile and one of my front teeth literally sparkles. We all giggle. The golden retriever giggles too. I tell Timmy he had better eat his cereal flakes if he wants to get big and mighty like Hank Aaron. We all pray to family values and thank God we don’t live in Russia.

When I get into work, my secretary compliments me on my clean and neat haircut. She gives me many reports I won’t read. I drink three glasses of scotch, smoke a pack of cigarettes, have conversations that might seem racially insensitive with today’s standards and eventually end up at a meeting in which we are told the company is growing at an outstanding rate…

Screwed: Up to 4,000 in L.A.

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s Total: 4,527

Municipal layoffs in L.A. may run as high as 4,000 workers as the city council tries to resolve the budget deficit… Florida A&M University faces the possibility of up to 247 staff layoffs… HealthMarkets insurance company in North Richland Hills i terminating 130 positions… 80 police officers and firefighters face unemployment in Flint, Michigan… In another round of layoffs, Fork Township, PA pipe fitting manufacturer, Victaulic, is laying off up to 40 workers… In New Jersey’s Union Township 30 police officers face layoffs effective March 29 unless they agree to cheaper health plans…

Recession Briefing: Monkey See, Monkey Do

What you need to know today to survive and thrive in the recession.

Dr. Laurie Santos’s studies of monkey “economics” suggest that greedy, loss-averse human behavior — the kind in large part responsible for the recession — may have deep evolutionary origins. (Big Think)

While the Great Recession was tough on just about everyone, rookie CEOs were faced with what will likely be the biggest crisis of their careers. Here’s how four of them handled it. (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

The nation’s health insurers have come under sharp attack by the Obama administration for seeking seemingly staggering rate increases on policies they sell to individuals. But the weak economy and the unrelenting rise in the cost of medical care make it increasingly difficult for companies to avoid substantial rate increases. (New York Times)…

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Beefing Up a Thin Resume

When you’re short on experience, play up your strengths.

The Problem: Recession or not, you’re job hunting. Trouble is, aside from some internships and a few part-time gigs, the work experience section of your resume is, well, thin. You know that you could nail a job if given the chance – but with the national unemployment rate hovering around 10%, how to get a foot in the door with so little to go on?

The Solution: A resume redo. The key is highlighting your accomplishments, regardless of how you got them. Definitely include when you graduated and whatever positions you’ve held since – employers want to see that. But, also list volunteer organizations, student clubs, sports teams, or any group in which you’ve held a leadership position or made an impact. Detail projects completed, funds raised or other positive outcomes; you want to point to anything that shows your capabilities, especially if…

Recession Briefing: Failure to Green

What you need to know today to survive and thrive in the recession.

A new report due out this morning will show the $5-billion Obama administration program to make homes more energy efficient is so riddled with problems that so far it’s weatherized only about 9,000 homes. (Los Angeles Times)

Thousands are discovering an unexpected kink in the system that can mean drastic cuts in their unemployment benefits. Workers who seek to renew their benefits for a second year are finding that their new benefits are based on their most recent wages, even if it was low pay for temporary or part-time work. (Boston Globe)

Federal and state officials, many facing record budget deficits, are starting to aggressively pursue companies that try to pass off regular employees as independent contractors. (New York Times)

Screwed: 3,100 in Texas

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s Total: 5,976

Texas legislature proposed a cost-cutting plan to close privately-run prisons, cutback in treatment and rehabilitation programs, and eliminate 3,100 state correction employees…Yesterday, Humana Inc. announced its plan to layoff 2,500 employees, 5 percent of its total workforce, by the end of this year…Cal State East Bay is considering a job-cut of 140 non-teaching staff…In California, Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved a plan to layoff 130 employees in MarchIn Pennsylvania, Moses Taylor Hospital gave pink slips to 61 workers in their first round of layoffs in 17 years…In Florida, Tampa City Hall plans on laying off 30 finance employees in the city’s budget office by next week…In Philadelphia, Kimmel Center Inc. plans on cutting 15 jobs as part of a restructured budget plan.

How to Make Quick Cash (Including Some Ways That Aren’t Embarassing)

So you’ve lost your job — or maybe you’re running out of unemployment. In any case, you need to make some fast cash. The people over at Coupon Sherpa put together a list of resources to do just that–and while some of them we’d do in a second, others would be a real hit to the pride and reputation.

Sure, you’ve got to do what it takes to pay the bills. And yes, there are wonderful people who deliver phone books and clean houses. We know some. But guess what? They’d rather have better jobs, too. Here’s a handy guide to what you can do without feeling embarrassed, and what you’ll want to wear a good disguise for.

Say It Loud and Proud

Monetizing your web site or blog
Selling your unwanted stuff
Flipping web sites

Fine…As Long As Nobody Finds Out

Becoming a human guinea pig
Giving blood…