After getting laid off from investment bank Houlihan Lokey, Persky spent 11 months searching for work.
Workers who survived the year without getting laid off breathed a sigh of relief.
With so many people getting laid off, how can they afford to do this?
People are getting laid off, I can't get an extra job to make the mortgage payment - please work with me.
After getting laid off from a security software firm in Atlanta, Mr. Deitch immediately received offers for contract work through his professional network.
"It takes a lot of shoe leather, " says Mr. Salguero, 30, who turned to entrepreneurship after getting laid off from a real-estate development firm.
Then, as if on a dime, the world changed and all of a sudden lots of people with law degrees were getting laid off, deferred, ignored.
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Former employees who had health benefits for at least 18 months prior to getting laid off can qualify for their same policies under the 1985 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
While older, more experienced and better-paid reporters were getting laid off left and right, I got hired because my employer could pay me pennies, and I would work my butt off to prove myself.
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At one point in time I was so concerned about getting laid off and the possibility of defaulting on my loans, that I took it upon myself to start a side business through a partnership in order to be able to pay my loans if something were to happen to my job.
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Anthony blew by Smith to the left, getting fouled as he laid the ball in.
For some it motivates them to go for the grand slam (i.e. nothing to lose), for others it makes them too laid back about actually getting the product rolling (i.e. having comfort of newfound money).
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Then again, if you're willing to hand big bucks to someone you don't know for a product you have not even laid eyes on, getting ripped off would appear to be the least of your problems.
The policy was also useful for getting rid of surplus workers that employment-protection laws otherwise stopped from being laid off.
Huckabee is getting a lot more people to notice him because of his sense of humor and laid back demeanor.
But Leeds had the edge in McGuire and skipper Kevin Sinfield, who laid the platform for another performance which provided further evidence that the champions are getting close to their best after their disappointing, injury-clouded first half of the season.
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