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Quintessential Careers Content Index:
Work Termination/Layoff Topics


 

Our comprehensive Content Index enables you to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets related to work termination topics.

 

Read summaries of each piece of our content pertaining to employment termination (including layoff and resignation issues) to determine whether you'd like to click on the link and learn more. The Index leads off with the most recent content items at the top, so you know where to find the freshest and most up-to-date content; however, there are also items for which we have no publication date -- and these are located at the end of the list.

 

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Layoffs Coming: Take Action Now to Lay Foundation for Your Future
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2009, March 9
Summary: This article is all about providing tips for workers who are about to lose their jobs -- and what you can do to prepare for it and move on after it. You'll find expert action steps you can begin taking now to lay a foundation for a better and more secure future.

 

How Secure is Your Job? A Job Jeopardy and Layoff Assessment
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2008, Nov. 3
Summary: Is your job in jeopardy? Take our assessment and find out.

 

Is Your Job in Jeopardy? Impending Layoff Warning Signs
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2008, Nov. 3
Summary: The purpose of this article -- and our accompanying assessment, How Secure is Your Job? A Job Jeopardy/Layoff Assessment -- is to help open to your eyes to an impending layoff so that you can be better prepared to find a new job whether the layoffs come or not.

 

Job Resignation Do's and Don'ts
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Dec. 16
Summary: Are you preparing to resign from your current job? This article provides some general rules (do's and don'ts) about resigning from your job gracefully -- and carefully.

 

Resigning With Class: How to Diplomatically Resign From Your Job
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: 2002, Dec. 16
Summary: This article is really two articles in one. The first part discusses the strategies behind making a graceful departure from your employer and the second part shows you how to write a letter of resignation.

 

Getting Fired: An Opportunity for Change and Growth
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: How do you deal with being fired or downsized in terms of your resume and job-hunting? That's what this article is all about -- getting you in shape to find an even better job than the one you had previously.

 

Rebounding After a Layoff Tutorial: How to Successfully Re-Enter the Job Market After Being Fired, Downsized, or Laid Off
By: Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.
Published: n/a
Summary: This tutorial is designed to help you see the warning signs of an impending layoff, understand the stress of unemployment, and prepare you for both the layoff and the return to the workforce.

 


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