More layoffs, new tools for finding the hidden job market and applying for
unemployment benefits, and with an eye toward March as a tipping point for future.
More employers announced job layoffs in the past week, including: Volcom,
Disney, Borders, Avon, General Motors, Goodyear, Agilent Technologies, Chrysler,
ConocoPhillips, and Smithfield Foods.
To assist workers who are about to be -- or have just been -- laid off, we have links
to every state's
unemployment Website, where in many cases you can apply online.
Finally, an interesting article on
Time.com
by Douglas McIntyre suggests that March
may be the tipping point for the recession in the U.S. -- that by the end of next month
we may know enough about the pace of job losses, the level of confidence in the banking system,
the fate of the domestic automakers, the state of the housing market in terms of prices
and foreclosures, and several key indicators (including consumer confidence, retail spending).
Furthermore, the stimulus bill should begin having an impact on both spending and tax cuts.
Finally, March is also the end of the first quarter and the transition to the next quarter,
which makes investors and other pause and reflect on quarterly results and predictions for the
next quarter and beyond.
