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Terminated, Part 1: The Very First Things You Should Do When Laid Off
[This article also appears in my personal blog, The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.] Introduction Hello. My name is Joey deVilla, and I am unemployed. Hmmm. Let’s try that again....
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Terminated, Part 2: How I’ll Ride Out the Layoff and the Credit Crunch: Friends
[This article was also published in The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century.] Technology, media and pop culture writer Douglas Rushkoff, who’s got a guest writing slot at the uber-blog...
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Terminated, Part 3: Need Suggestions for Where to Have the Last Supper
[This article also appears in Global Nerdy.] Because I was laid off and not fired from my former place of employment, they’re taking me out for a farewell dinner on Tuesday night. It’s a nice gesture...
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Terminated, Part 7: Laid-Off Gallows Humour
Welcome to the Club “Hey, dude!” said my pal on the phone yesterday. “I’m one of you!” That was his way of telling me that along with about 1,000 other full-time employees of the well-known auction...
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Terminated, Part 8: The Layoff Weight Loss Plan
Since getting laid off, I’ve been getting a little less exercise. My bike commute to work, a 14-kilometre (8.7 mile) round trip, is gone. I also haven’t been going to the gym as often, even with the...
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Terminated, Part 9: The Great Computer Give-Away, Part 3 (HP 3.0 GHz Pentium...
One of the best ways to pull yourself up from a fall is to pull others up along with you. That’s why I’m giving away some old computers that have been gathering dust chez moi rather than selling them....
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Terminated, Part 10: It’s Contagious!
Ever since I announced that I’d been laid off, I’ve had a lot of kind offers from people who wanted to take me out for a beer. I was IM’ing with one of those people yesterday. “Sorry to hear about the...
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