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With recession looming across the world, expect a lot of people without a job starting this month. This prediction was expected as early as the third quarter of last year and it seems that many people are slowly feeling this pinch of surviving the worst economic crisis to hit the world since ages.

There have been bailouts given. Loans with affordable interest rates with their business stake as collateral have been granted. But the thing is, are they enough?

Majority of the employees hit are the overseas workers. Thousands have been laid off in the United States, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. A lot of them are Filipinos. Many came home last December, their last trip for now since they are formally out of a job.

There are countries that declared job openings. Among them include Qatar, Canada and the United Kingdom. But so far, nothing definite has been reported with regards to their actual needs.

Folks, the crisis is for real. If you have a job, do all means to keep it. For the unemployed, all you can do for now is keep on looking. That is the best thing you can do for now, regardless if you have a diploma or not.

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In the business management sector, if you are not familiar with the various labor code laws, you may find yourself incurring more costs that avoiding them. These costs come in the form of lawsuits and penalties enforced by governing local labor unions if businesses are not careful.

This issue on forced leaves in Taiwan, a practice to which local companies put workers on forced unpaid leave for one or more days a week, is something that would befuddle us. Normally, you would think that if this were done in other countries, labor reps are bound to rush in and protect the employees from unfair labor practices. But apparently, this is non-existent in Taiwan, the latest victim of the recession biting phenomena that has put most companies in the spot of retaining workers or forcefully laying off excess workers.

“When an economic downturn begins to take hold, employers knee-jerk into making dramatic changes,” said Darryl Green, president of Asia Pacific for human resources firm Manpower Inc.

“But there are employers who will stop at nothing to try to retain their valuable workforce. These employers — often in the manufacturing sector where skills are hard to come by — consider innovative alternatives such as shorter working weeks and short-term shut-downs.”

Is this ethical? For contractual workers, there seems to be lesser options. But as far as regular employees, it is doubtful if these practices by companies can be done or gotten away with.

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Christmas time is finally here and most employees are perhaps enjoying their meals and exchanging gifts, two familiar scenes when Yuletide season sinks in. But part of reality is the fact that practically a million workers (and counting) from the globe have lost their jobs, many of whom got their last paycheck in perhaps large sums. With that in mind, should you spend it all?

There are some who have saved as much as they can. Spending on a budget and making sure that they don’t go on empty. Some are planning their 2009 plan of action, much of which is to land a new job by reading the papers or visiting some job sites that provide various posts on job openings.

The people who got bonuses are quite lean this year and this can be typified by the sales of most retailers, a lot of whom admitted dwindled a lot. So while we don’t want to ruin Christmas, keep that thought that a week from now, 2009 is here. Draw out your career plans. The Year of the Ox does not seem bright thus far.

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Chrysler has announced that it was shutting down traditional operations for its 30 factories, a practice that they do at year end. However, when they do resume on January 19 (assuming they do resume), only some of the shops will re-open while others would open on the 3rd week. A sign of bad things to come?

For the 46,000 union workers of Chrysler, you have to wonder on the fate of your job. Do you still have a job once January 19 sets in? Chrysler has announced that it would all depend on what U.S. President Bush places on the table, referring to the financial bailout plan. But this has to be approved first so everyone has to stay tuned this Friday on what the U.S. auto industry has to rely on before making any moves.

For the union workers, it would be best to try out the market. See other jobs openings just for personal security measures as far as finances are concerned. There is no doubt that Chrysler will have no choice to close shop if no aid comes their way. Before that happens, it would be best to look out for their individual welfares.

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All over the news, you will notice that most companies are laying off workers to survive the current financial crisis that has befallen the world today. While many of the companies have been laying off thousands of workers, all is not lost for aspiring graduates by 2009.

It has been reported that most of the upcoming graduates may have a hard time looking for a job. But this would depend. Many are still aspiring to land the perfect job which through the years is not really the case. But if you want to get a glimpse of which professions may still be up for grabs after graduation, here are the top three job openings you may want to check out:

1. Clerical Jobs
2. Sales and Marketing Jobs
3. Information Technology Jobs

Among the things to consider for jobless and new graduates would be to grab opportunities as they come. You don’t have the luxury of choosing jobs of your preference at this point if your main goal is to earn a living. You just have to adjust and take what is on the plate.

If you look back, there is a saying that the way to get on top is to start from the bottom. Whether you are starting out as a clerk or a data encoder, just remember that this is only temporary. As you enrich your working experience, the economies of scale are improving as the days pass.

By the time that you have gathered experience, new opportunities will rise for you. Just be patient for now. Your time will come and most probably that will happen once the world crisis has improved and gone for the better.

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