The latest New York Times headline gives us good news and bad news. The good news is that the unemployment rate has dropped to 9.5% and the bad news is that 125,000 jobs were lost this past month. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal 26 % of those currently working had some period of unemployment during the past 30 months. Still, many people who are unemployed feel a sense of shame. "I
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July 2, 2010
The Shame of Unemployment
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August 13, 2009
Managers who deliver bad news are stressed, too
March 06, 2009 SUNRISE, Fla. - One personnel manager wakes in despair at 4 a.m., worried about the employees in her company. Another boss has to remind himself to eat right and exercise so that he can handle the stress. A third says he has had tears in his eyes for months.
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July 27, 2009
Barrage of bad news can get in your head, affect judgment
March 07, 2009 Mar. 7--If you managed to avoid Friday's statistical contribution to the economic apocalypse by hiding in a closet, here it is: The nation's unemployment rate shot up to 8.1 percent last month and we lost 651,000 more jobs.
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July 16, 2009
Many can cope with news of higher Alzheimer’s risk
July 15, 2009 ATLANTA - People who learn through genetic testing that they have a higher than average risk for Alzheimer's disease are able to handle the bad news pretty well, results from the first major study of this suggest.
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