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A Parent’s Unemployment Stress Trickles Down to the Children

THE WOODLANDS, Tex. Paul Bachmuth’s 9-year-old daughter, Rebecca, began pulling out strands of her hair over the summer. His older child, Hannah, 12, has become noticeably angrier, more prone to throwing tantrums. Initially, Mr. Bachmuth, 45, did not ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: University of California,  University of Chicago

Amid Tough Climate, a Thoughtful Recruitment Process

BURNS HARBOR, Ind. As soon as the job opening was posted on the afternoon of Friday, July 10, the deluge began. C.R. England, a nationwide trucking company, needed an administrative assistant for its bustling driver training school here. ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009
Related Topics: New England Patriots,  IBM,  Facebook Inc.

Minnesota Charges Headhunter With Fraud

The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against a Minneapolis-based headhunting company, charging that it deceived desperate job seekers who paid the company hefty fees in hopes of landing interviews for lucrative jobs that ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  29 Sep 2009

Out of Work, Too Down to Search On, and Uncounted

They were left out of the latest unemployment rate, as they are every month: millions of hidden casualties of the Great Recession who are not counted in the rate because they have stopped looking for work. Faces, numbers and stories from behind the ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  7 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Home Depot, Inc.

Common Tale of Search Firms: Big Pitches, Big Fees, Few Jobs

NAPERVILLE, Ill. In retrospect, Kerry Fischman said he should have paid more attention to the nagging concern he felt when the saleswoman from the job search company kept pressing him to sign the contract and send in his credit card number. Faces, ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  16 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Lisa Madigan,  New York Times Company

Income Loss Persists Long After Layoffs

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. Chuck Dettman said he had not really considered the notion back in 2001 that he and his friends in a job-search support group would never recover from being laid off. Jim Clark, 60, made $20,000 a year as a cantor at a Catholic ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  3 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Jim Clark,  Columbia University

Job Retraining May Fall Short of High Hopes

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. For the second time in three years, Mike Hutchins, a laid-off automotive engineer, is preparing to enroll in job retraining at a local community college, this time to become a civil engineering technician. But he has no idea if ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  5 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  New York Times Company

Still Working, but Making Do With Less

LINCOLN, Calif. The Ferrells have cut back on dance lessons for their twin daughters. Vaccinations for the family’s two cats and two dogs are out. Haircuts have become a luxury. Faces, numbers and stories from behind the downturn. Sharon Ferrell shops ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  28 May 2009
Related Topics: Hewitt Associates Inc

For Small Employers, Rounds of Shedding Workers and Tears

GRAFTON, Wis. In a small, windowless conference room, the nine members of the management team at Ram Tool gathered to consider which employees should be laid off in the company’s latest round of cutbacks. They debated each name and weighed issues like ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  6 May 2009

One Town’s Rare Ray of Hope: New Auto Plant

Construction is still underway in West Point where the new KIA auto plant is scheduled to open later this year. Malcolm Malone, who runs M&M Car Washing Detail from a lean-to on the side of the road, has seen his business swell 70 percent in the last ...

From MICHAEL LUO, The New York Times,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: General Motors,  Ford Motor Company

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