According to recent reports, RadioShack is preparing to shut down in a bankruptcy deal that would sell almost half its stores to Sprint and close the rest. And a similar layoff scene is playing out in many other well-known companies across the nation. Yet many people wait until the other shoe dro...
Hurricane Preparedness for Your Career
The East Coast is still recovering from last week's Hurricane Sandy. As a native New Yorker who has lived in Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn, I'm still trying to comprehend the concept of New York and major hurricane in the same sentence. And I'm not alone. No one expected anything like this to ever...
How a Mishandled Layoff Can Damage a Company’s Brand
There's been a lot of Internet chatter about Ann Curry's dismissal from the Today Show and NBC's decision to replace her with Savannah Guthrie. Many viewers have voiced their disappointment in NBC and are taking shots at the new co-host as well as the existing Today Show team. Viewers have expressed...