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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Announces More Layoffs as October Tech Job Cuts Take Huge Leap]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The monthly Challenger, Gray & Christmas numbers on announced job cuts are in. Although in general cuts dropped by 16 percent, high tech fared far worse as Microsoft plans additional layoffs past the 5,000 anticipated earlier this year. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:16:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[June Tech Job Cuts Down from May]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003573/june-tech-job-cuts-down-from-may-3/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[More good news on the tech job front, at least insofar as less bad news is good news. September announcements of planned job cuts were down significantly -- 24.8 percent -- from August. This continues a general downward trend, according to figures from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Here's a summary...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:18:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Winners and Losers in the New Job Market]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/career-advice/article/winners-and-losers-in-the-new-job-market/342902/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The fall of Lehman and the broader financial crisis have transformed the job market. Among the consequences: Women are now better off than men and part-time is the new full-time. Here's how you can succeed in the new economic order.  But it&#8217;s not the sheer numbers of jobs shed...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ANZ, NAB target mortgages]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/news-analysis/anz-nab-target-mortgages/10418/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ANZ Bank and National Australia Bank are preparing a renewed assault on the $1 trillion residential mortgage market after their combined share of new business in July fell below that of Westpac subsidiary St George Bank. ANZ is believed to have misjudged the strength of the home lending market, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:43:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[August Tech Job Cuts Way Down from July]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10003260/august-tech-job-cuts-way-down-from-july/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In a welcome reversal from July, planned job cuts in the tech sector dropped precipitously -- so much so that you might develop a touch of vertigo. It was a better than 88 percent drop from the previous month, far outpacing the overall economy in which planned job cuts were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:30:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Newspapers, Job Fairs Least Effective for Job Searching]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/newspapers-job-fairs-effective-job/8161/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, networking, the Internet and social networks like LinkedIn rank higher than responding to old-school newspaper ads or attending job fairs. if you're on the job hunt, get your social skills in order because it's all about who you know and who knows about it.In the movie Kramer Vs....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:09:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SugarCRM, Telework Day, Symmetry and SAP, SunGard, Call Center Jobs, Parallels]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/sugarcrm-telework-symmetry-sa-psungard/7484/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The news as of the first coffee this morning, and the music is Miles Davis's mind-blowing album "A Tribute to Jack Johnson," which I guess technically is a jazz album, but which rocks harder than most other albums released in 1971. Thanks to Mikal Gilmore for introducing me to it:SierraCRM...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:31:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[July Tech Job Cuts Jump Up 168% from June]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002937/june-tech-job-cuts-down-from-may-2/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[So much for the continued good news on the job cut front. According to the figures we just got from Challenger, Gray & Christmas for July, planned layoffs and cutbacks were up 31 percent from June, which isn't what you want to hear when looking forward to the eventual end...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:06:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Despite Ugly Numbers, Unemployment May Be Poised to Improve]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/retail/10002792/despite-ugly-numbers-unemployment-may-be-poised-to-improve/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[June unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics paint an ugly picture as to recovery hopes, butÂ employment in both the general economy and in retail may be poised to improve.    An unemployment review conducted by outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which tracks job cut plans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:44:47 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[June Tech Job Cuts Down from May]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002423/june-tech-job-cuts-down-from-may/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We got the May job cut numbers from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and announced job cuts hit a 15-month low. In high tech -- which we've been taking to be electronics, computers, and telecom, though there is undoubtedly some high tech falling unseen into other categories -- the announced cuts...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:05 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Consumers: One Step Back ...  Home Prices: One Step Forward, Maybe]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/consumers-one-step-back-%e2%80%a6-home-prices-one-step-forward-maybe/753/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[One step forward, one step back, is the economic pace the news flow has described for 2009's second quarter. This week's releases also show little net progress: consumers have lost some of the confidence gained in the past two months, retail is weak, and corporate layoffs are expected well into...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:48 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/article/the-new-job-market-who-wins-and-who-loses/314930/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Recession, government spending, and demographics are transforming the workforce right before your eyes. To protect your career, make sure you're on the right side of history.  If history is any guide, unemployment will continue to rise after the recession bottoms out, according to Steve Hipple, an economist with the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech CEOs Taking Harder Hit Than Average]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10002124/tech-ceos-taking-harder-hit-than-average/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenger, Gray & Christmas came out with the on CEO departures through May. Interestingly, while the number is lower this year than at the same time last, tech industry CEOs have left in higher number. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:34:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[May Tech Job Cuts Up Sharply]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001997/may-tech-job-cuts-up-sharply/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[We got the May job cut numbers from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, and the welcome trend of lowering job cuts continues overall. Unfortunately, the tech sector bucked the trend, more than doubling announced layoffs compared to April. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 04:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Paranoid's Holiday]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/teamwork/?p=971]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[(This post comes from Larry Dignan of ZDNET, one of BNET's sister sites.)    This in from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas: You must bring your smartphone, laptop and every other work-tethering item on your vacation. If not, youâ€™ll just worry about being laid off.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 10:30:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More Evidence That Non-Farm Payrolls Could Be Better than Expected]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F135741-more-evidence-that-non-farm-payrolls-could-be-better-than-expected%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Lien submits:   Speculation that Bank of American BAC may need USD$34bn of capital has triggered fresh concern about the results of the stress tests on banks, which are due for release on Thursday. However despite these fears, there is growing evidence that job losses may have tempered...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:03:36 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[April Tech Layoffs: Things Improve]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001602/april-tech-layoffs-things-improve/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Challenger, Gray & Christmas just came out with its tally of April layoffs, and there's good news: layoffs continue to drop for the third month running. by Erik Sherman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 07:00:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Part-Time Work Helps Hold Down Unemployment]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/part-time-work-helps-hold-down-unemployment/168/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The March report on US employment was grim, and is certain to become worse. The unemployment insurance report on April 9 showed another 600,000 new claims, and U.S. corporations already have announced something like 150,000 future job cuts, according to outplacement consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas.    But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:57:45 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Layoffs on Big Q1 Upswing, Far Outpacing Average]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10001193/tech-layoffs-on-big-q1-upswing-far-outpacing-average/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When outsourcing consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas released its figures on job cuts in January and February, the numbers were depressing, with the two months figure almost double the same period in 2008 and close to the number of job cuts in the first six months of last year. But...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:19:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Managers Should Embrace March Madness]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so sick of hearing about how March Madness causes the wheels to fall off the American workplace.    Last year, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated that "watching" the NCAA men's basketball tournament at work -- whether that meant checking scores online, taking long lunches...]]></description>
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