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Democrat & Chronicle - Job seekers long for stability in shaky times
July 5, 2009 -- The economy stinks. Times are tough at your workplace, and there are rumors of yet another round of layoffs coming. You have trouble sleeping sometimes as you worry about your job.

10NBC - Unemployment rate hits 26-year high
July 2, 2009 - Sharon Bastian got laid off from her job as a marketing research analyst in Philadelphia about a month before her husband took a new job in Rochester. Today she was in a mock interview session at Rochester Works, the local agency that receives federal job training money for the Rochester area. “I've been here about two months. And it's been an interesting experience being in the job search mode for the first time in ten years.”

Democrat & Chronicle - Personnel pro on his own job quest
June 28, 2009 - When Craig A. Young goes to networking events and job fairs, he sometimes forgets which side of the table he sits on. Having worked at Eastman Kodak Co. and spinoff company Carestream for a combined 26 years in positions that often had human resources responsibilities, he finds himself trying to help out the other job seekers at networking events. Attending RochesterWorks' job-search workshops, he was offering advice to other participants and he has even counseled a former supervisor.

Democrat & Chroicle - Talk with financial planner before deciding to retire
June 7, 2009 -- If John Phillips had it to do all over again, he might not have taken an early retirement from Xerox Corp. in December 2006.

Democrat & Chronicle - Keeping health coverage after layoff a challenge
March 29, 2009 = When Jodi Casey and her husband, Kevin, were both laid off last July, they thought about the mortgage, car payments, school field trips and college tuition. But nothing weighed more heavily on their minds than how to hold on to their medical insurance.