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How to Discuss Your Job Search with Your Family
No one likes to talk about their job search, especially when they're not making much headway, which
is unfortunately the case for most unemployed professionals these days. But talking about your job
search with your immediate family can be particularly frustrating. After all, they're the ones who
have the most to gain or lose from it.
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The New Survivor Guilt
If you've still got a job and your friends don't, get ready for some awkward social situations.
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Etiquette and the Economy
Rising unemployment makes for awkward social situations. Are your manners up to the challenges
created by this economy?
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Supporting Someone Who Lost a Job [PDF document]
Knowing someone who lost a job, due to a
layoff or other reasons, can be difficult. As a friend or family member, you may want to do everything
to help. As a coworker, you may also have feelings of guilt or remorse. Regardless of your feelings, you can provide the necessary support for that
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As Men's Job Losses Mount, Wives Feel the Impact
According to recent data, it is likely that more than 2 million American women are married to someone
who has been handed a pink slip during this recession. Compare that to the approximately 1.4 million
women who have lost a job, and it appears that the majority of women may be experiencing our Great
Recession's mass job losses not as a laid-off worker but as the spouse of one. And while a lot of
attention has been paid to those who have lost their job — some 75% of whom have been men — the impact
of these losses on spouses has been largely ignored. |
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Coping When Your Spouse is Unemployed
Here's how to safeguard your marriage and
family relationships when a spouse loses his job.
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How to Help an Unemployed Spouse or Partner
When a
spouse or partner is out of work, the relationship can suffer on many levels. This situation will
strain your finances. Both partners can become moody and depressed, escalating the issues. You can
help an unemployed spouse by being supportive and understanding. Remember, unemployment is
challenging, but it's only a temporary situation. This too shall pass. |
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Supporting Your Spouse through Unemployment
Understanding a partner's emotional needs helps couples navigate diffcult times.
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How To Tell Your Kids About a Job Loss
"To feel safe, children need to hear you say unemployment is something that happens to many people
at one point or another in a career,” she says. “Normalize the transition for them by helping them
understand that unemployment is a temporary situation – not a major disaster or parental weakness.
Children need to see you handle the situation with confidence. This will help them learn that they,
too, will be able to manage life's challenges."
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Job Loss and the Affect on Children
Losing a job or steady income can affect the adult who
is no longer working, but also affects the children in the home. Often adults get so
distracted in their own grief over job loss that children's feelings, thoughts and concerns go
unrecognized.
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Helping children cope with a parent's job loss
A change in financial status due to the loss of a job
is a difficult crisis for families to experience. How parents handle the situation can influence
their children, so it is important to communicate with them in an age-appropriate way, said a
University of Missouri Extension human development specialist.
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Help Children Cope With a Parent's Job Loss
A change in financial status due to the loss of a job is a difficult crisis for families to experience.
How parents handle the situation can influence their children, so it is important to communicate with
them in an age-appropriate way, said a University of Missouri Extension human development
specialist. |
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