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Cutting health-care spending the old-fashioned way

- January 30, 2012

When unemployment rises, people lose health insurance. They see doctors less often; they put off elective surgery; they cut back on drugs. Even people with insurance behave similarly, because their pay may be down, they worry about job security or they...

Job Search Help Comes From Eating Well

Ezine Articles - December 10, 2011

Thinking about how to maintain your morale to give yourself some help during your job search? Think of Voltaire´s comment: "Nothing would be more tiresome ...

Alzheimer's forces workers to make tough choice

Bradenton.com - November 18, 2011

The work day wasn´t long enough to do her job. She had to stay up nights to meet deadlines. Gwen Richards knew "the monster" had grabbed her. She knew that Alzheimer´s disease had taken hold in her brain, just like it had in her mother´s and older ...

Healthcare question marks -- Will it mean fewer jobs? An end to employer plans?

UPI.com - November 5, 2011

But they may ultimately conclude that it´s a good way of getting older workers off the company´s insurance without having to feel guilty because these older workers will be able to join a government-sponsored insurance exchange....

How to prepare for a double-dip recession

LifeInc.today.com - October 27, 2011

But having more than one, each tailored to different types of jobs or even to different companies you want to target in a job search, is an even better tactic. Expand your connections. Networking can start at a professional organization, alumni club,...

Efforts To Solve Debt Crisis May Affect Medicaid Funding

Kaiser Health News - August 9, 2011

... Medicaid to unemployment benefits. ... Excerpts from the L.A. Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and more illustrate the current status of medicaid and unemployment benefits perils in the current budget talks.Governors in both parties said they were most worried by....How would these cuts effect your career plan?...

Six tips to get past job search rejection

Sioux City Journal - May 16, 2011

Process your emotions, regain your perspective, exercise and more. Did you know “It takes about 20 minutes of exercise for the endorphins to start being released in your body,” says Richard Deems, co-author of Make Job Loss Work for You. When you regain your energy you can get a little job search help. Do you have a good resume? Maybe you could use a little practice on interview questions and answers. Consult an expert for......

In search of the right help

Guardian.co.uk - May 12, 2011

Job search difficulties come in many forms, and so does the kind of job search help needed. A career plan can be blocked by many other things than a not-so-good resume. Ryan Jones is one such person who struggled to get the right kind of help. As he reached his mid-30s he was in a job he loved, he was about to marry the woman he adored, he had friends and a supportive family. So it was a shock when, in just six months ...

Workers stressed out by unemployed spouses

Mother Nature Network - May 7, 2011

You would expect the stresses of an unemployed spouse´s job search to affect the relationship at home, but did you know one person´s career plan stress can also cut into productivity for the working spouse?...

If You Want to Live Until 100, Work Until 100

The Atlantic - March 18, 2011

The Longevity Project, a new longitudinal study described in beautiful detail by our new Life Channel, found that work is good for you, even after you´re eligible for Social Security. A carer plan including continued work is just plain good for you....

New law prohibits genetic screening for jobs

MSN Money - January 25, 2011

Federal regulations making it illegal for employers to discriminate against workers or job applicants based on their genetic information became effective Monday. ...

Walking Speed Predicts Life Expectancy of Older Adults

Scientific American - January 21, 2011

Baby boomers who keep up the pace as they age are likely to outlive those who slow down. When an older friend or relative slows down people take notice—and often start to worry. Although walking pace is a seemingly basic measure to make, it has been gaining traction in the gerontology world as a reliable marker for overall health and longevity for those 65 and older. ...

Learning to Tame Your Office Anxiety

NY Times - January 2, 2011

Q. You’re feeling anxious at work, and you think it’s affecting your performance. What causes anxiety, anyhow?...

Leadership Lessons from Yoga

ScottEblin/typepad.com - December 30, 2010

If you´d wandered into one of my group coaching sessions after lunch yesterday, you would have seen 16 people stretching their hands toward the ceiling, taking three deep breaths in and out through their noses and bending from their waists and letting their heads hang loose for a minute or so. It just felt like the thing to do....

At Closing Plant, Ordeal Included Heart Attacks

NY Times - December 9, 2010

The first to have a heart attack was George Kull Jr., 56, a millwright who worked for three decades at the steel mills in Lackawanna, N.Y. Three weeks after learning that his plant was closing, he suddenly collapsed at home. ...