Sharita Hanley always loved writing—so much so that she served as president of an International English Honor society as an undergraduate at Spelman College. But at the time she received her bachelor’s degree, many large publications were conducting layoff, and...
Due to the coronavirus crisis, many universities and colleges have had to make rapid workforce changes. As classes have shifted online in response to the pandemic or been canceled altogether, many institutions of higher education have been forced to reduce their...
The last time Raymond Fields applied for a job with a new company, Bush had just become president—no, not George W. Bush, but his father, George H.W. Bush. Early in his career, Raymond was a young go-getter. He applied for a delivery truck driver position at a...
As the director of national sales for an information technology company, Melissa Armstrong traveled around the country three weeks out of the month, going to trade shows and conferences, and meeting with customers and prospects. It was on one of these trips, in early...
Getting laid off can be stressful for anyone. But getting laid off after decades at a company—when you’re the family’s primary breadwinner—is a truly disorienting ordeal. Jennifer O’Shasky experienced this firsthand in 2018, when she was let go from her business...
