Success after being fired

What’s your strategy for recovering after being fired?
Your Rant: FIRED FIRED FIRED-I give up
911 Repair: I’ve received many e-mails from people who not only land on their feet after a firing or a layoff, they actually end up in an even better place. I’ve included a series of success stories below. For more, check out [...]

Nigel Marsh on being Fat, Forty and Fired

Dear Readers: Nigel Marsh is the author of “Fat, Forty and Fired” (Andrews McMeel, 2007), a self-described “stressed, overweight mortgage slave” who “lost his job and found his life.” Talk about hitting the bulls-eye, this book reads like many of the emails I’ve received-except it has a more upbeat ending. Below is an interview with [...]

How to control your anger at work

Dear WW: I’ve always had problems keeping my temper. Last week I blew up at something a co-worker said and pushed him. I was suspended for a week without pay. My boss tells me I have a problem, but I don’t know what to do. IT’S HIT THE FAN
Dear It’s,
Your letter reminded me of [...]

I just got a verbal warning at work, what should I do?

 What is your strategy for dealing with a verbal warning at work?
Your Rant: I have had a spotless record in twenty years of work. I was shocked to suddenly get a verbal warning. What should I do?
911 Repair,
Your email reminded me of the time I’d just finished my meeting on the 40th floor of [...]

I want to be safe from being laid-off again!

What’s your strategy for not being laid-off?
Your Rant: I just got a new job after being unemployed for a long period after my last job. What can I do to prevent the same thing from happening again?
911 Repair
A Massapequa, NY, high school student set a fire to burn some school papers in which he’d [...]

The blame for corporate layoffs!

What’s your strategy for corporate layoffs?
Your Rant: I’m sick of corporate layoffs being blamed on economy rather than inability of leaders to adjust for the sake of their employees! Take your belt in a notch corporate pigs!
911 Repair:
Recently I received an email which criticized me for the advice that I gave to someone who was [...]

Out of shape, preparing for your first interview in a long time

What are your strategies for preparing for a job interview when you haven’t done one for a long time?
Your Rant: I just lost my job. It’s been a long time since I’ve interviewed and I’m looking for some tips on how to get inside the head of the interviewer.
911 Repair,
Aleobiga Aberima, a Nigerian, recently [...]

Dead Man Interviewing, explaining a past layoff

What are your strategies for describing having been laid off?
Your Rant: I was laid off for the first time in my career. I’m starting to go out on interviews now but I fear that people won’t want to touch me because I’m damaged goods. How can I minimize the damage?
911 Repair,
Sometimes things just don’t [...]

How to deal with being falsely accused of sexual harassment

How do you deal with false accusation of sexual harassment?
Your Rant:A female coworker lodged a charge of sexual harassment against me. My supervisor informed me that a formal investigation into the charge(s) would be commenced. Shocked by the allegation, I developed a deep sense of fear and overall sickness. I became so ill that I [...]

They say you’re laid off, you say what?

What are your strategies for responding to being told that you are laid off?
Your Rant: Out of nowhere my husband was called into his boss’s office and told that he no longer had a job. You hear so much about how great the economy is, this is the last thing we ever thought would happen. [...]