Tue.Jul 05, 2011

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Post Layoff – To Take A Lower Salary or Not

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Guest post by Donna McNamara (learn more about Donna at the end of this post). Unemployment in the US has been creeping upward again since May and currently stands a little over 9%. For many (myself included), unexpected job loss created a new normal. That new normal seems to translate into a lower salary upon finding work again. My situation is a little different from most.

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That Grand Lady at the Harbor

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Ladies, let’s continue to celebrate our freedom by underlining the importance of The Statue of Liberty and the role of women in our society. In her poem about the statue, Emma Lazarus called it “The New Colossus”. The beginning of the poem refers to the Colossus of Rhodes which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was a statue of the Greek God Helios, who, in his chariot would take the sun around the world.

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