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...according to workplace authority John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of international outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Mondays are typically reserved by executives to take care of negative duties, like job dismissal...

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...about 36 percent from 1998, when 11 years was the average, according to a survey of 3,000 discharged executives by Challenger Gray & Christmas. The recent decline has been greatly influenced by the recent dot-com shakeout, as a growing number...

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Business
Startup folds but workers feel no pain in Internet economy

...layoffs at U.S.-based Internet companies -- more than 31,000 this year, according to the job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. It is known as the "Dot-Com Shakeout," the end of the speculative ride that took off last...

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...on one of the four largest Internet job sites are 106 to 1, according to a new analysis by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. The Chicago-based four surveyed four popular online job sites -- Monster.com, HotJobs.com...

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Business
Jobless singles

...85 million Americans who have been unemployed more than six months are single, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., based on a review of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Chicago-based firm theorizes...

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Fired via e-mail and other poor goodbyes

...them cavalierly," said John Challenger, chief executive of the outplacement and human resources consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. This summer, a worker in London learned she was fired from her sales job by text message, according...

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Business
Workers facing layoffs get bonuses to stay to the end

...there's a mutuality of interests between our customers and our employees and shareholders.'' John Challenger of Challenger, Gray and Christmas, a Chicago employment-issues consultant, said retention bonuses are not unusual for top-level...

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Business
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...ending June 30, compared with the previous quarter, according to a monthly tally by the employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. In the second quarter, 211 CEOs either left their jobs or were forced out, compared with 245...

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Business
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...reasons. That trend is putting more men in need of job search assistance, according to Chicago-based hiring firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Of the 13.8 million married women who designated themselves head of household, 14 percent moved...

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Business
You can go home again -- if you're a Boomer kid

...entry-level job seekers in a decade, says John Challenger, chief executive of Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. "Young people are wanting some sort of security blanket and they haven't known hard times," says...

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