SiliconBeat

It has been more than a year, and oru three Pink Slip folks are still hanging out there - jobless, pretty much interviewless, trying to network and work the online job boards, but growing tired and frustrated. This Sunday in the Merc, you can catch up with Kris, Roopa and Elise, see how they’re faring, each in his/her own way, and then read about the larger problem of long-term unemployment now impacting millions of jobless Americans. We hope you find the installment, and Dai Sugano’s powerful photos, of interest.

I’m hearing from all sorts of folks in Silicon Valley about to be laid off, recently laid off, laid off then working a new job only to be re-laid off. Linda Kahn is a 49-year-old San Jose woman who lost her job in January after 14 years with Franklin Templeton Investments. She has great on-the-ground advice for job-hunters. Here’s an initial dose, with more to follow: Read the rest of this entry »

My recent piece on the latest trend in the world of layoffs about pink-slipped guys becoming stay-at-home dads during their job search - http://www.siliconbeat.com/2009/02/18/pink-slipped-stay-at-home-dad-or-still-working-breadwinning-mom/ - drew an interesting email from Jeremy Adam Smith, an author and blogger with a well-honed interest in the subject. Read the rest of this entry »

The dispatch from the front lines in the Great Recession battlefield appears on the front of this morning’s Mercury News, prompting calls and emails and even more volunteers for Pink Slip 2.0. Check it out at here. Here’s an excerpt: Read the rest of this entry »

Lost your job?

We should talk.

The Mercury News is looking for people recently laid off in Silicon Valley. We’ll select three of you to follow in your job search over the coming months, chronicling the same dramatic saga that’s spinning off thousands of new job-seekers every month. Read the rest of this entry »