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Readers respond: Job losses in private sector merit attention

  • Mayor Ron Nirenberg requested assistance for laid-off federal employees in a memo to City Manager Erik Walsh on March 6.
  • Nirenberg's memo mentioned the Ready to Work initiative, which has enrolled over 10,000 participants since its approval in 2020.
  • The proposed Re-employment Assistance for Federal Talent program aims to help federal workers transition back into the workforce, according to Council members.
  • Fired federal employees face challenges in the private job market, including differing expectations and the need to adjust to new work cultures.
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Pregnant federal employees who were fired grapple with stress of losing insurance and looking for work

Emily Erroa was eight months pregnant when she found out she was being fired from her human resources job at the Department of Energy.

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The OregonianThe Oregonian

Readers respond: Job losses in private sector merit attention

It is disconcerting that we are not seeing the same concern and compassion for individuals losing their private sector jobs that we are seeing being offered to federal workers by our local elected officials and our federal congressional representatives and senators, (“Trump job cuts upend lives of federal workers in Oregon. Here are some impacts,” March 5). Every job is important and vital to our economy and sustaining vibrant communities for ev…

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FortuneFortune

Fired NIH workers fear bleak job prospects in the private sector because their research is too specific to be retrofitted: 'No VC is going to fund that'

Employees told Fortune finding a job would require them to apply for positions for which they were overqualified.

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San Antonio mayor, council members call on city to find jobs for fired federal workers

Mayor Ron Nirenberg and council members are calling on the city government to help federal employees who were recently laid off under President Donald Trump’s administration.Nirenberg sent a memo to City Manager Erik Walsh on Thursday to ask for support in finding jobs for fired federal employees. His message came three days after two council members and mayoral candidates made a similar request.“While we know that non-military federal employees…

·San Antonio, United States
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Anchorage Daily NewsAnchorage Daily News

Fired federal employees will flood the job market. They have worries, and so do employers.

Workplace advice: Many will struggle to land new roles — and may face hostility in the private sector.

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Well Fed: Fired federal workers hold event to help others in the same boat

Two fired Department of Health and Human Services employees started a new event series called Well Fed, offering food, art therapy, job hunting tips and more to others in the same situation. When Drew Ruby-Howe received notice on Valentine’s Day that she’d been fired from the federal government, she knew she wanted to do something to help others in the...

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