A major Israeli high tech corporation switched to a 4-day work week in the wake of the global economic crisis. How are its employees feeling now?

--Jacob Share

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Whether you’re getting laid off or quitting your job, this checklist and layoff story will help you make the right moves before leaving your workplace for the last time.

Warning!

Some companies are ruthless with layoffs, locking you out from their computer system and walking you to the door as soon as notification has been given. If your company has a history of that, prepare yourself in advance once you feel a layoff might be coming your way.
25 actions to achieve layoff success

1. Ask for recommendation or reference letters from ‘higher-ups’ and agree how to collect them.
2. Update your resume or CV.
3. Research your employee termination rights and what to do if they’re not respected.
4. Calculate how much money the company owes you in unpaid salary, vacation time, bonuses, etc.
5. Learn about severance pay: how much to expect, the company’s deadline for paying by law (e.g. in Israel, within 30 days of dismissal) and what you need to do to collect it.
6. List the documentation that the company is required to give for e.g. unemployment benefits, income tax, joining another employer, etc., such as a pink slip or other end-of-work certificate.
7. Find out which documentation the company will expect you to sign before leaving.
8. Chat with an HR representative about getting your rights.
9. Ask about access to outplacement services or a parent or sister company that can take you in.

--Jacob Share

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A recent survey claims that 1 in 5 employers in the USA check up on candidates via social networks. Should you be worried?

--Jacob Share

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For those of you contemplating quitting your current job for greener pastures, I would like to make sure you are aware of one thing that you may not know.

This is a guest post by G.L. Hoffman. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.

New job not up to par?

Most companies will NOT hire you back if, say, you give the new job a try and find out it is not exactly what you were promised. You should know that because I have heard people say “well, if it doesn’t work out, I can always go back to my old job.”

This might be the case. Young, inexperienced managers will often say this during the exit interview, even. It is them being nice…I would not expect them to hire me back if I were you. Most companies will not hire you back. And they shouldn’t.

--Jacob Share

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Many of us dream of resigning but fear losing our accumulated severance pay. As it turns out, there are many cases where an employee can resign and still retain severance pay. One only needs to know when the law allows it.

--Jacob Share

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