13. Job Security

"Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm."
Malaysian Proverb

Read our Newsletters and Q & A’s:

i. How to Get

1. NL 1: Agendas Make Leaders
2. NL 2: Compliance, Risk and Ethics Officers – Best Practices to Gain Job Security
3. NL 3: Hey, It’s November . . . It’s Time to Gather “Value Proven” Letters
4. NL 4: In-Office Proximity: Productivity Today vs. Advantage Tomorrow?
5. NL 5: Job Security Secret: Be a Wise Cost Cutter
6. NL 6: Job Security Secret: If you hear “At Will,” think “Unless Otherwise Agreed” (“U.O.A.”)
7. NL 7: Job Security Secret: Learn the Basics of a Customer Language
8. NL 8: Job Security Secret: Volunteer for an Extra Duty
9. NL 9: Job Security You Can Create for Yourself
10. NL 10: Key Man / Key Woman Clause – How to Protect Your Key Business Relations
11. NL 11: Military? – Special Civilian Job Rights are Yours
12. NL 12: New Employer an L-L-C or I-N-C? Think Gua-Ran-Tee.
13. NL 13: Online Courses: Career Advantage, Forever
14. NL 14: Your Personal Brand at Work – Ten “Brand Boosting” Expressions
15. NL 15: “Required Notice” Provision – A Suggested “Win – Win” for All
16. NL 16: “Term” or “Duration” Clause – Here are 10 Alternative Improvements
17. QA 1: How do workers get job security?
18. QA 2: Job Security Secret: If you hear “At Will,” think “Unless Otherwise Agreed” (“U.O.A.”)
19. QA 3: Where can I find “niches” to further my career?

ii. How to Keep

1. NL 1: “Change in Control at the Office? Here’s 10 Ways to Keep Your Job”
2. NL 2: “Facing Merger or Sale of Your Employer? Here’s Fifteen Smart Steps”
3. NL 3: Avoid Being RIF’ed – Five Effective Strategies
4. NL 4: Beware of “Likely Successor Risk”
5. NL 5: For Job Security, It’s important to “Diversify Your P.P.O.P.P.’s”
6. NL 6: Job Security Secret: “It’s a pebble . . . not a mountain.”
7. NL 7: Over 50? Eight Ways to Remain Employed and Employable
8. NL 8: Pregnant? When, How, and What to Tell Your Boss
9. NL 9: Time on Your Hands? – Get Valued Credentials Online
10. QA 1: “How can I tell if I have job security?”
11. QA 2: Job Security Secret: “It’s a pebble . . . not a mountain.”

iii. How to Lose

1. NL 1: Avoid, If You Can, The “Obsolete Job” Trap
2. NL 2: Beware of Temporary Assignments to “Special Projects”
3. NL 3: Email at Work – Avoid These “Dozen Digital Disasters”
4. NL 4: Giving and Receiving Gifts at Work -Ten Practical Precautions
5. NL 5: “What is NOT Confidential Information –
   10 Guidelines for Resumes, Interviewing and Online Chatter”
6. QA 1: “If the employment contract I was promised does not arrive, should I leave?”
7. QA 2: “What can I do to ensure that, if I accept a “special assignment,” if it ends I’ll remain employed?”

iv. Other Thoughts

1. NL 1: “18 Tips to Address Job-Loss Anxiety and Blues”
2. NL 2: “Private Equity Buying Your Employer? Resist These 11 Employment Negotiation Tactics”
3. NL 3: “Survivor Demotion” – When a Lower Level Job Is Preferable to Layoff
4. NL 4: 21 Tips For the Newly Hired Employee
5. NL 5: Exit Strategy – What’s Yours?
6. NL 6: Heard a Recruiter is Shopping Your Job? Here’s Nine Suggested Steps
7. NL 7: Job Security – Six Types, and More . . .
8. NL 8: Job Security Secret: Don’t elevate a problem without also suggesting a well-considered solution (or two).
9. NL 9: New Manager? – Big Risks Ahead! Eight Signs to Watch Out For
10. NL 10: The “Seeking a New Job Letter” – Often Overlooked, but Highly Effective
11. NL 11: “At-Will Employment” – What Exactly Does That Mean?
12. NL 12: “Responding to a Retention Bonus Offer” – Ten Wise Steps”
13. QA 1: “How should I ask for a retention bonus?”
14. QA 2: “Is it illegal or unethical to work for two competing hotels?”
15. QA 3: “My boss asked me for a job description; should I be worried?”
16. QA 4: “What should I expect after ‘re-badging?'”
17. QA 5: Can I Lose My Teacher’s License for Leaving an “At Will” Job?
18. QA 6: If my husband was laid off because he was deployed to Iraq, does he have any rights?
19. QA 7: Is it legal to lay off employees just to save on their benefits, or because they have been employed for many years?