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New firm: Moms for hire
As a mom, Dixie McDaniel Andrade wanted to work from home in a business that would give her flexibility to keep on eye on her kids, maybe even take them to the park midday. She found the ideal match as the new regional owner of Mom Corps Miami. From her home office, Andrade spends her days calling on companies, explaining how using a mom to fill a gap in their employment needs will benefit them. "It's low cost,...read more...// //Unemployment hitting women hard
BY TONY PUGH, tpugh@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON -- A sharp monthly rise in unemployment for women could be a sign that the economic slowdown has begun to hit working women with a force not seen since the 2001 recession. When the unemployment rate for women went from 4.6 percent in July to 5.3 percent in August, it was the largest one-month spike in the jobless rate for women in more than 33 years....read more...// //Talking to kids about losing your job
BY CINDY KRISCHER GOODMAN, cgoodman@MiamiHerald.com When Millie Puldon learned her job would be eliminated, she agonized over how to tell her three kids. "I didn't want to worry them,'' recalls Puldon, a single mother. When she did tell them, her 9-year-old daughter broke into tears and asked, "Are we poor now?'' Job loss is hitting employees of all kinds, and...read more...Dade schools cut 2,000 jobs
BY KATHLEEN McGRORY, kmcgrory@miamiherald.com Following an hour of fierce debate -- and after hearing dozens of public appeals from school-district employees -- the Miami-Dade School Board voted early Thursday to eliminate hundreds of positions, bringing the total number of jobs cut to more than 2,000. The measure, which failed at a board meeting last month, will also cut the district's marketing...read more...
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