HireDiversity News: Networking in the Twitter Age; Pregnancy Discrimination Increasing? (sent 4/28/2009)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 -- Issue #394

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Lose Your Job? Tell Your Facebook, Twitter Friends

In the past, victims of layoffs used to share the news with a close circle of family and friends. You might only learn of a co-worker's job loss if you saw him packing up his desk. But today, thanks to social-networking tools, the newly unemployed are coming out of the dark -- and networking faster than ever.

Pregnancy Discrimination Complaints Increasing

A record number of women filed pregnancy discrimination complaints in the past decade, signaling more women demanding equal treatment in the workplace.

U.S. Faces Growing Doctor Shortages

The United States is facing a shortage of primary care physicians just as they're needed most to treat people who gain new benefits, lawmakers say.

Layoffs, Unemployment Still on the Rise

A Labor Department report released Thursday is showing that layoffs are still on the rise, with the number of people filing for unemployment in March surpassing that from the prior month, and the total number of people doing so the highest on record.

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