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reCareered: Who shot – dismissals week ended 10-30-09

Who's Cooking is a weekly survey of organizations to announce (or rumoring) layoffs for the week ending 10-30-09. Not only is valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, business strategists, traders, sellers, investment analysts, financial advisors, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

The layoffs announced and the rumors this week were Transportation, Government, publishing, health care, Manufacturing, Finance / Banking and Education sectors.

Inclusion in this list does not mean the whole industry has been reduced, since many of the same sector appeared in the "Who's Hiring" article published 10/26/09. Interestingly, that while federal procurement is increasing, a number of state and local governments have continued to see the cuts for the last month.

Transport, especially related to airlines announced significant layoffs this week, including Boeing, USA Airlines and American Airlines.

Publishers often lost jobs and associated Press, Forbes magazine, Southern Progress, and Arkansas Democrat-Gazette announced layoffs, while rumors continued in the Conde Nast-on that the units would face job cuts.

While many health organizations made the top of lists of companies hiring, a number health companies were laying off as Quest Diagnostics (who are also in the list of the top hiring company), Dorothea Dix Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, LCA-Vision and TomoTherapy. Education organizations, including Michigan State, University of Maine and State of Arizona teachers. Princeton Dartmouth also announced layoffs, but the numbers were too small to make this cut lists "(50).

Job seekers: It is possible to search for greener pastures in which these companies.

Organizations announcing layoffs or rumors week ending 10/30/09:

Southern Progress (Time Inc.), Birmingham AL (90)
Boeing Corp, Kennedy Space Center FL (330)
Boeing Corp, National (500)
U.S. Airways, National (1000)
American Airlines, Kansas City MO (700)
Quest Diagnostics, Wallingford CT (60)
Milwaukee County, Milwaukee WI (200)
Diversco, Winston-Salem NC (55)
Tracy CA (69)
State of Massachusetts (1000)
ComScore, San Francisco CA (50)
Target, Minneapolis MN (85)
Dutch Royal Shell International (5000)
Michigan State University, East Lansing MI (600)
Bath Iron Works, Bath ME (191)
YRC Worldwide Inc., Overland Park KS (900)
John D. Hollingsworth on Wheels Inc. Greenville SC (190)
General Electric, Bloomington IL (96)
Microsemi Corp., Scottsdale AZ (200-300)
Dorothea Hospital Dix, Raleigh North Carolina (300)
Shaw Industries, Tifton GA (200)
The Associated Press, International (400?)
Site, Huntington WV (112)
Aramark / Broward County Jail, Pompano Beach FL (96)
International Hendrickson Trailer Suspension Systems in Canton OH (189)
Missouri State (700)
Blue Cross / Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville FL (150)
Forbes, National (100)
INTERMET / Foundry Archer Creek, Virginia County Campbell (192)
School System University of Maine, Augusta ME (100)
Arturo J. Gallagher, Itasca IL (400)
Harley-Davidson Inc, Talladega GA (100)
Thomas & Betts Corporation, Cleveland OH (117)
Honeywell, Springfield IL (120)
Hanesbrands, Forsyth North Carolina (240)
Solano County, California (161?)
Georgia-Pacific Corp., Fordyce AR (300)
Caterpillar, National (2500)
Arrow Electronics, Melville NY (100)
Supreme Foam, Carolina Archdale North (50)
Perot Systems Corp, Lincoln NE (54)
Capital One Bank, Melville NY (99)
Gianni Versace, International (350)
LCA-Vision Inc., Cincinnati OH (70)
Wood-Mode, PA Kraemer (95)
Direct Energy, TX Richardson (85)
New United Motor Manufacturing, Fremont CA (3764)
USS-Posco, Pittsburg CA (50)
Bank of America, Pasadena CA (174)
Assurant Specialty Property Tustin, Orange, Santa Ana CA (256)
Lennox Home Products, Inc, Orange CA (71)
Rockwell Collins, CA San Jose (192)
Standard Chartered Bank, Miami FL (72)
Mohawk Flush Doors, a subsidiary of Masonite Corp., South Bend IN (73)
GECOM Corp, Frankfort KY (160)
Miller Bros. Coal, LLC, Prestonburg, KY (225)
New River Foundry, Radford, Virginia (76)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Little Rock AR (Unknown)
TomoTherapy, Madison, WI (10%)
City of Cuyahoga Falls, OH (53)
U.S. Steel, Granite IL City (Unknown)
Citigroup, Las Vegas NV (75)
City of Grand Rapids MI (Unknown)
Dutchess County NY (70)
Seattle WA Department of Planning and Development (unknown)
Fairpoint Communications, National (Unknown)
State of Arizona teachers (described as "Massive")
Guardian Auto Glass, Auburn IN (64)
City of Birmingham AL (800)
Penn State (estimated in hundreds)

Source: Google, Twitter, AllPinkSlips.com, Telonu.com, TechCrunch.com, CoStar.com, Gawker, Screwedd.com

Readers – If you know of employers to dismiss announcing major plans, or employers to reduce a large number of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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About the Author

Phil Rosenberg is President of reCareered and runs Career Change Central, recently named one of Linkedin’s top groups that job seekers must join. An active blogger about career transition, Phil’s articles have been republished by Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, CIO, FastCompany and dozens of job/recruiting sites.

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