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reCareered: Who's Firing - Layoffs week ended 10-2-09

Who's Firing is a weekly survey of organizations announcing (or rumoring) layoffs. Not only is this valuable for job seekers, but for business analysts, corporate strategists, marketers, salespeople, investment analysts, financial advisers, and others who are interested in companies that are contracting.

Inclusion on this listing doesn't mean the entire industry is down, as many from the same sector appeared on the "Who's Hiring" article published 9/25/09. It is interesting to note that while Federal hiring is on the rise, a number of State and Local governments face additional cutbacks. Also, IBM, Deloitte, and Accenture were some of the top hiring companies last week, while KPMG and PWC are on the layoff list.

Job seekers: You might want to look in greener pastures than these companies.

Layoffs announced and rumored this week were in the Government, Manufacturing, Automotive, Technology, Publishing and Business Services sectors.

Organizations announcing or rumored layoffs week ended 10/2/09:

* Miramax (55)
* City of Rockford (7)
* District of Columbia Public Schools (388)
* Cooley Godward Kronish (58)
* Hallmark Cards Inc. (225-250)
* US Space Program (337)
* Granite Construction (150)
* Baxter Healthcare, Florida (26)
* Hillsborough County, FL (100)
* Mental Health Association in North Carolina (175)
* ABB Inc. (200)
* Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota (100)
* Inkstop (550)
* Areva (150)
* Chrysler Financial (360)
* North Carolina Department of Corrections (1,000)
* Vail-Ballou Press (270)
* Skokomish Tribe's Lucky Dog Casino (120)
* Armstrong World Industries (171)
* The Missouri Department of Conservation (173)
* Alliant Techsystems (ATK) (450-500)
* Trompeter Electronics Inc. (135)
* Windstream Corporation (350)
* The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. (110)
* Force Protection Inc. (120)
* Washington DC School District (100's+)
* Verizon Wireless (134??)
* Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center (100)
* West Corporation (341)
* Columbus Lumber (100)
* American Centrifuge Project (update 1,000)
* Jabil Circuit (update 4,500 from 3,000)
* General Motors (1,000)
* Peterbilt Corp. (390)
* Peabody Indiana Services LLC (133)
* California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Update (1443)
* Diebold (100)
* King County, WA (367)
* Hawker Beechcraft (240)
* City of Troy, Michigan (170?)
* City of Seattle (310)
* Beaumont Hospitals (425)
* US Customs Border Control (384)
* Waukegan, IL (48)
* Hawker Beechcraft (240)
* Dassault Falcon (72)
* Dexia (602)
* Amazon (25)
* Gnip (7)
* GE Transportation, Erie, PA (1,450)
* JELD-WEN Inc.(84)
* kgb Operator Services Co (78)
* Kalyn Siebert Trailers (35)
* Unilever Food Solutions, Milwaukee WI (38)
* Northern Engraving Corp. - Luxco Division (26)
* Wiza (132)
* JTEKT Automotive Virginia Inc (250)
* Colgan Air Inc (29)
* Riley Power (181)
* Sunshine Market Inc, Plains PA (148)
* Wiremold/Legrand (67)
* Red Bird West Mine (115)
* Schneider National Carriers Inc., Piketon OH (57)
* Neff Manufacturing (88)
* Sonoco, Orrville OH (81)
* The Andersons Inc., Lima OH (134)
* Pyramid Management Group, Inc, Security Division (40)
* Penske Logistics Inc., Albany, NY (81)
* Ramada JFK Hotel

(187)
* Bombardier Transportation, Plattsburgh NY (200)
* World of Disney NYC (148)
* Philips Remote Cardiac Services (48)
* ARAMARK Management, Suffern NY (77)
* Alan Ritchey Inc. (80)
* Tana Seybert LLC (132)
* Eastman Kodak, Rochester (72)
* 11 Penn TV (16)
* Pfeiffer Foods Division (154)
* Henkel (16)
* Conde' Nast (est 25%)
* City of Detroit (1,000)
* Saturn Automobile (unknown)
* American Apparel (1,600)
* KPMG (unknown)
* PWC (140)
* First Industrial Realty Trust (46)
* Bosch (10,000 international)

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

Readers – If you know of employers announcing significant layoff plans, or employers reducing large numbers of employees, please comment below to add to this list.

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