Resource Action? IBM has announced new 2010 layoffs it calls “resource actions”. Will these new IBM 2010 layoffs today affect your job?

Union officials report 1600 jobs are being loss in these new layoffs. The layoffs affect 13 job groups at IBM, claims the union. The layoffs started Monday with may reports that the resource action victims are offered other jobs in IBM instead.

The worse hit was the IBM CIO Application and Infrastructure division which reportedly lost 160 workers last night along with 99 people loss in the Software Group Information management group.

IBM spokesperson Matt Mollett says of the layoffs that IBM is “continuously transforms its business, rebalancing skills and capabilities in order to meet the changing needs of clients and our business as a whole. …[IBM will] continue to hire in 2010, and … end the year with more employees than when the year began.”

WRAL.com is reporting the following layoffs:

* STG Technology Development: 24
* STG Sales Support: 80
* CIO Application and infrastructure: 160
* Software Group WPLC: 50
* Software Group Information management: 99
* GBS Global Account: 98
* GTS Security Systems: 41
* ITD Transition, Quality and Service Managment: 276
* ITD Application Hosting and Database: 158
* ITD Service Management Delivery: 66
* ITD Storage Management: 178
* ITD Distributed Server Management: 318
* GTS North America East IMT Region Maintenance & Technical

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Here is Career Path’s Personality Color Test for CEOs and others. Career Path’s Personality Color Test finds CEOs react alike to chosen colors.

The test suggests character traits dominate high level executives, and those traits come out in color selection. USA Today put the color test by Career Path to the test.

USA Today pooled nearly 900 CEOs. The result? They love the color magenta, and didn’t particularly like red and yellow. (Is Tiger Woods not CEO material?)

The paper contends “the color test shows that the typical CEO is more sensitive and private than the typical person and is less likely to be a perfectionist or to be dominant and more likely to be emotionally unstable.”

Of the CEOs interviewed after the test, most said the results are very accurate.

CLICK HERE to take the test.
CLICK HERE for the USA Today study.

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Florida unemployment rose 4.2% in August compared to the previous year. FluidNow.com is the Florida Unemployment Compensation or insurance program featuring Claim Your Weeks open 7 am to 9 pm Monday through Friday at 1-800-204-2418.

Recent legislation may entitle you to an additional $25.00 per week, beginning with the week ending February 28, 2009. The first FAC payment was issued on March 19, 2009. FAC Payments will be issued as a separate payment each time weeks are paid. On March 27, 2009 a payment will be issued for all eligible weeks that were paid prior to March 19, 2009. EFT payments will be deposited on schedule. Checks will be mailed by April 3, 2009. The week ending July 3, 2010 will be the last payable week for the additional $25.00 payment. No action is necessary on your part to qualify for these payments.

The Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation’s Unemployment Compensation (UC) program provides temporary wage replacement benefits to qualified individuals who are out of work through no fault of their own.

The Director Cynthia Lorenzo said of August numbers, which showed no increased unemployment compared the previous month:

The relative stability of Florida’s unemployment rate over the past few months is encouraging. We anticipate improvement in Florida’s job market in the second quarter of new year and are already seeing glimmers of hope to that effect.

Online: here

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New York State Dept of Labor reminds NYS residents this wekeend that a deadline for Disaster Unemployment Assistance is days away. The New York State Dept of Labor Unemployment Benefits Deadline is October 12, states Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith.

These benefits concern persons unemployed in Western New York because of disasters beginning August 8.

Smith says this weekend:

“Time is running out to apply for these benefits. We know these storms affected many people, and these benefits can help ease a difficult situation for Western New Yorkers who are out of work because of the disaster. Even if you are not eligible for regular unemployment insurance benefits, you may be eligible for Disaster Unemployment Assistance. But you must apply by the Oct. 12 deadline, and it’s only two-and-a-half weeks away.”

You must reportedly live in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Erie counties. Begin by calling the NYS Department of Labor’s toll-free telephone line at 1-888-209-8124. You will need your:

Social Security number.
NYS driver’s license or Motor Vehicle ID card number, if available
Mailing address
Telephone number
Names and addresses of employer in the last 18 months.

Online: NYS Department of Labor’s Web site at www.labor.state.ny.us/workforcenypartners/osview.asp.

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NYS Unemployment Benefits have received new funding to help thousands in New York State. The NY State Dept of Labor (www.labor.ny.gov) announces new unemployment benefits amounting to $15 million to aid New York State residents in the current labor market.

State Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith announced $15 million will train more than 6,200 workers. Smith explains the move to provide benefits even in a tight labor market.

“As citizens of the Empire State, we all have a moral obligation to lift up our fellow New Yorkers who may have fallen through the cracks as a result of the current recession. For hundreds of workers in Central New York, this funding will provide them with a basis to succeed not only in the workplace, but also in life.”

The Labor Department’s Emerging and Transitional Worker grants is described by the NYS Labor in a statement days ago:

“[It's] intended to give emerging and transitional workers – those with little or no connection to the workforce – the skills necessary to successfully obtain employment and advance their careers. Tools offered include career planning, work readiness training, High School Diploma or Equivalent preparation and basic occupational skills training. In some instances, the training will include in-demand sectors such as green collar occupations, health care and advanced manufacturing, as well as collaboration with community colleges.

Governor David A. Paterson said of the new benefits:

“I meet low-income workers every day, and I know that the current recession has been very difficult for every one of them. Many of these men and women are looking for opportunities to make their lives better. The Emerging and Transitional Worker grants will touch the lives of thousands of New Yorkers in nearly every corner of the state, enriching families and communities, and most importantly, providing them with a pathway out of poverty.”

To find out more about the Department of Labor and its services for businesses and workers, please visit www.labor.ny.gov.

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