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Friday, March 6, 2009

Pink Slip Party for Philadelphia's financial, accounting, legal sectors

The employment news is nothing but bad today, and the economists keep telling us that the job market is going to get worse.

One thing that readers keep asking for are solutions or strategies for dealing with the lousy job market. So I'm going to try to post as many events as I hear about that try to bring job seekers and employers looking to hire together.

Pink Slip Parties have been around for awhile. They popped up earlier in the decade, especially after the dot-com bust, as a way for the newly laid off to gather and commiserate. They returned in New York last fall as Wall Street began emptying out.

Now Philadelphia will see a Pink Slip Party at Public House, 2 Logan Square, March 11 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. For other details, here's the link to the news release.

Sponsored by Ajilon Professional Staffing, the event is geared toward those in finance, accounting, legal and information technology fields. (Ajilon is a unit of Adecco Group, the huge personnel and temporary employment firm based in Switzerland.)

Ajilon says there are job openings at "major" companies in the Philadelphia area.

UPDATE: Here are some of the companies confirmed for the event: Comcast, the Hub Meeting & Events Center (in the Cira Centre building), SEPTA, and IKO, of Wilmington.

All Pink Slip Parties are fund-raisers. So Ajilon is asking for a $15 donation at the door. All the money raised will go to the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House.
Posted by Mike Armstrong @ 1:04 PM  Permalink | File Under: Business Services | | Financial Services | 8 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:47 PM, 03/06/2009
    Oh, cool. People who have lost their jobs are suppose to pay $15 to attend an event to commisserate with others without jobs. Great idea!
    — pajamas
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:53 PM, 03/06/2009
    "$15 donation at the dollar". Who is the editor for this article? Perhaps he/she deserves a pink slip.
    — BigDawg13
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:54 PM, 03/06/2009
    I bet it's a cash bar too.
    — heynow
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 10:43 PM, 03/08/2009
    Just to give an update on layoffs Teva announced some and upcoming at Horsham Road, Sellersville and Fairfield,NJ. Part of this comes from the Barr Labs acquisition
    — phillies2012
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:38 AM, 03/09/2009
    These parties should educate people on how to be frugal! Loan Modification, Foreclosure Prevention
    — RateMediate
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:08 PM, 03/09/2009
    We are simply requesting donations for the Ronald McDonald House... NOT requiring $ at all. Please do not let that hinder you from attending. Thanks & hope to see you there!
    — JamieL
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:10 PM, 03/09/2009
    I am sure it is not a cash bar. I heard they are giving out 2 coupons for drinks. They better bring more coupons and hankies for all the people that are going to tell there sob story.
    — brian22


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About Mike Armstrong
Mike Armstrong, a business editor and writer for nearly two decades, is the Inquirer's business columnist and PhillyInc blog editor. Contact Mike via e-mail or at 215-854-2980
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