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    Turn Those Negatives Into Positives

    I am a divorced 49-year-old manager in the financial services industry. I will be laid off next March since this New-York-based company is moving most of the operation to Charlotte, N.C. I am currently earning $126,500 plus a bonus and have been with this company for 16.5 years. I'll get about 10 months of severance pay.

    Any thoughts on how to market myself to New-York-based firms to showcase my time with this firm as a positive, not a negative? I'm also afraid my salary may make me unattractive to potential employers. How much of a pay cut should I consider?

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    Why would your time with the company be a negative rather than a positive? In a time when there is such a fluid workforce, you have stayed loyal and really contributed to the company.
    True, you don't want to be accused of being "stuck in one place with only one way of doing business," so read more...

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