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job loss  

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  • Outsourcing, offshoring, downsizing, rightsizing, and reorganizing: Every day, local and national headlines proclaim events that mean just one thing to workers—their jobs are at risk. Job loss, as discussed here, is the involuntary removal of paid employment from an individual. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Job Loss]

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