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22 Nov

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Written by: Dr. Jurgen Czechowsky   D.Min, RMFT, CCAC

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Let's be honest. The possibility of job loss right now is very real.  In the K-W area approximately 11,000 jobs were lost in manufacturing between 2006 and 2016 ¹.  For Ontario 290,000 manufacturing jobs were lost between 2000 and 2013².  Many people have moved from manufacturing to service sector jobs at much lower hourly wages compensating for some of the jobs lost.  The median income (the middle point of all incomes measured) barely changed from 2000 to 2012³.  Other factors that are often an obstacle to finding a job are: age, having inadequate training, more competition for jobs 

19 Oct

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We can dislike what’s happening and wish for the past which we thought was secure and stable, but that reality is gone.  Many of us grew up with thinking there was such a thing as job security, life-time jobs, being financially secure and being able to retire at 65 or sooner (remember Freedom 55, well not so much).  We are in a world of globalization and whether we like it or not it’s here to stay.  Globalization has been around for a long time but has been accelerated due to ease of travel, new technologies, improved global communication, the internet, multi-national companies, trade agreements

19 Oct

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  choices                                                                                                                                                                        Job loss, what do those words conjure up for you?  Anger, relief, anxiety, uncertainty, grief, devastated, worthless, I am sure I could go on but you get the picture.  Job loss is one of those stressors that impact us, our families, our relationships and our finances.  Our world, as we knew it, has now been drastically altered and for most of us that is unnerving. The world is changing, globalization is a reality, manual manufacturing jobs are decreasing, and technology is increasing and ever changing us and our world.  We can dislike what’s happening and wish for the past which we thought was secure and stable, but that reality is gone.