If you have been laid off recently, there is one thing for certain, you are not alone.

Yet another scary story has been published in the national news. USA Today recently ran a story chronicling the “Wave of Layoffs…”

You can find similar stories throughout several publications just about every day now. But enough of the bad news!

Time for the good news!

One of the major reasons Social Harbor was founded is to give these newly unemployed business professionals a tool to fight back, and climb back into the game. The most obvious ramifications of these mass layoffs is an increasingly limited and competitive job market. Social Harbor has created a package just for these individuals.

Our experts are well versed in what it takes to be found online, and more importantly to look credible all across the Internet. Social Harbor Career gets you a Professional Online Profile at Linkedin.com (the largest business social network in existence), Naymz.com (reputation management), and right here at Social Harbor. We also build your resume on leading job search sites Career Builder and Monster.

The Social Harbor team optimizes all of these profiles, making sure you are found. We give you the tools to compete in an online job search, making this the perfect cost-effective solution to aid your career transition. The career package also includes Google AdWords to drive potential employers to your Social Harbor profile.

The best part is, the Social Harbor service keeps working for you after you land a job. We update your Social Harbor profile to feature your new position and company. Not only will that new employer be undoubtedly impressed by your web presence, all of your search engine optimized profiles will continue to drive traffic and generate business for you and your new company.

2009 CORPORATE CUTBACKS

Here is a list of some of the recently announced reductions in jobs. In some cases, totals include previously announced layoffs. Date Company Layoffs %. of workforce Tuesday Corning 3,500 13% Monday Caterpillar 20,000 18% Pfizer 19,500 15% Sprint Nextel 8,000 14% Home Depot 7,000 2% Texas Instruments 1,800 12% Friday Harley-Davidson 1,100 11% Thursday Microsoft 5,000 5% Wednesday Sun Microsystems 1,300 15%-18% Eaton 5,200 10% Ericsson 5,000 6% Jan. 20 Bose 1,000 10% Clear Channel 1,850 9% ConocoPhillips 1,300 4% Jan. 16 Circuit City 30,000 100% Hertz Global 4,000 13% MeadWestvaco 2,000 10% Motorola 4,000 6% Saks 1,100 9% Jan. 14 Seagate 2,950 6% Jan. 12 Cessna 2,000 15% Jan. 9 Boeing 4,500 7% Freightliner 2,137 10% Jan. 8 AK Steel 1,500 21% EMC 2,400 6% Lenovo 2,500 10% ON Semiconductor 1,500 10% Walgreen 1,000 9%* Jan. 7 Alcoa 13,500 12% Jan. 5 Cigna 1,100 4% Unisys 1,300 4% * — corporate and support staff Sources: Vault.com, USA TODAY research