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  2. Dismissal (employment) - Wikipedia

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    While the main formal term for ending someone's employment is "dismissal", there are a number of colloquial or euphemistic expressions for the same action. "Firing" is a common colloquial term in the English language (particularly used in the U.S. and Canada), which may have originated in the 1910s at the National Cash Register Company. [2]

  3. Termination of employment - Wikipedia

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    Termination of employment or separation of employment is an employee's departure from a job and the end of an employee's duration with an employer. Termination may be voluntary on the employee's part ( resignation ), or it may be at the hands of the employer, often in the form of dismissal (firing) or a layoff .

  4. Fired From A Job? How To Explain It To Future Employers - AOL

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    I was terminated two years ago and have not been able to land a job with any hospital in my area. I complete applications honestly admitting to being. Q: I am a medical technologist with 10 plus ...

  5. Layoff - Wikipedia

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    Euphemisms are often used to "soften the blow" in the process of firing and being fired. [14] [15] The term "layoff" originally meant a temporary interruption in work [3] (and usually pay). The term became a euphemism for permanent termination of employment and now usually means that, requiring the addition of "temporary" to refer to the ...

  6. Laid Off, Fired, Quit, Resigned -- What's the Difference? - AOL

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    When asked why you left your last job, you only have one of two options to choose from: You left willingly or they forced you to go. Your preferred answer, however, is probably more nuanced than ...

  7. Ask an Expert: How to Explain Being Fired From a Job - AOL

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  8. Wrongful dismissal - Wikipedia

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    In law, wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer, where the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision or rule in employment law.

  9. 7 things you should do after getting fired from your job - AOL

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    Entrepreneur James Altucher reveals 7 expert tips of what to do in the days after losing your job to get you out of your funk.