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Here's what past subjects of these profiles are up to:
- AL BEARMAN, steel mill worker now taking courses for licensed professional nursing certificate
- JANE HOLT, former Essilor of America factory worker: received LPN license, now working at a Clearwater hospital.
- LYNN SMITH, laid-off marketing executive: found lower paying marketing job.
- INGUE HOBBS, unemployed telemarketer: now has phone sales position.
- TOM MATHEWS, unemployed truck driver: found full-time position.
- DAVE MUTH, ex-US Airways mechanic: opened restaurant in May.
- CAMILLA YOST, jobless computer programmer: found full-time programming position after 23 months.
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June 8, 2003
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Marketing herself
After the pink slip: An occasional series on how bay area residents deal with unemployment.
May 21, 2003
By KRIS HUNDLEY
No way out of the cubicle
At 45, Ingue Hobbs has raised a son alone, directed human resources for a company of more than 400 and been a regional trainer for telemarketing companies.
April 5, 2003
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Struggle to keep trucking
After four months of unemployment, Tom Mathews' gray hair is beginning to brush his shirt collar. His 2001 Pontiac Grand Prix, bought when work was steady, is parked on a carport with its gas tank nearly empty and the repo man on the way.
March 8, 2003
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Mechanic cooks up restaurant
Dave Muth had been thinking about going into the restaurant business for 13 years. But it took a job layoff in November to nudge him into action.
Feb. 8, 2003
By KRIS HUNDLEY
Consultant copes in 'tin can'
There is an edge to Camilla Yost's laughter as she invites a visitor into what she calls her tin can. The single-wide mobile home in Caribbean Isles, a tidy trailer park here, is neat but worn.
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