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Layoff, Laid off, Laid-off, Layed off, or Layed-off

It doesn’t matter how you spell it – with an “i” or a “y” using a hyphen or not –it still is a word that instantly dissolves our confidence and our financial security.  There are many links and suggestions about “how to cope with losing your job” or “how to make it through this recession or hard times”.  Surely someone, somewhere has the perfect solution.  Here’s a simple idea that might help you through hard times.  This idea won’t save the house or make a cloudy day sunny, but it is easy, fun, beneficial, and has been recommended on television shows like The Today Show and CBS in the San Francisco Bay Area.  What is this solution for the lay-off blues?  Join a market research panel!  It is usually free to join, at least it is at the Resolution Research panel.  You contribute your opinions and ideas by participating in market research studies and receive compensation. Participation is easy.  You register for the research panel by providing your contact information and your demographic profile.  When a study needs participants with your demographic characteristics, an email is sent to inform you of the opportunity.  You choose whether or not to participate.  Studies are conducted in many different forms:

The compensation for participating in research studies vary with the length of involvement (i.e. 5-minutes web survey to 6-week jury trial), difficulty of the tasks, and requirements for participation (e.g. any U.S. Citizen, Centenarians, or doctors specializing in deep brain stimulation). Members of the Resolution Research Panel have received compensation as diverse as $5 gift cards, drawings for cash or prizes, $100 a day compensation, free products (new window coverings for your home), $25 cash incentives or up to $500 Visa cash cards. Some studies don’t pay at all – generally studies sponsored by a government entity (city, state or federal) are non-compensated. Occasionally, Resolution Research conducts a study in-house with its panel members as a knowledge piece for the public (e.g., ecological concerns, new year’s resolutions). The compensation for these studies is usually a random drawing for rewards such as $25 cash cards or Starbuck coffee cards. The results of these studies are usually shared either on our website or you might read/hear/view the results in a news article. Regardless of the type of study or the level of compensation, participation is always voluntary for panel members. The bottom line – which is what everyone’s talking about now in the midst of this economic upheaval – is that participation in market research studies and market research panels can make your personal bottom line feel a little better. Oftentimes there are also intrinsic benefits gained by contributing your ideas and opinions. Not only do you gain knowledge, but your feedback and opinions help companies, non-profit organizations, and government entities make better products, make better decisions, and ultimately make the world a better place for us all. So participate in market research – have fun, earn cash and feel better!

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