A couple of weeks ago, a young man in his thirties, jumped to his death from a 45-story Manhattan office building. He lost his job from Solomon Brothers and was out of work a whole year.

He had a day pass to a spa on the roof of the building that also houses other finance giants like Credit Suisse. Off he went, following the only solution he felt at the moment, would assuage his pain. How ironic that he chose a spa as life’s exit door.

How very sad this is to me as a job search assistant in a non profit employment and training agency. This gentleman could have had access to a number of support clubs for camaraderie, free debt counseling and consolidation and so much more, including a National Emergency Grant up to $12,500. for displaced financial workers, to upgrade and augment job skills for his field or acquire new ones for career change…

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