| 1 | Laid-off workers fall into penury. | |
| 2 | Shira Miller was recently laid off from a marketing firm. | |
| 3 | Do What You Know: Have you been laid off or want a change? | |
| 4 | But the official rate excludes workers laid off by state-owned firms. | |
| 5 | It has also dented their market: Wall Street laid off 240, 000 people in the 18 months from the middle of 2007. |