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Greg Coleman, Life After The Layoff

What's it like getting canned by AOL? Tons of people know. But Greg Coleman, former president of its Platform-A ad division, tells the grizzly tale from his new perch at The Huffington Post, which he joined last month as president and chief revenue officer. Under the title, "Sharpening the Saw," Coleman explains, "My tenure only lasted 10 weeks. The CEO who had hired me was fired five weeks after I started, and the new boss wanted to bring in his own team. I had a significant contract that AOL fully agreed to honor, and I was out the door and, for the first time in 30 years, without a job. Many executives will tell the story of 'loss of identity' when a job is lost, and in my case, I was put in the position of having to throttle down my life after ramping up for 10 weeks in my new role. I was immediately thrust into 'the twilight zone.'" Heavy.

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