Good night, it’s been a rough couple of months in the St. Louis metro area. According to our reading of data from Missouri’s Division of Workforce Development, there have been 10,000 reported layoffs since July and 4,300 just in the last four months.

To get the local area on the path to a rebound and help professional folks find jobs, an initiative called the Go! Network is sponsoring a Jan. 27 event in St. Louis aimed at helping folks who have been laid off. One sponsor: Anheuser-Busch, from which over 1,000 local folks have been laid off in the past couple of months.

The event (see details below) will include sessions on what folks need to know if they have been or may be laid off. We are told there will be info on self-assessment, financial issues due to employment change and more.

“Helping our local economy recover is something that’s important to all of us at Anheuser-Busch, and putting professionals who have lost their jobs on the right track is a critical part of that,” Dave Peacock, pesident of Anheuser-Busch, said in a statement. “We’re making every effort we can to help.” Peacock said that includes supporting the Go! Network to reaching out to former Anheuser-Busch employees with the company’s own job fair and outplacement services.

Here are the details:

WHEN:
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009
Registration and Breakfast: 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
GO! Network Program: 9 a.m. - noon

WHERE:
Partnership Center
800 N. Tucker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63101

Registration is required and can be done here or by calling 314-802-5475.