BOISE - With the prospect of laid off Micron workers flooding the job market, career service professionals say other job seekers are cranking their efforts up a notch to beat the rush.

Meanwhile, they say Micron workers should be preparing as well, beefing up those resumes, hitting up contacts, and practicing interview skills.

The blogs are screaming and Micron is keeping mum. Some say we could see lay-offs any time now. But, do workers deserve more time?

A federal law requires employers to tell workers two months in advance of mass layoffs. So far as we know, Micron has not violated it yet, but if enough workers there are packing their things in short order, could they be?

Is it Saturday? No, it could be Monday. Many Micron employees are pouring out their speculations, and their hearts, on blogs. Many mention low morale over the lack of information coming out about layoffs.

"There's a menagerie of different things that happens to people when they get faced with their livelihood going down the tubes," said local career professional Richard Davila, with Professional Career Solutions.

Davila says workers should prepare for sooner rather than later.

"Haste is waste, so I think that people need to make sure their resumes are in order, that they have a focus on what they want to do where they want to go," said Davila.

Micron has yet to give employees a time-line which made us look at what's called the "WARN Act," or the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.

Basically, it says companies have to inform employees 60 days before any mass lay-offs that include more than 500 workers over a 30 day period.

The Department of Labor says they would be notified as well, but they haven't been given the word yet, either. However, the department did tell CBS 2 Eyewitness News that 14 Micron employees filed for unemployment during the last week, and that's not out of the norm.

Davila says large lay-offs aren't out of the norm either, and companies in every market experience it.

"They're going to be bought, sold, traded, off-shored, outsourced ... there's going to be a lot of changes and so it's not if, it's when," said Davila. And he says if there's one thing all employees should keep in mind...

"There's no such thing as stability," he said, "Stability is an activity, it's not a company."

The act states if a company goes ahead with layoffs without notice, they could face a daily civil penalty of up to $500 and they would be required to offer back pay and benefits to employees as well.

A Micron spokesperson told CBS 2 Eyewitness News the company has no comment today. We've asked several times for a Micron leader to speak with us on camera and each time the company has said no. We'll continue to ask so we can get answers to some tough questions for you.

In the meantime, we'd love to hear from Micron employees. We want to know your stories. Call us at 472-2224, or send an e-mail to tipline@2news.tv.