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Rebounding After a Layoff Tutorial:
How to Successfully Re-Enter the Job Market After Being Fired, Downsized, or Laid Off

 

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A free guide to recovery, reflection, and return to work for all job-seekers who have lost your jobs.

 

Warnings Signs of an Impending Layoff
Warning Signs of Performance-Related Layoff
Warning Signs of an Impending Restructuring Layoff
The Stress of Unemployment and Getting Laidoff
Preparing for the Layoff

• Documenting your importance to organization
• Contemplating your career and job alternatives
• Polishing job-search materials
• Ramping up career networking
• Lining up references
• Backing-up all personal files
• Examining your finances and preparing contingency budget
• Avoiding rumors and office politics as much as possible
• Staying productive and on task
• Talking with your family

Getting News of the Layoff

• At the meeting
• Examining the (severance) "package"
• Preparing for the impact
• Moving forward

Returning to Job Market: Job-Search Success

• Take a break/retreat
• Examine your accomplishments, skills, and strengths
• Develop a clear career goal around your interests and passion
• Pursue any additional training, education, certifications you may need
• Obtain additional experience if needed for career change
• Finalize job-search materials
• Conduct job interview prep
• Establish daily and weekly job-search goals
• Maximize networking opportunities
• Uncover job leads
• Prepare for rejection
• Maintain positive attitude
• Stay connected
• Follow-up all job-search activities
• Review salary negotiation techniques
• Make a great first impression at the new job

Tools for Job-Search Success

 

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