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#Management : Questions To Ask Before You Lay Off Your Employees: #2- Are you Treating People as Well When you Fire Them as When you Hire Them? Your Experience(s)?

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Workplace culture has reached a new low with the advent of the digital pink slip. Last month alone, tech companies laid off more than 100,000 workers, many of them by email or text. Or in the corporate equivalent of ghosting, people found out they were fired by being locked out of the company email system.

When Google fired 12,000 workers with a click of the send button, a terminated 20-year employee named Jeremy Joslin sent this viral tweet: “What a slap in the face. I wish I could have said goodbye to everyone face to face.” The tech industry’s high profile makes their layoffs particularly loud, scaring employees well beyond the sector. Their digital pink slips are already shocking your company’s system, leaving 89% of American workers fearing they’re going to be next.

 

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It seems as work has gone remote, so has empathy. Layoffs are difficult. But even with the recession looming, they don’t have to be cruel. How you let people go says everything about your organization’s culture and commitment to respect, trust and fairness. Yes, it may be faster and easier to do it digitally. But it lacks basic humanity and does way more damage in the long run. In fact, it can be a cultural apocalypse, destroying trust, inclusion, productivity and innovation.

In all likelihood, more layoffs are coming. A recent KPMG survey reports that 91% of American CEOs predict a long, hard recession and 51% will respond with layoffs. But before you resort to the digital pink slip, ask yourself these three critical questions:

What does this say about your culture?

No company sets out to be a place that treats people as dispensable. It’s unquestionably been a rollercoaster as companies fought to survive the pandemic while also acclimatizing to the conundrum of remote work. In this seismic shift, missteps are inevitable. What seemed an opportunity for companies to reinvent the future of work has been complicated by the Great Resignation and a host of other issues. What employees hoped would be a workplace renaissance with new levels of balance, flexibility and digital connectedness has largely not materialized. Instead, people are left feeling lonelier and more isolated than ever.

The digital pink slip is a symptom of this larger problem. If you’re even considering laying people off by email, it means people are no longer at the center of your culture. Now is the time to change that before it erodes any further. Culture is a muscle that builds slowly but atrophies quickly. Take the time and make the space to exercise your collaboration muscles and restore the deep workplace connections that help you work better together. Your goal should be a rock-solid culture that is so people-focused that you would never even entertain the idea of firing someone in an inhumane way.

Are you treating people as well when you fire them as when you hire them?

Hiring is a little bit like dating. You put your best foot forward and show off your company and culture in the best possible light. In the tech world you might even shower your employees with sleep pods, bowling alleys and free Michelin-starred food. But if it all ends in a toxic break-up, you’re living a lie. The true test of a healthy workplace culture is exhibiting the norms and values that matter most – in good times, and in bad. In fact, culture matters even more in tough times. That’s when people see what’s real and what’s window dressing. That’s when you need your culture to work for you, to motivate your people and delight your customers.

Staring into Zoom all day and endless talk of technology transformation and ChatGPT sometimes makes us forget that no matter what business we’re in, companies still run on people, not machines. And people will never forget how you treat them. Say thank you. Honor their contribution. Let people have closure by saying goodbye.

Having people leave on good terms is also an investment in future employees because the next time you start dating and want to hire, you won’t be dogged by a messy breakup. This matters because 71% of candidates learn about job opportunities and company culture from current and former employees.

Are you poisoning the well?

Survivor guilt is real. Ill-managed layoffs destroy psychological safety. If your friend in cubicle 3A wakes up to a digital pink slip with no warning and no explanation, you’re going to fear being next. And when your frontal cortex is consumed by fear it’s hard to do good work. In a recent study of 4,000 layoff survivors, 74% reported lower productivity and 69% report declining product or service quality.

When productivity plummets, so does innovation and teamwork. When your employees no longer trust you, they will hesitate before they take a risk and think twice before they speak up about a problem. If you don’t treat people with respect and kindness, you’re poisoning your own well (and risking your profits). If you think it’s time consuming to have real conversations with people to let them go, think about how much more time it will take to manage the digital pink slip fall out. Reassuring remaining employees, restoring lost tribal knowledge, rebuilding trust and repairing disrupted social networks will be far more arduous.

Fire people the old fashioned way (face-to-face or voice-to-voice, with care and humility). Just because you can use technology doesn’t mean you should. Technology is a tool that makes things faster and easier. But people are not tools or numbers or widgets. Digital pink slips are an alarming sign that we have lost sight of this. Your actions today – in one of the most stressful, awful moments a worker can experience – will reverberate in the hearts and minds of your people long after the short-term benefits of cost cutting expire.

Layoffs may be inevitable. But they can be handled in a way that doesn’t cripple your culture. Delete the digital pink slip. Choose a kinder method that demonstrates the very best of your values. Transparency, dignity, gratitude and a human-delivered message will go a long way to helping people feel respected and less devastated by these disruptive changes, whether they’re leaving or staying.

 

Forbes.com | February 22, 2023

 

#BestofFSCBlog : Over 9K Reads – How To Reinvent Your Career After A Layoff. Try Returning to This Job Market is Scary. Great Read to Keep your Head Together.

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Layoffs in the tech sector have been dominating headlines in a big way. If you haven’t been impacted directly, chances are you know someone who has. You might even be asking yourself the all-important question, “could I be next?” According to research by the staffing firm Insight Global, 78% of U.S. workers are concerned about losing their job. Not only does this create anxiety, but it also negatively impacts a person’s overall well-being.

Yet, despite the current job market, there is a silver lining. While it can be a traumatic, ego-crushing experience, a layoff isn’t necessarily a setback. In fact, if you handle it in the right way, it can lead to even better opportunities.

If you’ve been recently let go, it’s time to gain perspective so you can plan your next career move. Let’s look at some steps you can take to reinvent your career after a layoff and make the most of this uncertain time.

1. Take a pause

Whether it’s your first or your fifth, don’t underestimate the emotional toll of a layoff—especially if it took you by surprise. Once the initial shock wears off, take some time to process your feelings and what you gained from your work experience. Be prepared to slowly process a range of emotions from sadness to anger to possibly relief. This is also a critical moment to practice emotional and physical self-care. Take time to exercise or revisit hobbies you may have neglected for a while. Putting yourself in the right mindset will be important as you plan your career.

 

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2. Reevaluate your values and priorities

Now that you find yourself with a clean slate, it’s time to hold on to what you value and let go of what you don’t. Reflect on your values and priorities and whether they were aligned with your previous job. If not, it might be time to consider a career change.

Ask yourself questions like:

  • Do I want a similar position?
  • Am I interested in working in the same industry?
  • Is it time to finally pursue my passion?

Then make a list of your top ten values and post it somewhere you can see it every day. That way, you’ll be more likely to keep them in mind as you strategize your next move.

3. Stay productive while job hunting

Contrary to the old adage, job hunting is not and should not be a full-time job. If you spend 40 or more hours a week looking for a job, you’ll go mad. Instead, create a schedule. For example, you might dedicate three days each week to your job search. Or you may decide to block off a few hours every day for those activities. The key is consistency. Think about what works best for you and settle into a daily routine. Also, make it a point to balance your job-hunting activities with other interests. For example, look for opportunities to volunteer, which is a great way to network while learning new skills and doing something good for the community.

4. Ask for help

Returning to the job market can be daunting, especially if you’ve been with the same company for a while. It’s also common for job search strategies to change over time. At this point, you may not know exactly how to build out your network on LinkedIn or optimize your resume for applicant tracking systems. That’s why outside experts can be helpful. Engaging with a coach or mentor will allow you to lean on someone with specialized resources and a fresh perspective. It’s also nice to have an unbiased party in your corner as you navigate the evolving employment landscape.

5. Remain connected

For many people, their work buddies are a big part of their social life. Leaving the company can be isolating, but it doesn’t mean you need to leave friends behind. During times like these, friends and co-workers can be the best people to lean on. If they don’t reach out immediately, it may be because they’re not sure you want to hear from them. In that case, reach out to your network when you feel ready. These days, many people are even using platforms like LinkedIn to announce that they are looking for a new challenge.

A layoff doesn’t have to be the end of the world. You can even reemerge from it more resilient than before. Just look at it as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block. That way, you’ll be in the right frame of mind to create opportunities for yourself that you never thought possible.

Forbes. com Author: Caroline Castrillon

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Forbes.com | February 22. 2023

 

#JobSearch : What To Say In An Interview When You’ve Been Laid Off. How to Answer: Why Were you Let Go?” A MUst REad for ALL!

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When you’re interviewing, the human resources representative, hiring managers and other interviewers will invariably ask you, “Why were you let go?” The question is mostly innocuous. It’s one of the fundamental questions an interviewer is curious about without having an ulterior motive. Nonetheless, it makes you feel like you’re guilty of something. It’s unpleasant to have to discuss why you lost your job. The key is to prepare a pitch of how exactly you’ll answer this question. By practicing it, your response will become deeply ingrained. You’ll be able to work through the discomfort and, ultimately, shine.

You can respond by telling the interviewer, “I loved working at X company. It was the best experience of my career. I learned so much and got to know so many amazing people. My boss and teammates were wonderful. It was heartbreaking to receive the news of my separation. I’m not going to pretend it didn’t initially hurt. However, after some time, I realized that this might be the best thing for me. If it wasn’t for the major layoff, I’d have likely stayed with the company for another 10 years—because it would be the easy thing to do. Now, I have the chance to seek out a new challenge—something exciting! Going through the layoff made me mentally stronger. I’m open to taking on new risks that I wouldn’t have done before. This includes interviewing for the role we’re talking about now. If it wasn’t for the downsizing, I wouldn’t be here speaking with you.”

Make sure to drive home why you want to work for this organization and why you are suitable for the role. “Your company is fantastic. I always held it in high regard. The opportunity you presented to me is my dream job. My background, experience, skills and education are all a perfect fit. It’s wonderful that I’m in the right place at the right time.’

 

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Be Prepared For Feeling Out Of Sorts

One of the biggest challenges throughout the job search process is figuring out what to say when interviewing. It’s hard for people who’ve succeeded most of their lives to suddenly feel like a failure, since they’ve been laid off. Before the interview, the person that was downsized will confide to their loved ones that they are uncomfortable and slightly embarrassed, even though intellectually they know it’s not their fault and the company laid off over 10,000 workers.

If you’ve been impacted by the wave of white-collar layoffs, it will take some time to spring back into action. You’ll need to process and come to terms with what happened. Then, while still healing, there’s pressure to jump into job-hunting mode. When you currently hold a job and are searching for a new role, it’s relatively easier. If you don’t succeed in moving forward in the process, you still have a job to fall back on. For those in between roles, it’s scarier. You worry about paying the bills and how you will stand out with thousands of other smart, white-collar professionals also looking for work with these unrelenting layoff announcements.

The alteration of your daily work habits will throw you off kilter, making you feel disoriented. You’ll miss your work friends and the familiar flow of the workday. Most fast-track professionals associate their personality and identity with their jobs. Without the title, there is a feeling of loss and emptiness. When you associate with career-driven people and have family members who pressure you to succeed, that’s an additional burden to bear.

Be Positive

It will take some time for the wound to heal. You’ll require some self-care. Deconstruct what happened. Speak with your boss, colleagues and others to understand why you were selected for downsizing instead of someone else. This serves a couple of purposes. If it turns out that you were terrific, but management called for a certain number of people from each division to be let go, then you know it’s not about you. If you did something that made the firm choose you, it will be an uncomfortable conversation, but ask for constructive criticism and feedback, so you can learn from the situation.

Unless you come to terms with the layoff, it will be hard to get a new job. You’ll inadvertently come to the interview process feeling embittered, angry and hurt. You may not realize it, but others will pick up on your vibe and frequency. Although it is natural to feel discouraged and resentful, the interviewer doesn’t care. It sounds crass and cold, but they want someone who comes across as a winner. In an environment where thousands of people are being laid off, managers feel they have their pick of the litter. If you enter the interview with a chip on your shoulder or say something mean-spirited or derogatory about your former boss, co-workers and company, it’s too easy, in this market, for the interviewer to take a hard pass and move on to the next applicant who has a more positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Forbes.com | February 2. 2023

#YourCareer : Is Dating A Coworker Really That Bad?: The Cost Of The Office Romance. Time to Dust Off the Old Employee Handbook.

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As TJ Holmes’ and Amy Robach’s absence from “GMA3: What You Need to Know” continues, many people have begged the question, “Is dating a coworker really that bad?”

For ABC News President Kim Godwin, the answer appears to be yes. The New York Times reported that Godwin called the co-anchors’ affair an “internal and external distraction” during an editorial call that took place shortly after The Daily Mail broke news about Robach and Holmes’ alleged relationship.

It makes sense ABC News doesn’t want to draw attention to an affair two married employees are having off-air. Less clear, though, is why Robach and Holmes were put on temporary leave, since, according to the New York Times, Godwin said their relationship didn’t violate company policy.

Holmes and Robach may have made headlines for their relationship, but they’re by no means the only coworkers who are trying their luck at dating. A 2022 study by the Society for Human Resource Management states 33% of U.S. workers report being in an office romance either currently or in the past. Despite the onset of remote work, this is 6 percentage points higher than the percent of U.S. workers involved in office relationships prior to 2020.

Global pandemic or not, it’s clear office romances aren’t going anywhere. But what are employees supposed to do when company policy is fuzzy – or nonexistent all together? Rom-coms may encourage you to follow your heart, but the workforce is a little more complicated than that. Dust off the employee handbook

Dust off the employee handbook

If you work for a company that has a rule preventing coworkers from dating, odds are you’ll find it in the employee handbook.

Some offices might prohibit dating altogether, while others may require employees to sign a contract stating the relationship is consensual. A relationship between two coworkers in different levels of power will likely face more scrutiny since it is more likely to lead to favoritism and sexual harassment.

As awkward as it might be to talk to your HR manager about your love life, company policy is, at the end of the day, still company policy – failure to abide by it can get you reprimanded or even fired.

 

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Actually consider what’s at risk

There’s a reason HR doesn’t want coworkers to date, and in most cases, it’s not because they anchor the 1 p.m. news together. Dating creates messes and no HR manager wants a mess that spills into the 40-hour work week. Distractions, uncomfortable work dynamics – these things may be some of the last thing on someone’s mind if they’ve been bitten by the love bug, but should a relationship end badly, they’re more than likely to happen.

Be honest with yourself about your ability to regulate your emotions

Some people have a more difficult time with breakups than others. If you’re one of them, be especially cautious about entering a relationship with a coworker. Running into an ex at the printer probably won’t make moving on from heartbreak any easier. Ask yourself: “How will my work life and love life be hindered by seeing an ex on a regular basis?”

Whether you’re currently in a relationship with a coworker or getting over a previous relationship, you need to remain professional in the office. If you can’t do that, start looking outside the office for a potential partner to date.

Reflect on where you’re at in your career

Dating a coworker often comes at a cost. Employers may be less likely to give promotions to employees involved in office relationships in fear that the employee has a conflict of interest. Employees dating their superior will face even more complications when it comes to getting a raise. Should they be promoted over someone else, people will assume favoritism likely played a role. This can lead to tension in the office that not only leads to complaints with HR, but also compromises the quality of the work being done.

A relationship that ends badly with a superior can also hinder an employee’s chances at moving up in their career, albeit in the opposite way. There’s no better post-break up retaliation than preventing an ex from getting the promotion they’ve spent the last several years working toward.

Take a long pause to think about your own goals and needs before opening the door to a potential relationship with a coworker. If you see yourself staying with the company long-term with the goal of and rising the ladder, it’s best to keep any romantic feelings you have on the back burner.

Wait it out

Is there really need to rush love? If you and your coworker are meant to be more than just friends, things will find a way to fall in place. Unfortunately, this may mean having to wait a few years until the situation changes. Timing is everything in life – including a cynical matchmaker.

 

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Forbes.com | February 14, 2023

#JobSearch : The 8 Biggest Mistakes People Make With Their LinkedIn Profile And How To Avoid Them. Reading this Headline on LinkedIn? MUst REad!

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With membership approaching one billion, LinkedIn is the most important personal branding resource. And despite LinkedIn being around for two decades, many professionals have not mastered this essential career management platform and they’re missing an opportunity to deliver an on-brand first impression.

Here are the most egregious LinkedIn profile mistakes to avoid.

1. Not Including Keywords In Your Headline

To help your profile show up prominently in the results, you need to include the words you want to be associated with in your headline. The first duty of your headline is to provide relevance. “Is this a person I need to know?”

 

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2. An Anemic About

Your LinkedIn “About” section will be the most-read version of your bio, so you need to tell your story in a compelling way. And here’s the catch: When people look at your LinkedIn profile, they only get to see the first few lines of your About. Use those valuable words to grab your reader’s attention so they will click “see more” to get the whole story. Don’t repeat what you told us about yourself in your headline.

3. Ignoring The Featured Section

This valuable piece of digital branding real estate shows up toward the top of your profile and gives you a place to showcase your accomplishments, passions, and causes. And because you can include images, video and other rich media, it makes your profile more interesting to look at and more differentiated too.

4. Not Using Creator Mode

Creator mode is a relatively new feature that allows you to identify the top five hashtags with which you want to be associated. These hashtags show up right below your headline and reinforce the topics for which you want to be known. Even if you have no intention of creating content for your LinkedIn blog, turn Creator mode on and select your five hashtags.

5. Keeping The Boring LinkedIn-Issued Background

The best way to make your profile stand out is to include a one-of-a-kind, on-brand, copyright-cleared background (it sits behind your headshot and headline). It’s the first thing people see when they’re checking you out. When you incorporate an image that helps you tell your story, you automatically stand out from your peers and deliver a relevant first impression.

6. Using A Photo That’s Not A True Headshot

No photo. A logo. A full body shot. A picture where you cropped someone’s body out of the shot, but their arm is still dangling from your shoulder. These are all examples of what you should never do with your LinkedIn headshot. Your headshot makes you real, and it makes it more likely that someone will accept a connection request from you. Make sure your headshot is professionally done, reflects your personality and is cropped so that your very human face occupies 60-80% of the space. When someone is looking at your profile on their phone, your headshot is the size of a button. Make sure people can look you in the eye.

7. Not Reordering Their Skills

LinkedIn displays your skills in order, based on the number of endorsements each skill has (from highest to lowest). When someone checks out your profile, LinkedIn only shows the top three. That’s a signal to the reader that those are the things you are best at. Yet for many of us, those may not be the things we want to be known for or the things that make us relevant for where we want to go next. Reorder your skills to showcase the three most important ones at the top.

8. Using Words Without Rich Media

It’s hard to create a visceral emotional experience when you’re limiting yourself to the 26 letters of the alphabet, but when you augment your prose with images, infographics and videos, you can truly dazzle your audience with your brilliance. Your profile is replete with places where you can leverage rich media to tell your story: your Featured artifacts, your Background image, in your Experience and Education sections, your Video Cover Story, etc. It’s hard to inspire people online, but using multimedia is sure to deliver more YAY and less YAWN to your readers.

 

Forbes.com Author: William Arruda is a keynote speaker, and co-founder of CareerBlast.TV and co-creator of the Personal Brand Power Audit – a complimentary quiz that helps you measure the strength of personal brand.

Forbes.com | February 8, 2023

#JobSearch : 5 Tips To Pass The Resume 30-Second Test. That is the Time you Have to Engage a Recruiter. A MUSt REAd.

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You can spend hours crafting your resume and conducting your job search, but today’s labor market can be competitive, and you need to go above and beyond if you want to stand out.

As if that wasn’t tough enough, recruiters will only dedicate a short amount of time to scanning your application. In fact, if you want to be shortlisted for an interview, you have as little as 30 seconds to impress them.

The good news is, there are some steps you can take to perfect your content and format your resume as effectively as possible. This will make it much easier for the recruiter to find those all-important details.

But how do you go about passing the 30-second resume test?

Tailor every application

Writing a strong resume can be time-consuming, so it’s understandable that tailoring every application you submit can feel like a lot more work. However, recruiters have become wise to this over the years, and they can spot a generic resume with just a quick scan down the page.

Generic resumes look lazy, and unprofessional, and suggest that you don’t have a genuine interest in their job role. Therefore, it’s crucial that you tailor every resume to the specific position and company before you submit your application.

This will require a certain amount of research, as well as using the job description to highlight important keywords and shape your content.

Engage the recruiter immediately

Your resume needs to start with a professional summary that grabs the recruiter’s attention immediately. As a senior professional, this should be a short summary that includes your current position and years of experience. You must show your relevance to the role and highlight your key achievements.

This section must also be tailored to the specific position and company. As we’ve said, a generic application won’t cut it, and if you get this wrong in the first instance, your resume is sure to end up on the rejection pile.

An engaging and focused summary will hook the reader and convince them to keep going, getting past the 30-second mark and increasing your chance of being invited in for an interview.

 

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Keep it relevant

As you gain more and more experience, the list of things you can add to your resume will only grow. The problem is, with just one to two pages to impress, including every job you’ve ever had is unlikely to get you over that 30-second hurdle.

Recruiters only want to see your most recent and relevant experience, qualifications, and skills. With this in mind, it’s a good idea to review all your past positions and only go into more detail about those that are relevant to the role. For example, it’s unlikely that if you’re being considered for a senior position, that the employer will want to read 10 bullet points about an internship you did over a decade ago, so cut it down or remove it completely.

This is important because the recruiter will not waste time wading through chunks of irrelevant text. If they start reading and the content quickly seems unrelated to the role they’re hiring for, you’ll simply end up on the rejection pile.

Be specific

The more specific details you can give about what makes you great for the job, the better.

So, when describing your experience, avoid giving generic explanations and give specific details instead. This includes quantifying your achievements to show how you made a real impact in past roles.

This will also apply to your key skills. For example, if you know how to code, be sure to list the specific programming languages you understand. Alternatively, if you are proficient in several types of accounting software, be sure to name the exact tools you’ve used.

Think carefully about structure and readability

Of course, the content of your resume is absolutely vital, but so are readability and structure. If your resume is poorly formatted, the recruiter might not give it any more than a quick glance. So, in order to make it easy for them, you must use headings and subheadings to structure your information and guide the reader’s eye.

Bullet points are also a great way to break up chunks of text because large blocks of text can be very off-putting. As can quirky or hard-to-read fonts, so it’s crucial that you choose a standard font that makes your resume easier to scan through.

Finally, it’s a good idea to think carefully about how you structure your content. As a more senior professional, it’s likely that your skills and experience will take precedence over your education. So it’s better to put these sections closer to the top of the page.

You’ll be able to get a better understanding of what the employer deems most important when you look through the job description.

By following these five tips, you can quickly engage the recruiter and ensure that your resume makes it as easy as possible for the reader to see that you’re a good fit for the role. This is how you hold their attention for at least 30 seconds and secure yourself an interview.

 

Forbes.com | February 2, 2023 | Andrew Fennell

#JobSearch : How To Cope With Being Laid Off. After Death, Job Loss is Ranked as One of Life’s Most Stressful Events. How did You Manage?

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Employers have been downright coldhearted lately in how they have laid off people. Jacob waited on Zoom for the company meeting to start. Several hundred sales reps and managers from across the US were tuning in to hear the latest sales news from the company’s vice president. Instead, Jacob got the shock of his life. With panic in his voice, he called for career help and said, “The VP opened the meeting to announce that everyone on the call was being let go, effective immediately. It was a cost-cutting measure. The company was moving all its sales jobs offshore. I couldn’t believe it. In the span of three minutes, we were all fired with only two weeks’ severance. I’m frantic about losing my job. I’ll blow through my savings by the end of the month.”

“After death, job loss is ranked as one of life’s most stressful events,” says Dr. Gregg Jantz, a psychologist and founder of A Place of Hope, a counseling and treatment center. The bestselling author of The Anxiety Reset continued, “People feel a betrayal of trust, especially when the job loss comes as a shock. It’s so traumatic.”

As the tech industry continues to make headlines each day with more and more layoffs, it’s hard to handle all the feelings you face as you make this difficult career transition. Dr. Jantz stated, “The normal response to betrayal is intense anger. It is a sense of injustice, feeling that the employer didn’t respect or value you. People get very upset thinking the employer didn’t appreciate all their hard work. As a result, you want to get even, retaliate, and strike out at those you think have wronged you. We want revenge,” he stated. Jacob echoed that sentiment, mentioning a colleague spilled water on the company laptop to destroy it before he sent it back.

Couple job loss with what Dr. Jantz sees happening throughout the nation. “We are in the middle of a mental health crisis in our country. The No. 1 diagnosis in America is anxiety, and No. 2 is depression. When you lose your job, these feelings intensify.”

What Not To Do

This transition will not be easy. You’ll have a range of emotions that contribute to the blues. You may also experience uncontrolled fear, negative self-talk, devaluing yourself, self-pity, and moping.

You’re entitled to your feelings. Don’t ignore them—but be careful. Dr. Jantz warns that you don’t want to sabotage your future. You might do something that you’ll regret. Do not comment on social media or express anger at your boss or company. They may be wrong, but you have much more to lose than they do. Instead, Dr. Jantz recommends you allow 24 hours to pass before you do anything. You need time to lower the intensity. Instead, if you vent too fast—sending nasty, raging emails or social media posts—you will become a victim, and this action will make your job search longer and harder. When you display anger and feelings of betrayal, the danger is that you’ll be radiating a spirit of blame in your communications. You do not want to come across with that attitude in an interview.

Carefully select the people you share your feelings and outrage with. Dr. Jantz advised, “Be careful what you do to the people around you, such as continuously venting, being irritable, displacing anger at others. You are targeting it at friends and family that love you, and they had nothing to do with this event. This is not the way you should release your feelings.”

 

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Coping Strategies

You can do several things when you are handling these overwhelming feelings. Here is what Dr. Jantz suggests.

 

  • Practice good self-care, including nutrition, sleep, and exercise. If you feel anger, pair it with some movement—walking, working out, exercising—as you process that anger. Put feelings on paper. Turn away from self-destructive behavior, and don’t punish yourself. Refocus and define what you must do to fortify yourself to increase your well-being. If you isolate, stay at home, and withdraw, you may suffer from depression symptoms.
  • Resilience is what you want, not to feel defeated. Ask yourself, “Am I full of anger and bitterness? Has anxiety and fear taken over my life? (Take an anxiety test here.) Use positive self-talk to reassure yourself that there is nothing wrong with you and that you aren’t defective, just going through a rough spot.

 

To jump-start, your job search, read this Forbes article: How to Quickly Bounce Back From A Layoff

 

Forbes.com | Februrary 1, 2023 | Robin Ryan 

#BestofFSCBlog : Over 6K Reads. Layoffs Aren’t The End Of The World. Here’s How To Land Your Next Gig. GReat REad for All!

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Companies and their constellations of managers, employees, investors, and boards love the word “growth.”  Growth means the expansion and more funding. It means hiring up and scaling output. It leads to fun office perks and big bonuses. It signals success, and which company doesn’t want to brag about that?

We’re now seeing that the overambitious growth at startups and established tech giants alike — MicrosoftMSFT +0.8%, GoogleGOOG +0.2%, AmazonAMZN +0.5%, and Meta — has a human toll.

“Successfully managing any professional transition involves first reflecting on where things stand in your career, then taking concrete action to make your professional ambitions a reality.”

This hiring-and-firing dynamic has ensnared 160,000 workers who were laid off from tech companies last year and an estimated 46,000 more workers who received their digital pink slips via Zoom, Slack and email this month.

Job cuts show no sign of slowing down as companies navigate a combination of high-interest rates, diminished profits, a pullback in investments and a lagging economy. So we’ve compiled expert advice from our contributors on how to burnish your resume, hone your soft skills and land a new job quickly.

 

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Highlight Soft Skills

Despite the sustained gloomy outlook, tech workers can still leverage both hard and soft skills, writes Future of Work expert Sarah Doody. “Regardless of your role at a tech company, your skills and expertise are valuable and can transfer to many other industries,” she writes. “Just because your last job was at a tech company, that doesn’t mean you can’t get hired in another sector, and maybe even with a salary increase.”

Skills such as communication, critical thinking, problem solving, team work and work ethic should not be overlooked — “they can often be the difference between you receiving job interviews and offers or not,” Doody writes.

Offering actionable advice on how to highlight these skills, she says to start first with asking colleagues and close friends for feedback.

Sell Yourself Even If It’s Hard

Selling yourself might not come naturally, but it’s a necessary part of landing a new job, Doody writes. Instead of repeating that famous mantra, “always be closing,” better to think of how to “always be connecting,” she advises.

“If marketing is about ensuring people know about you and what you have to offer you, then sales is about ensuring they connect the dots and see enough value in the product or service to actually buy it,” she writes.

Look For The Silver Linings

Layoffs could be a boon for non-tech companies looking for skilled tech workers, writes Leadership Strategy expert Gleb Tsipursky. These companies “can gain a competitive advantage by offering a positive company culture and opportunities for career growth,” he writes. “This can help attract top talent who may be looking for a more stable and secure work environment.”

While Leadership Strategy expert Caterina Bulgarella warned of the real costs of layoffs to the workers left still standing, Tsipursky says companies can use the shake-up as an opportunity to reevaluate culture and values.

After a tech company went through a recent round of layoffs, it “led to a more positive and productive work environment for the remaining team members, which in turn led to an increase in employee retention,” he writes in his latest post.

Make Your Next Move

Laid off or not, regardless of industry or position or title, employees’ careers will always undergo transitions and changes, writes Careers contributor Joseph Liu. It always helps to take a breath, slow down and assess.

“Regardless of the cause, transitions often open up a mix of personal and practical challenges that range from clarifying exactly what’s next to rewriting your cover letter and resume,” he notes.

Forbes.com | January 26, 2023 | Corinne Lestch

#JobSearch : Why Your Job Search Will Take A Hot Minute. Hunting for a New Job? Be Prepared for a Long Slog.

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If you are hunting for a new job, be prepared for a long slog. Layoffs from top companies have spooked both hiring managers and job seekers. You will be put off by job descriptions with too many requirements and not much clarity around the salary, as well as glitchy job applications that take up an inordinate amount of time. The hiring process will be slow. You will be forced to partake in three to 10 interviews, have meetings canceled at the last minute and get ghosted or receive a lowball job offer.

The United States job market is amid a white-collar recession, as college-educated professionals are predominately being laid off. There has been a steady stream of downsizing announcements from companies in the tech sector, Wall Street, media and other industries with a preponderance of office workers.

Layoffs are the focus of the current job market. To battle inflation, Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell is executing his plan to cool down the economy. Hiking interest rates will cause companies to cut costs and result in workers being downsized, which is the unfortunate intended consequence. In past recessionary environments, it was typically the blue-collar and low-wage earners who suffered the most. This time, it’s different.

The Job Search Will Go Slowly

Out-of-work Americans are experiencing a more drawn-out and lengthy job search. They are spending more time job hunting, as employers are slower to hire compared to the pandemic. According to the Wall Street Journal, last month, 826,000 unemployed workers had been out of work for about 3½ to 6 months, which is up from 526,000 in April 2022. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits and continuing claims at the beginning of January was “26% above half-century lows reached last spring.”

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Companies Are Reluctant To Hire

When companies are laying off workers and cutting costs, your job search is much more difficult. Wanting to keep costs down, businesses are reluctant to hire, as economists predict a looming recession. With nearly 60,000 tech professionals laid off in January alone, there will be intense competition for the fewer remaining job openings.

It will be harder to get a premium to your current wage when there is a vast pool of applicants to draw from. Human resources will presume that job hunters are desperate and willing to accept lowball offers as a life raft.

Be prepared for wading through old, stale job listings, getting ghosted, interviews being canceled at the last minute and feeling like you’re being discriminated against because you’re in between jobs. You’ll have to be vigilant about fake job scammers trying to take advantage of your vulnerable situation.

Some companies will be cryptic about the actual pay, why the job is open, what happened to the last person who held the role and the future growth path. However, they will demand to know specifics about what the candidate would accept for a salary and every detail about their work-life experience.

The job descriptions can be long, riddled with corporate jargon and buzzwords and contain too many unrealistic bullet points that don’t even offer what it’s really like to work at the company. States like New York, Colorado and California legally require businesses to list compensation ranges in job postings. However, companies skirt this law by offering wide salary bands, which is unhelpful.

The application process can be horrendous. Online applications are fraught with glitches and lengthy questions that require too much personal data. Job seekers find the applications duplicative since people are simultaneously required to upload their résumé containing the same exact information. To add insult to injury, the companies that post job advertisements don’t even have the courtesy to provide a computer-generated email confirming receipt of the application.

Job seekers are pushed into meeting with several people over a three to 6-month period. In between interviews, there are long bouts in which they don’t receive any communications from the company. It’s not unusual for weeks to go by before receiving an email requiring an interview the following day at a predetermined time that they did not consult with you on.

Even after attending multiple interviews, job seekers are ghosted. Email and phone calls go unanswered and the applicant is simply ignored and forgotten.

After a lengthy and stressful interview process, including conversations about compensation, a lowball offer is presented. Some companies make it a practice not to provide a written offer unless a verbal offer is accepted first. It is accompanied by intense pressure to say “yes” immediately—without time to deliberate on the offer.

The Contagion Effect

Layoffs can cause a domino effect. There is a herd mentality amongst corporate leadership. If a bellwether company is conducting layoffs, other firms will follow suit. Boards of directors will wonder if everyone else is downsizing, why isn’t their company? By reducing headcount, shareholders and the board will benefit. In addition to saving, they make money because the share prices often go higher following a layoff announcement, as investors applaud the company’s fiscal responsibility.

Once a few firms within a sector lay off workers, it gives permission for other companies to follow suit. It makes it easier for the CEO and C-suite to conduct layoffs if everyone else is doing it too. They can prune the low performers without worrying about being accused of discrimination or biases and place blame on the economic outlook.

This month, Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon and Google announced layoffs of around 10,000 workers or more. Capital One, Wayfair, Spotify and other relatively smaller firms also announced plans for downsizing personnel.

 

Forbes.com | January 24, 2023 | Jack Kelly 

#YourCareer : You Are Not Your Job. The Recent Wave of Layoffs is a Wake-Up Call that You are Not your Job. GReat REad for All!

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The recent wave of layoffs is a wake-up call for you to realize that you are not your job. Your identity is not the company you work for—no matter how cool and prestigious it is. You are also not your net worth, the neighborhood you live in or the Lamborghini you drive.

Upon meeting someone, the first question you typically ask is, “What do you do?” The answer is intuitively interpreted as a request to provide your job title, the company you work for and what you do at the office or virtually at home. It’s not, “I’m a husband, father of two kids and the pet dad of two adopted cats and dogs.”

The reason for this knee-jerk response is that, in American culture, identity is inextricably tied to your job and career. It becomes a defining character, identity and personality. You’re known as the lawyer, investment banker, accountant, doctor or startup founder. These identifiers indicate your social status and allude to how much money you make.

 

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The Wake-Up Call

When you’re wrapped up in your job and company, getting let go is devastating. The loss of income is difficult, and you worry about making ends meet. While money is essential, the existential dread and thoughts over who you are now are emotionally and mentally painful. It took the downsizing to realize just how much you are your job.

Those who’ve devoted everything to their careers have now woken up to the fact that they’ve fallen out of touch with family and friends. Since you were so busy cultivating your professional life, you put your family, friends, hobbies and social events on the back burner. On top of the stress of looking for a new job, you feel isolated and adrift, not sure who you are anymore.

In what is being deemed a white-collar recession, nearly 160,000 and 56,570 jobs were lost in 2022 and 2023 respectively in the tech sector alone, according to Layoffs.fyi. Several other industries, including Wall Street and the media, are also undergoing downsizing.

If you spend time on LinkedIn, you’ll see a constant flow of posts from people formerly working at big companies, such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Stripe and Meta, announcing that they’ve lost their jobs. Most people offer a stiff upper lip, speak fondly of their work experiences, appreciate the time spent at the organization and love the folks they’ve worked with. On TikTok, you’ll see younger workers revealing their raw emotions, many crying and expressing heartfelt messages about being downsized.

What To Do Next

The dot-com boom and bust in the late 1990s, downsizings during the financial crisis in 2008 to 2010, job losses in the pandemic’s early months and the current tidal wave of layoffs clearly show that there are no guarantees of job security.

Think deeply about what you truly want to do and achieve in your career. Try to avoid following the herd and the well-trodden path you instinctively believe you’re supposed to be on because of the expectations of your family, friends and society.

Ask yourself what you are passionate about and good at that can offer a compensation that you’re comfortable with. Seek out opportunities that provide meaning, fulfillment and purpose. Don’t make a decision based primarily upon the marquee name brand of the corporation that will impress your old college buddies, but could make you miserable. If you find something that makes you happy and affords a better quality of life and work balance, go for it. It’s okay not to be a startup founder of a multibillion-dollar unicorn company.

Find friends outside of your office and profession. Get involved with activities that have nothing to do with your job. Cultivate new hobbies and passion projects that make you more multidimensional, not just a work drone. Use your paid time off to take vacations to decompress, explore the world and open yourself up to new vistas. These and other nonwork events and activities will make you more well-rounded, and your identity will culminate in more than your corporate job title.

The big takeaway lesson from the wave of layoffs is that you can lose your job at any time. Given the precarious nature of work, make sure you don’t sacrifice your time, energy and life—your whole self—for a company that will just fire you via email to cut costs and make shareholders more money on the stock holdings.

 

Forbes.com | January 24, 2023 | Jack Kelly