How to survive a layoff in tough times
To Survive A Layoff Or Downsizing
• Define your network
• Approach the HR department
• Update your resume
• Scan classifieds for potential employers
• Reorganize your finances
• Contact the unemployment office in your state
• Submit your updated resumes to different job portals
• Contact references
• Request a recommendation letter
• Practice mock interviews
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5 Tips To Help You Survive Your First Job Lay Off
1. Start an Emergency Fund
2. Get COBRA
3. File for Unemployment
4. Update Your Resume
5. Start Job Searching
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How to Survive Being Laid Off
- Get Your Resume Together
- Be Honest with Yourself
- Get What's Coming to You
- Cut Luxuries
- Don't Overreact
- Plan Your Work Day
- Update the Network
- Size Up the Competition
8 Tips To Survive A Layoff
#1 - DON'T PANIC
#2 - REFLECT AND RECOVER
#3 - ORGANIZE YOUR FINANCES
#4 - INSURANCE
#5 - UPDATE YOUR RESUME
#6 - ACTIVATE YOUR NETWORK
#7 - CONSIDER USING A RECRUITER
#8 - GO BACK TO SCHOOL
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20 ways to survive a layoff
1. As you're getting laid off, be sure to take notes
2. Take some time for yourself
3. Review the papers from the company that laid you off
4. Update your resume
5. Get a handle on monthly bills
6. Cut food costs
7. Look at health insurance options
8. Check with your financial adviser
9. File for your tax return refund
10. File for unemployment compensation
11. Check the job boards
12. Make the job boards work for you
13. Prepare for the interview
14. Deal with recruiters
15. Accept help from family
16. Keep good records
17. Get your personal records in order
18. Don't wait for the phone to ring
19. Get out the house at least once a day
20. Never give up
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10 tips to survive a layoff, financially
1. Negotiate with your employer to get a good severance package.
2. If you have a debt of any kind -- home loan, personal loan, credit card payment etc -- make provision for that first from the money that you can squeeze out from your ex-employer.
3. In the meanwhile, try to search for job, even if on a temporary basis, matching your skills and profile.
4. Your next priority should be your grocery expenses.
5. There is no need to tell you that when you are laid off or are expecting the same you should come down heavily on your socialising expenses including outings to hotels, multiplexes, vacations et al.
6. Try asking your parents and friends for some money in case your severance package amount fails to meet your monthly expenses.
7. If your severance package is good make sure that you keep at least 20 per cent of this money into an emergency fund.
8. If charity begins at home, cost cutting too should begin from home.
9. Spend most of your time fine tuning your resume, preparing for interviews, adding new skill sets related to your job profile.
10. Finally, don't forget to make a plan about your future as you will have enough time to ponder over your finances and career.
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