What do you do if you want to transform a layoff into a chance for career growth and reinvention?

Layoff always comes with setback which break all the rules of inertia. It disturbs our aura for the current moment and it depends how you have prepared yourself to face the impact. The change is inevitable and now it is part of the life. It gives a lesson to update ourselves always with changing universe towards ambition of the life. The change brings unexpected new opportunities in other fields of the career, only we have to identify. It leads a transformational growth in the personal and professional life. Need to comeback and update your skills and make your mind to accept the change, because it is a masterplan to open a new chapter to transform your life to fulfil ultimate goal of life.

By taking a proactive approach, focusing on self-improvement, and maintaining a positive mindset, you can transform this challenging experience into a springboard for a more fulfilling and successful career.

Networking is the strength to believe and feel the peers power which can do the miracle in any case of setback, always get connected whether it is up and down of the life. Build your personal and professional network and keep your connect live by increasing your visibility in posts, events and association. Share your experiences, expertise and intellectual emotions to get understood by the community for best suitable fitment. This connection sets information network for opportunities of openings and professional ventures to move your career forward. Nowadays, social networking platforms are available to increase your connection in homogenous and heterogenous group based your interest and skills, so build your people network proactively.

During the layoff, the skills are getting challenged and called obsolescence with respect of time. It is necessary to reskill and upskill in identified areas of high demand in your industry. It may challenge you to learn new knowledge and advance skill with great investment of personal time but this will pave the way to demonstrate your commitment level to potential party as having eager to change with pace of time. Your continuous learning to match the requirement of the present and future shall be demanding which will enhance your employability. It will create a learning zeal throughout out the life either it is professional or personal, important is must be designed strategically with passion.

The layoff challenges our status quo of professional strength and hence it is required to introspect the strength and weakness on previous job role. This self -evaluation will help to know shortcomings to improve and acquire essential knowledge for moving on in career path and also align with strength and passion to correct your career path, required is to honestly dealt with yourself. This builds the confidence to switch-over to new company, new industry and ne entrepreneurship to make esteem level of career with competence.

Even meticulous plan takes it own time to get executed and making corrective action post assessment of deployed approach and therefore, keep your efforts intact till you achieve your plan. Believe in networking and professional connection, this will respond you, have a positive mindset. It will help you to get prepared every time to convert your sincerity and tenacity in attracting potential employment and business opportunity. Needs to be positive and passionate to execute strategic plan and keep increasing your people network, this will navigate to new opportunity in career.

If you want to transform a layoff into career growth and reinvention, do 2 things - create a formal 'explanation' & make the layoff a springboard. Write an article (not post) on LinkedIn about the experience, advice, lessons learned & forward direction. It is your formal explanation at interviews, in the resume & when networking. Say, "Life presents surprises, the layoff was one. It's been a hidden opportunity. I've shared how in a LinkedIn article. Here's the link." The layoff is a cosmic nudge. Re-establish priorities (do I want to be here/back home, switch careers, work remotely/freelance/build side hustle). Use it as a springboard to related careers. Flaunt resilience & pivot. You are more than your last job. It's a layoff, NOT setback.