As One Door Closes, Another Door Opens

Being laid off can be an emotional time, it can fill you with a lot of uncertainty. Here are some steps that can help anyone who has been laid off to turn this experience from a negative, into a positive.

Processing how you feel

You may experience a mixture of emotions, one day may be filled with optimism, and look forward to the future. Other days you may feel confused, scared, or confusion over what has happened. It's important during this time to recognize you have lots to offer, much more than your professional successes and job title. This situation really can happen to anyone, be sure to remind yourself of that.

Allow yourself time to process and accept a recent layoff.

Organise your finances

Doing this can help you to be productive and gain a sense of control, during an uncertain time. Take a financial inventory and prepare to adjust to your current circumstances and understand how you can continue to pay the bills while you figure out what you want to do next.?

It's crucial at this time to set a budget & determine the funds you have available.

Financial resources may include:

• Any final salary payments from current company, redundancy payout, unused leave days, etc.?
• Emergency savings
• Partner’s salary
• Retirement accounts

Set a Plan for your Next Steps

The next step in the process, after allowing yourself time to accept and heal from the situation, is to prepare for the job search ahead. Defining your goals and getting yourself into the right mindset, can increase your chances of success.

It's essential to gain career clarity and take some time to establish what you want and need from your next job.?

Identify:

• Your major career goals
• The type of work you enjoy
• Your values and dealbreakers?
• What’s important to your career growth
• Your ideal work/life balance?

Set yourself a realistic timeline, by providing yourself a deadline, you can establish how long you need to scan the job market, develop any key skills, and account for your current financial situation.

An important part of the job search process is to update your LinkedIn profile & resume. If you need help with this, please reach out to us here at IG Recruit.

Surround yourself with positivity

As you begin to think about your future, remember to surround yourself with “positive-minded people who will encourage you and help you move forward.”?

Are you ready to start your job search?

Here at IG we have a wide variety of roles available and specialist consultants that can help you to feel supported throughout these next steps, please reach out to us to find out more.