Coping & Moving Forward After a Layoff at Your Organization

This is an introduction for the Layoff Impacts section, where we discuss emotional and psychological stresses.

We discuss why and how you may feel inadequate after being laid off.

We discuss why it doesn't help you at all to feel like you've done something wrong if it's a mass layoff.

We discuss why you may suddenly lose friends after being let go.

We discuss the financial hardships that can quickly occur when losing your job.

We discuss some problems that can come up when trying to find another job.

We discuss some difficulties that can arise when editing your resume for the next role.

We discuss why it's so imperative to be okay with change and go with the flow in life.

We discuss how people can experience survivors' guilt, whether it be management or peers.

We introduce the emotional and psychological help section where we offer some tips on getting through this.

We discuss ways of thinking about what just happened and to not put blame on yourself.

We discuss why it's better not to dwell on this or any problem and move forward instead.

We discuss the benefits of getting coworker contact info immediately instead of waiting.

We discuss how to care for team morale, both as a manager and a team member.

We discuss how important it is to keep yourself from waiting when looking for your next position.

We discuss why you need to get a letter of recommendation from your manager and not delay.

We discuss how and why you should improve your skills, whether enforcing your current talents or discovering new ones.

We introduce the resume help section, where we offer several tips to combat common pitfalls.

We discuss various ways of filling gaps in employment history to better portray you as a great candidate.

We discuss some problems that can crop up with regard to utilizing references effectively.

We discuss how to handle unrelated work and why sometimes it's good to fill in gaps with it.

We discuss how you can best use staffing agencies, both in fine-tuning your resume and finding your next role.

This is an introduction to the financial help section which explains several ways of making extra money.

We discuss methods of making extra cash from the gig economy.

We discuss ways of more effectively planning for the future by creating streams of income and investing in ourselves.

We introduce the foster adaptability section whereby we instill the idea of better accepting change.

We discuss how advantageous it can be to continually improve yourself so that you are more prepared for anything life gives you.

We discuss why it's beneficial to not only be okay with change but to have a working relationship with it always.

We discuss primarily for managers, but also for teammates how to walk the walk and be the example for others.

This lecture thanks our students and wraps up the course.