"The world is full of goodwill, good intentions, and naive thoughts mixed in-between. It is a really tough time to be mentoring, with massive layoffs and tens of thousands of professionals losing their rice bowls every other fortnight. "How am I going to feed my family? How am I going to pay my mortgage?" "You'll land something soon. Keep going!", echoes the thoughts and well-wishes of those who didn't get laid off."
"Defeated but trudging along, those laid-off set out to have 6-month plans to get employment. 6-months became a year, and before long, a year nearly becomes two. The biggest mistake most people make after getting laid off is hoping you'll get a job again. The market is not going to recover Something I've noticed within hiring networks in the industry is that companies are basically cycling through their talent networks on cues. The same type of professional is getting hired, the same cycle of..."
Massive layoffs have left tens of thousands of professionals unemployed every fortnight, creating acute financial anxieties about feeding families and paying mortgages. Well-meaning colleagues often echo reassurances like "You'll land something soon" while laid-off people set six-month plans to regain employment. Those six-month plans frequently stretch into a year or more. Hoping to secure another similar job is presented as the biggest mistake after a layoff. The hiring market is described as unlikely to recover quickly, with companies cycling through existing talent networks and repeatedly hiring the same types of professionals.
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