Stop saying "I hope you land an interview".

"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."

"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 many professionals anxious about basic needs, creating a mentoring challenge as tens of thousands lose income frequently. Well-meaning encouragement to keep applying often ignores prolonged timelines as short job-search plans stretch into years. Short-term plans routinely become multi-year struggles while financial and emotional pressures mount. Expecting swift rehiring is a common mistake because companies often recycle similar profiles within hiring networks, limiting opportunities for broader rehiring. Market recovery appears unlikely in the near term, increasing the need for realistic assessments of employability, financial contingency planning, and alternative approaches to regain stability.

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