"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"
"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..."
The world contains goodwill, good intentions, and naive thoughts. Massive layoffs have left tens of thousands of professionals without steady income, creating widespread anxiety about feeding families and paying mortgages. Well-meaning colleagues often respond with reassurance that employment will return, prompting laid-off workers to set six-month job-search plans. Those plans commonly stretch into a year or more. The biggest mistake after a layoff is hoping to get a job again. The market is not going to recover. Companies are cycling through existing talent networks, repeatedly hiring the same types of professionals.
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