Massive waves of layoffs have left tens of thousands struggling to pay mortgages and provide for families. Well-intentioned advice to persist in job-hunting often ignores deeper market shifts that prevent quick rehiring. Many laid-off professionals set six-month job-search plans that stretch into a year or more as opportunities shrink. Employers are cycling through existing talent networks and repeatedly hiring similar profiles, reducing chances for new entrants to regain previous positions. Hoping that the market will recover to past conditions is a common mistake. Mentoring must account for structural hiring cycles rather than rely on generic encouragement.
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.
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...
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