"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,"
"The world is full of goodwill, good intentions, and naive thoughts mixed in-between. 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 displaced tens of thousands of professionals, producing urgent financial and emotional stress. Many mentors and friends respond with platitudes and a single-minded push to keep job-hunting, offering six-month plans that stretch into years. Relying on market recovery is a mistake because hiring often recycles the same talent pools and repeats the same hiring patterns. Expecting a quick return to previous employment leaves people stuck and unprepared for structural shifts. Practical responses should acknowledge persistent market change and help affected professionals explore alternative strategies beyond waiting for conventional hiring to resume.
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