Thursday, April 2, 2009

Surviving Layoff –six survival tips – before the Pink Slip

These six survival tips should be your basic building blocks.



  • Cash Flow – Review outgoing and incoming cash flow
  • Review/renew contacts – identify personal and business resources who can help you or whom you can help. This is the great time to build contacts.
  • Know your position – Many of us tent to overstate or under estimate our demand in the job market this is the right time to take a good look at your skills and yourself.
  • Review Skills – Review job postings to see what skills are in demand that are close to the job you are looking for if possible polish on your skills
  • Resume – Develop a resume with winning components and Keywords start posting it to see what kind of response you get .
  • Start interview preparation - 90 % of us go unprepared for an interview with is the critical part of the job search process

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