What should you do after being laid off? In recent years, affected by the epidemic, many enterprises began to lay off employees. Layoff is undoubtedly very bad news for employees, but you should face it positively anyway. What should you do after being laid off?
What should you do after being laid off? 1 Leave your professional style to others.
It doesn't mean that being laid off will make everyone look bad. Don't film a dramatic parting and post it on YouTube. At this juncture, everyone is in a difficult situation, even those who are not unemployed. Don't create any additional negative factors.
Keep a positive attitude towards yourself.
This is not the time to take a negative attitude towards yourself. Maybe you will regret not starting looking for a job or saving money earlier, but indulging in "if I have" will not help you, it will only aggravate your anxiety and depression. Instead, you should think about the obstacles you have overcome in the past and focus on what can bring you confidence.
Negotiate your severance payment and the date of departure.
Severance payments are usually negotiable. Pay attention to the date of your resignation, see how long your insurance period is, how much your retirement account can give you back, or how many days you have taken paid vacation. Don't think that you must sign any agreement at once. Make sure you know your severance pay and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Consider lateral job-hopping within the company, whether it is a formal position or a temporary position.
Your department may be laying off employees, but other departments may be recruiting employees. Don't forget to consider the subsidiaries or joint ventures of your current employer. Ask if there are any consulting positions. Sometimes a department does not have a full-time job, but it has a certain consulting budget. If you find a consultant who is already familiar with the internal business process, they will benefit a lot.
Be prepared to express your experience of being laid off.
When the mass layoffs in your company have made headlines, it is not difficult to sum up your experience. But for those little-known corporate restructuring, you should explain the reasons for layoffs to your acquaintances and potential employers in the future.
The statement can be simple-my department has been reorganized, or my position has been shared by two lower-level positions, or my professional position has been moved to the headquarters. Make sure that your explanation is not different from the version provided by your manager or any contact.
Collect contact information for employment.
Don't forget to get people's permanent contact information. They may leave the company after you leave, so don't assume that their current company information will always be valid. You will no longer be able to access your office equipment, including the mobile phone provided by your employer, so please make sure to back up your contact information in your personal file.
Make a positive impression on your manager, colleagues and employees.
Don't forget to thank everyone on the day you really leave your job. Even for those who are not unemployed, they may feel guilty because their former colleagues are in deep trouble and anxious that they may be treated similarly. When you leave your job, your decent performance will show your confidence in persisting in your struggle, and it may also help you win a colleague with a normal relationship.
Take time to evaluate and reflect.
This is a big turning point. Don't feel that you will soon turn from work to job hunting. You might as well spend a few days dealing with all the personal projects that have been put on hold-family maintenance, making doctor's appointments, meeting friends and family, etc.
Analyze your cash situation.
But even so, don't underestimate the time to find a job. You entered the job market with thousands of other job seekers. You probably haven't looked for a job for years. Now that you know what your severance pay is, calculate how much time you have left to find a job. You should set aside at least three months to find a job, so if you don't have enough cash to spend this time, focus on temporary or consulting work to support your cash reserve.
Be proactive and comprehensive when applying for a job.
Don't blindly submit your resume and search crazily just to find something. Yes, you want to find a job, but you also want to find a suitable job. What kind of job is most suitable at present? This may be a temporary job that accepts cash. Maybe it's lateral transfer who is learning some new skills.
It may also be a career change that you have always been interested in. One advantage of layoffs is that you have a chance to find a new job. Will you go back to your old job? If you are willing, then you know that you should look for companies in the same industry, the same functional area and the same type. But if you don't want to, then explore what kind of choice will be better and find this better job.
What should you do after being laid off? What kind of professionals are the easiest to be laid off?
1, lazy and smooth employees
Employees who have stayed in the workplace for a long time begin to be lazy, with the goal of doing their jobs well and not wanting to tire themselves out.
The company has a 7-year specialist, that is, an army of "smooth operators". He has long been familiar with the company's operation mode and departmental work rhythm, and is always opportunistic.
On weekdays, he doesn't submit his work before the deadline, whether it's personal tasks or group projects, so that everyone thinks that the current workload is just right for him, and because he is an old army employee, it's not good to arrange too many tasks, so he takes time off to live.
Old employees will lose enthusiasm when they are familiar with their jobs, and they will not have any innovative plans. Once the boss notices such employees, they won't stay long. In the workplace, if you don't advance, you will retreat. If you are no longer an employee who can solve problems and generate value, you will be eliminated in a few days.
2. Employees in marginal departments
As we all know, every company has its own core business and core departments, and relatively, there are also marginalized departments. The so-called marginal department refers to the work of the department. There is no influence and decision-making power, and simple repetition is highly replaceable.
The work of Xiao Zhao Department is single and repetitive, with little technical content. With the change of industry environment, the overall financial situation of the company has declined, and the labor cost has to be reduced. Xiao Zhao's department bears the brunt. The whole department is unprofitable and has no business to pay attention to. Expect to be fired.
Generally, companies will give employees in core technology departments corresponding rewards as encouragement, and it is not surprising to give them promotion opportunities. Generally speaking, the work of marginalized departments is not difficult, the gold content is not high, and the benefits brought to the company are not great, so naturally it will not receive too much attention from the company. Although the core department ≠ development department, but in the unpopular department, the probability of being laid off is naturally much higher.
3, the ability to customize employees
Before, major companies began to lay off employees from the top, which triggered concern and heated discussion in the industry. They keep saying that they want to give young people more development opportunities, but in fact they have laid off those who can't keep up with the company's development pace.
The main reason for Tencent's layoffs is the customization of employees' ability, which means that the concept of old employees is outdated, and the existing work skills and thinking are only applicable to Tencent's initial development. With the rapid development of the internet, the whole industry has been injecting new things, and only the old models and thinking are facing elimination at any time.
Many old employees complain: "I can only do XX", such a person is the least competitive in the workplace, and his ability has been customized for this company. Once he leaves this company, he can't find his way.
In any industry, if you have only one skill, it is difficult to keep up with the progress of this era. The industry is constantly changing, and this layoff is hard to avoid.
What can I do to avoid being laid off?
1, abandon solid-state thinking and have reverse insight.
In our daily work, we often encounter some unpleasant things, and we always feel that someone is against us. Most people easily fall into the whirlpool of complaints, but rarely can they pull away from such emotions and calmly analyze them.
David is finishing a project with colleagues from other departments recently. In the meantime, he is always worried that his colleagues can't get the data sheet in time. He wanted to make it clear, but he was afraid of hurting his feelings, so he kept it in his stomach.
But think calmly, colleagues will not delay the progress for no reason. I overheard a conversation between a colleague and his assistant at a meeting, only to know that it takes a lot of time to collect data, and customers can't offend them, so they can only get the data later. In this way, David instantly understood.
In fact, if you think from the opponent's point of view, you will often get surprising answers.
Everything runs logically, and the sooner you can dig out the "opponent", the more you can avoid mistakes. For example, the documents of colleagues were not delivered in time, from which we can know whether the company's process is slow or the style of colleagues is like this. Get to the point from the question.
Solve problems from the essential reasons, rather than complaining and confronting. If you accumulate more, it will become your work wealth. Abandon traditional working thinking, pull away from negative emotions, observe the "negativity" of people and things, and analyze and get your own new views. People who have this new thinking of reverse insight are often smooth sailing in the workplace.
2. Multifunctional and adaptable in the workplace.
The so-called functional diversification does not mean that one person has several jobs, but has other skills on the original professional skills. Such people, whether in the team or in the project, are very low in substitutability and will be relatively safe in the wave of layoffs.
Xiao Jia is the company's publicity assistant, and usually contacts with colleagues in the design department to control the screen design of brand promotion. When I was preparing to print pictures in the factory before going to work, the boss suddenly notified me to add logo urgently. The colleague in charge of design just took time off that day and couldn't find anyone. Urgent, Xiao Jia opens the design software, communicates face to face with the boss, determines the size and location of the logo, and then adds it, so that he can print promotional pictures as scheduled without affecting weekend activities.
Even if Xiao Jia's design technology is not very skilled, it is enough to deal with emergencies. Knowing something about design software, she usually communicates very smoothly with the design department, which makes her colleagues feel very reliable and appreciated by her boss.
Many people may think that their career should be "all the way", but with the development and changes of the new era and the globalization of the new economic form, single skills are becoming more and more unpopular in the workplace.
Most people will stay in an industry and a company for a long time, and their only skill is their existing job skills. At present, the long-term working system with fixed skills and customization ability is rapidly disappearing, and the accumulation of industry is essential. But on this basis, we should pursue more diversified skills, which can not only enhance the company's personal value, but also meet the changes of the times and see more opportunities.
3. Build an information network and take the initiative.
Working in the workplace, everyone you come into contact with is an information network. If you can organize these information networks into your own big network, then this network resource is very valuable.
Fang Fang, a former colleague, did a very good job in this respect. At that time, the company was going to hold a brand party that sensationalized the whole city. The date of the primary election has been set, and preparations are about to begin.
Later, when chatting with friends, Fang Fang learned that two brands were also doing activities two days before and after the primary election date, which may affect the number of VIPs invited by their brands. Finally, we quickly discussed the advance date with the team to avoid possible conflicts and influence activities.
Communication in daily work is essential, and it is necessary to achieve "effective communication", that is, consciously increase contact with people around you and establish your own information network. For example, what will happen in the industry, which company will have what trend, whether there are good measures to refer to, where there are new opportunities to be your better choice, and so on. These are all valid information.
Newcomers don't need to be timid if they want to build an information network. As long as they accumulate friendly and consciously, they will gradually establish this information network.
Take the initiative to sort out your personal information list, open the "conduction path" in the workplace, connect more new ideas, deepen your understanding of the industry and add value to yourself. On the other hand, it also helps to have new opportunities in the wave of layoffs.
1, abandon solid-state thinking and have reverse insight.
2. Strong workplace resilience and diversified functions.
3. Build an information network and take the initiative.
Above three points, I hope to be your "helper" in the workplace. No matter how high the wave of layoffs is, I can keep calm, make steady progress in the main channel of my career, or find new opportunities.