Had the three of us been sitting in a room in person while I was getting fired, instead of floating along as lifeless pixels on a screen, the pain I...
Losing a job is a financial challenge for many who have suddenly lost their income, but it also presents a psychological challenge. When you lose your job, how do you...
There are a variety of reasons people leave jobs – bad fit, bad manager, new opportunity, mergers, downsizing, firing, restructuring. The bigger issue is not why, but how we leave,...
Losing a job as the result of restructuring is a terrible experience and the stress people feel as a result can be debilitating. Often, employees are aware a round of...
While being laid off and being fired are different circumstances, people hit by those events often find themselves in similar positions during their job searches. They’re often thrust into unemployment....
Sometimes, we need to take the long view and realize that being “let go” does not automatically equal poor performance. Sometimes, it means that a particular opportunity has come to...
This is the promise of Sweden’s unique ‘transition system’, a nationwide private welfare service for workers who have become recently unemployed due to redundancy. Companies pay into ‘job security councils’, which...
The Counselling Foundation of Canada has released a guide for non-profit workers who are experiencing a career transition to help them navigate what can be an uncertain time in their...