Heather Schwenneker: Build an identity for yourself that won't be crushed if your employer lays you off or goes under.

Heather Schwenneker is an Industrial & Organizational Psychologist with more ideas for moving forward than a car salesman!  Using her own layoff as both an example and an exercise in positivity, Heather provides us with 7 Tips for Managing Job Loss and 10 Ideas for Bouncing Back.

Looking through the lens of a layoff happening at 50+, Heather provides so many PROACTIVE ways to safeguard yourself and your self-esteem.  Listen in to learn how to put all of this great stuff to use and how to remain positive and focused through a period that can be immensely unsettling.

Heather’s 7 Tips for PROACTIVELY Managing Job Loss

1. Have the mindset that you MAY be laid off at any time.  
2. Build an identity that won’t be crushed by a lay off.
3. Take care of yourself.
4. Network while you are employed.
5. Keep your contact list on your personal computer
6. Keep a list of your skills and accomplishments
7. Live within your means

Heather’s 10 Ideas for Bouncing Back

1. Grieve the loss.
2. Know it is normal to have a period of indecision.
3. Spend time with people who are THRIVING after their lay-off/pivot
4. Focus on hope and optimism.
5. Figure out what you need.
6. Have frank communication with your support circle.
7. Examine self-limiting beliefs.
8. Reframe the experience.
9. Make yourself findable.
10. Focus on others.

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