Leave anger behind: Recovering after a layoff

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080316/LIFE/803160324/1079/life

Published March 16, 2008
< From Lansing State Journal >

Ryan Randazzo
Gannett News Service

As more people find themselves laid off, experts say it's critical to move beyond anger and resentment before it gets in the way of finding another job.

"The quicker they can focus on the future, the quicker they can move forward," said Nancy Reynolds, a senior vice president for Lee Hecht Harrison in Scottsdale, Ariz., which helps ejected employees find new work. "Employers really aren't going to be that concerned with what happened, but they'll be concerned if they're carrying baggage from the past."

Job cuts typically are a last resort for employers, only relied upon when they don't predict a quick rebound in their business or they realize efficiencies they can't pass up, despite how hard an employee may work.

"If you are laid off, and you know you've done a really good job and it is only an economic situation, you have not to take it personally," said Susan Williams, president of HR Choice in Goodyear, Ariz. "Surprisingly, in our job market now, there are still plenty of job openings. A lot of people I've talked to who have been laid off and have moved on, they are eventually happy."

Oftentimes, layoffs signal that a competitor is outmaneuvering a company, which could mean opportunity to switch companies. Other times, cuts at a company signal expansion elsewhere with the same firm.

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[Double T]

1. That's right, just keep sipping the wall street and corporate Kool-aid...........

EVERYTHING will be just fine.

[physioex]

2. Right....

That's why the jerks at Bear Sterns are looking for corporate welfare.

[Double T]

3. bushco and the FED are wall street criminal enablers.

Wouldn't want ANY bushco 'Pioneers' to take a hit, now would we?