Career Lay-off. 4 Ways to Cope with it and How you Can Be a Better Version of You.

 

Career Lay-off. 4 Ways to Cope with it and How you Can Be a Better Version of You.

Career lay-off got trending before the great resignation. The great resignation is an eye opener to many employees. Also known as the Big Quit. It was mainly American economic trend in which employees voluntarily resigned from their jobs en masse, beginning in the early 2021 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

What is layoff? A layoff is the act of ending workers’ job, sometimes temporarily, usually because there is not enough work to do. Other related terms are sack and termination of employment. Many people have lost their jobs during pandemic through no fault of their own.

While the concept of layoff looks so scary to many workers. There are many benefits that could come with it if one should look at it professionally and having the ability to manage surprise.

While I was managing team of customer service in the telecommunication business. I do tell my team that life can strike anyone at any time. Hence, we need to budget for risk. It is not all friendship that work. And you don’t expect every career to last forever. The life of the enterprise is longer than the citizen in it. The leaves wither the tree stays.

Great CEOs were once fired from their career, and they grow. So, we should stop looking at layoff has end of the world or end of our career. Pick up a lesson from it and move on. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we learn said Brian Tracy.

We got fired! And it’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us. I love the title of this book by Harvey Mackay, Founder and CEO. You can get free copy of this book by visiting www.harveymackayacademy.com/fired to complete a form and download the eBook.

I want to say this, and I didn’t mean to scare you. What do you think would be the future of work tomorrow? Every where we navigate on the internet it is one guy that is trending. Whose name is Artificial Intelligence. Have you thought about if AI or Generative AI and or ChatGPT would not impact your current job role and take away your job away? Even companies that fail to embrace change would witness the disruption! No hidden place. Continuous leaning, improvement and learning to fit in or blend with trends can only make individuals and businesses to have relevance.

For those that AI and company’s layoff has happened to and still wondering how to pick up and get back on their feet. I would suggest you follow the 9 ways listed below. This would bring the leadership in you back to limelight.

1.       Learn new tech skills. The future of work belongs to knowledge workers. Learning is a continuous process. Now that you are out of job. Make use of this phase to learn trending skills that are in demand. You can start with LinkedIn learning. Get one-month free subscription on premium. LinkedIn has all the resources you need to meet up with today’s job market. Other sites that you can get resources for learning are Udemy Allisson 

2.       Attend online webinar: There are many free online webinars that you can join. Look for topics that would solve your present situation. Topics like How to Structure your Resume/CV. And those related to motivation and inspiration from Top Voices and or Leader who are ready to share what their experiences like after they have had similar issue with career break down or life related challenges. This would spur or motivate you to stand up and bounce back on time. It is called Resilience!

3.       Networking: Your ability to network with people could also give your chances of winning over layoff. Learn to speak up. Do not keep to yourself. If you cannot speak up. Write your own story of layoff and share it online. That too could help relieve the burden of pain or worry. Do not take yourself too seriously. Socialize with people! Talk about the experience and laugh at it. You are not the first and you cannot be the last. Steve Jobs was once fired from Apple and we can still always refer to him as one the best Leader in the world of business. An iconic manager.

4.       Spend Time Your Family: There is much to life than just working. Denzel Washington said, we are busy making a living while we forget to make a life. Family is the key. This time is the best to spend with your loved ones. Laugh and play with the kids. Do some domestic work. Learn to do a walk out and register for a fitness training.

5.       Internship or Volunteering: While waiting for the next job to come. It is recommended you volunteer to do some work or project in your community. You can pick up a commission-based job or an internship role that involve writing for companies. This would keep you busy and fit. And those experiences can help close the gap on your CV. So many things that you could also do like making some online videos, volunteering for NGOs, produce content and share online.

6.       Learn ChatGPT, Digital skills and make the right use of your smartphone to leverage.

 

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Want to Happy in Life? Lower Your Expectation and Have Attitude of Gratitude.

 

Want to Happy in Life? Lower Your Expectation and Have Attitude of Gratitude.

Happiness is an inside job. It all starts with you and waiting someone to bring to you that kind of happiness you truly want might take time and you may likely wait in vain.

Daina Ross once said, “if you want to be happy be happy…happiness is knowing how much is enough and appreciating what you have.” Happiness is a choice. The same way depression is a choice. I choose happiness over depression. And I choose to be happy no matter what may come my way. That’s a good affirmation.

The theme of the book The Secret is centered around Gratitude. When we show attitude of gratitude in every phase of life. We would find happiness.  And we should try and focus less on what we don’t want. If not, they would keep occurring. Instead, we should focus on what we want and let the universe do the magic or take care of things that we have no control over. I want us to look for something to be grateful for now. We should stop comparing self with others. Your stage 2 could be the other person stage 4. We live life in stages. Note that.

There is a quote I read in John Mason’s books. He wrote, “regardless of the kind of house you are staying. Wouldn’t you rather stay there than staying in the best hospital in the world” if you cannot be grateful for what you have. Be grateful for what you have escape. Count your blessing don’t name them.

In human psychology, it is high expectation that led to frustration. I want to be popular in school. And you end up not being popular. This would lead to frustration. Especially seeing someone who came to the University without the mindset of being popular and he or she end up being popular. Do what is right and every other thing would take care of itself. 

To also avoid frustration in life we need to expect less. We should drop the ideas of entitlement. We should expect less from the workplace. Just do your work. The life we live now is so amazingly funny that promotions can favor who doesn’t even deserve or least expect it. Stop expecting from Government to change situation. This is really affecting many in my country now. Even though we pay tax, and we are not seeing what the money is being used for. The revenue from resource is being wasted for their personal gain. There is misappropriation of funds. To be happy is to ignore them and focus on how you can be a better citizen. Keep your dream alive! It could be that you want to an athlete or web developer. But the system is not allowing you to shine your light. Keep hope alive.  Also, in friendship we should expect less. No one owns us anything. If we need something go for it.

Staying happy should be something we should be put into consideration in our daily life. Happiness comes from doing something we love doing. By helping others to achieve their dream we can also derive happiness. There are people that need us to stretch hand to them. And we can do this through humanitarian or charity means.

Another quote I came across online said “Life is not about his duration but by its donation.”

When we learn to give, we grow. When we show love to the children and the less privilege, we found ourselves being fulfilled. The new research in Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs has shown that Self-transcendency is the at the top of the triangle to replace self-actualization.

What is self transcendency? According to Stephen Covey, Self transcendency means to live beyond a purpose that is higher than self.

Have you heard about  FSO Foundation  It is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the lives of young people through sports. I would want us to check out their Website and share the good news on what it means to be giving back to the society

Please choose happiness now!

Thank you.