You Were Laid Off. Now What?

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KQED

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Being laid off is brutal. It can knock people off career trajectories, destabilize people’s sense of their worth, and cause problems in their personal relationships. This year, the Bay Area has seen more than 15,000 layoffs in tech alone. So, our team here at KQED has gone out to collect the best advice on what to do when you’re laid off. How do you protect your mental health? What’s your next step in getting new work? Should you stay in your field or do something else? How do you talk to your partner or family about what’s happened? We’ll hear your stories and share the best advice that we’ve been able to find. Guests: Horst Govin, career coach, Job Hunt Bootcamp Carly Severn, senior editor of audience news, KQED Carlos Cabrera-Lomeli, community engagement reporter, KQED Ioanna Angelakis, marriage and family therapist based in San Francisco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal. Being laid off is brutal. It can knock people off career trajectories, destabilize people's sense of their worth, and cause problems in their
0:55.0	personal relationships. This year, the Bay Area has seen tens of thousands of layoffs, so our team
1:01.6	here at KQED has gone out to collect the best advice on what to do when you're laid off.
1:08.0	How do you protect your mental health? What's your next step in getting new
1:11.7	work? Should you stay in your field or do something else? How do you talk to your partner or your
1:16.6	kids about what's happened? We'll hear your stories and share the best advice that we've been able to
1:21.3	find. That's all coming up next after this news.
1:36.8	Welcome to Forum.
1:42.3	I'm Alexis Madrigal, as thousands of us here in the Bay Area have gotten laid off.
1:46.4	Your crack KQED team sprang into action.
1:53.3	Carly Severn and Carlos Cabretta Lomeli set out to do some service journalism. They asked people who'd lost their jobs what they wanted and needed to know and set out to deliver the best
1:58.5	resources on those topics.
2:04.4	The advice guides they put together are not just about getting the next gig,
2:08.8	but how to really recover, mind, soul, and LinkedIn.
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