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If you are one of the millions of people who get an unexpected pink slip, the fact that you are getting laid off can be terrifying. It doesn’t have to be that way, but many people don’t prepare themselves for the eventuality of a career change and prefer instead to coast through life. When market forces or a major illness interrupt their career, they may have no idea how to start a new career. Let’s be clear, you can switch into another career quickly, but not if you don’t plan your strategies way ahead of time. Once the emergency hits, you won’t have the calm head required to look at all your options objectively. So, don’t wait until something happens to force you out of your career, be proactive and start looking at ways to manage a potential career change even if your job seems as secure as the rock of Gibraltar.
You want to lay the foundation and be prepared, just like you would if a hurricane were getting ready to strike your town. Don’t expect the government forces to be able to reach your door to help you, in that event. Similarly, in a situation where the economy is shaken, you may have fewer federal
resources available. Do check them out, but also prepare to take control of your own life.
It starts with a willingness to be realistically appraise your own skills and the determination to do the hard work to make your own future secure, without relying on chance or fate. So, the advice given here can help you whether you are laid off or whether you are making a leap into self-employment.
If you have the strategies in place when the time comes to quit your job or leave, then you can utilize the seven day plan to keep you on the right road to future income. It can give you a feeling of security in rough times and it can help to motivate you. The worst thing that can happen when you are suddenly without work is that you decide to take it easy for a while. That is not the time to take it easy, that’s the time to take out your plan and focus on some strategies to either get you gainfully employed or make a dream come true. It all depends on how much you’ve prepared in advance as to how easily you can move from having no job to being in total control of your life.