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LinkedIn Learning

14 Things to Do When You Lose Your Job

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn the actions you can take to survive a job loss, from protecting your savings to using your network to find new opportunities.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Making a plan after a job loss
1. Before You Lose Your Job
  • Bolster your emergency fund
  • Dust off your resume
  • Maximize your remaining benefits
  • Don't quit your job
2. The First Two Weeks of Unemployment
  • Finalize your exit
  • Assess your insurance coverage
  • File for unemployment ASAP
  • Assess your financial situation
  • Consider best and worst case
  • Revisit your budget
  • Give yourself time to grieve
3. Being Unemployed
  • Create structure in your life
  • Ask for help finding a job
  • Make major lifestyle changes
Conclusion
  • Recommendations to get moving

Taught by

Jeff Harley and Madecraft

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