I just had the fourth layoff of my career earlier this month.
It doesn’t get easier per se, but you do start to develop a process, and having a process makes the whole ordeal a lot less daunting.
Perhaps the most daunting part for me right now is that I’ve spent the better part of a decade getting hired by people I worked with before, and this is the first time no one in my immediate network has a req open. Still, the value of a network is paramount: To paraphrase another comment here, do good work and be good to work with, and you will have people out there looking for a reason to get you in the door.
It doesn’t get easier per se, but you do start to develop a process, and having a process makes the whole ordeal a lot less daunting.
Perhaps the most daunting part for me right now is that I’ve spent the better part of a decade getting hired by people I worked with before, and this is the first time no one in my immediate network has a req open. Still, the value of a network is paramount: To paraphrase another comment here, do good work and be good to work with, and you will have people out there looking for a reason to get you in the door.