If I’ve learned anything over the past few months it’s that you don’t always need a plan. Plans and life can go awry for reasons out of your control.
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The world in which we live in today is extraordinary, with mass layoffs happening each week.
When you lose your job due to circumstances that are out of your control, such as your company just cannot afford to keep you, it’s difficult to process, because it’s not that you did anything wrong.
The current pandemic has brought U.S. unemployment to an all-time high, and has put our economy and so many lives on hold.
Because the coronavirus happened so suddenly, it was a crushing blow for many who were unprepared and who live paycheck to paycheck. Those who are lucky to still have jobs are finding themselves dealing with salary cuts, no bonuses and sometimes reduced hours or furloughs. The employers that will emerge stronger are those that treated their employees with care and empathy.
The bright side is that you can emerge from these situations as a stronger, better version of your professional self and use this time to propel you to greater success and work situations that are a better fit for you.
It’s never been more important to use LinkedIn regularly as we are now exclusively having to network online and conduct most of our social lives and business by video conference, email and phone during the COVID19 outbreak.
So what can you do right now to build your brand and business during this uncertain time? The answer is to regularly use LinkedIn.
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