Have you ever experienced an injury when playing – say, your favorite sport like football? Well, if you have, you know what it means to take action in the first 48 hours. Whether you’ve pulled a muscle, injured some ligaments or sustained something more serious, the first 48 hours plays a major role in minimizing injury and speeding your recovery process.
The exact standard applies when confronting other forms of distress – like when you’ve lost a job.
We will illustrate a few steps that are not exactly complex – most individuals will take a greater part of these exploits ultimately. However, the chief principle is TIMING of these actions.
Award yourself consent:
Award yourself consent to be a bit “all over the place.”
It’s not strange to have a bunch of contradictory emotions: for example, feeling angry, sad, traumatized, in denial in addition to being calmed or even contented – all within the initial days of job loss. Having those mixed emotions is part of the process; hence you don’t need to worry much about the situation. It’s common.
Engage a support team:
Instead of holding back out of humiliation or disgrace, ensure you inform your close colleagues what has occurred as soon as you realize or got the information. Family, friends, colleagues and or your clients should be highlighted about your situation. Besides, that information should come directly from you, and not the Wall Street gossip.
Taking such steps ensures support: and all kinds of ideas, contacts, sometimes financial help and opportunities will be through your inner circles. Hence, the earlier these people get informed – the better placed they’ll be to assist you.
Inform your recruiters:
Contact one or more recruiters you know to keep them posted on your situation.
Don’t get concerned about updating resume/CV/ recommendations just yet or even immediately trying to reach recruiters. The point here is just to show them you’re around in case an opening comes up. If they’re ardent to meet right away or they’ll call you with what appears to be an ideal opening, then that should be the time to update your resume/CV/ recommendations. Nevertheless this should not mean you hold off making calls just becaus