In case you haven't been paying attention, we're going through a little rough patch economically. On second thought, take that last sentence and substitute the word "little" for "colossal" and the words "rough patch" for "hellhole" and we're getting closer to the truth. People are losing their jobs, their savings, their sanity; in short, things are getting nuts.
Thankfully, I myself have not been laid off. However, if I do have the terrible misfortune of getting the axe I can take solace in the advice of Martin Bihl who shared some survival tactics in a recent article for AdAge's Talentworks Blog.
From the article:
They teach you how to design. They teach you how to write. They teach you how to take a client to lunch, and they even teach you how to get a job. But no one ever teaches you how to be fired. So in these perilous times, if you are one of the folks recently employment-free, let me be among the first to welcome you to your new life -- or at least, to your new life for a while.
And while I'm not going to pretend that anything I say will make it enjoyable, I can offer some advice on how to survive it with a minimal amount of therapy. So here are six simple tips on how to be fired. Take them for what they're worth. And tell me if they make sense to you. (Hey, it ain't like you've got anything else to do.)
2 comments:
Well...? What are "...the six simple steps.." or must I first register at that site you're flogging just to read a two or three hundred work article?
My bad. Articles at AdAge are taken down from the main site after about a week. When I wrote the post, the link was active.
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