Marlo Lyons, a seasoned career coach with over 20 years of experience and author of 'Wanted: A New Career,' shares invaluable advice on navigating today’s uncertain job market. She discusses the emotional and financial impacts of layoffs, emphasizing the need to reassess your worth and explore new opportunities. Marlo highlights the importance of networking and aligning job searches with personal values. Additionally, she offers practical steps for creating effective post-layoff action plans and adapting financial strategies for future success.
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Firing Sparks Career Pivot
Marlo was fired from her job as a TV news reporter due to emotional struggles after a broken engagement.
This firing pushed her to reflect and pivot away from TV news to law and later to HR.
insights INSIGHT
Value Want Over Can Do
Focus on what you want to do, not just what you can do.
Fulfillment comes from aligning work with your passions, not only your skills.
volunteer_activism ADVICE
Document Accomplishments After Layoff
Write down your accomplishments soon after a layoff to boost confidence.
Highlight achievements that excited you to help focus on fulfilling work.
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Gone are the days of constantly job hopping in order to rapidly boost your salary! Remember when perusing new job listings during your lunch break while WFH led to a 10-30% pay bump?! Now, with the uncertainty we’re experiencing in the overall market, it’s not just the new hires who are a bit nervous about hanging onto their jobs. Even government workers who thought they had fairly secure positions might be on the chopping block. Long-time employees are experiencing job insecurity! Which is why we’re glad to speak with career coach Marlo Lyons, because not only does she have over 20 years of experience in the hiring and firing field, but she has personal experience and a unique perspective having been fired herself. Marlo is the author of “Wanted: A New Career” where she goes in-depth on pivoting to a new career, she has a new book out about landing that first job, and she’s host of the Work Unscripted podcast. Listen as we discuss the shifting job market, focusing on “can do” jobs vs “want to do” jobs, three steps that everyone looking for a job needs to take, and plenty more during this episode!
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