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Severance and How Long to Wait to Start a Job Search

November 20, 2020 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

Severance and How Long to Wait to Start a Job Search

Should you wait until your severance runs out to start your job search?

Filed Under: Career Coaching, Job Loss, Job Search Tagged With: when to start job search

Severance Pay in 2020: How to Get a Better Package

August 7, 2020 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

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If you feel in the back of your mind and there’s something niggling at you that you deserve more, then you probably do.

Filed Under: career management, Job Loss, Termination Tagged With: employment law, severance, severance agreement, severance negotiation, severance package

What To Do When You’re Laid Off.

July 24, 2020 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

What to Do When You're Laid Off

“I Was Terminated Yesterday – HELP!” Today’s topic is, “I was terminated yesterday. I don’t know what to do. Help!”. The answer is, take a rest, take a break and don’t burn your bridges.   First, go and start talking to people because you need to get rid of any anger or rage that you […]

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How To Rebound After A Layoff

June 12, 2020 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

A layoff can be tough on you mentally, emotionally and physically. The renowned Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, a measure of how stress can affect health, rates a termination from work a number 8. Today, terminations, downsizing, canning, layoffs or whatever you name this action, are frequent. It’s a part of business operations as resources […]

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Is a Severance on the Cards for You?

March 13, 2019 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

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It’s a fact of life today that people are terminated due to many underlying business circumstances. Depending on the country or even geographic regions within countries, termination packages can vary dramatically.

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Four Upsides to Being Downsized

October 20, 2014 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

You may not think so at the time, but a termination can be a blessing in disguise. It can benefit you both mentally and physically, can advance your career, and can also boost your bank balance and retirement fund. Of course termination is a negative outcome and not what you want to have happen (though […]

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If The Pink Slip Arrived Tomorrow

May 8, 2014 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

Job security is a myth but too often people fail to plan for a potential time in transition. If the pink slip arrived tomorrow, would you be prepared? Would you know how and where to look to secure your next appointment as expeditiously as possible? An effective career transition plan involves a well written resume, […]

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The Stages of Job Loss Grief

May 6, 2014 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

The loss of a job evokes many negative emotions and often the terminated individual chooses to ignore the impact it has on their life. A termination can lead to depression and a mindset of unworthiness in society, in career life and within the family. Downsizing is very common today and often is not due to […]

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What is Outplacement?

April 14, 2014 by Downsize with Dignity Leave a Comment

Welcome to my new website, Downsize With Dignity. So, what is “Outplacement”? Wikipedia defines outplacement as “the efforts by a downsizing company to help former employees through the transition to new jobs and help them re-orient to the job market”. The costs of the outplacement service is typically provided by the employer as part of […]

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