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Celebrate Your Layoff
No matter what the popular term of the day might be, the reality of layoffs is now with us. We’re in a downturn and it’s going to last a while. And while companies may be trying to find the nicest way to lower the boom, if the boom is falling toward you, there is no ‘nice’ about it.
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When a company is struggling financially its employees could face a layoff. Preparing for a layoff may shorten the period of time you will be unemployed. Here are steps you can take to help keep a layoff from hitting you too hard.
Survive Layoffs – How to Survive Layoffs
Employment in the financial services industry is highly cyclical, creative a constant imperative for employees to be prepared to survive layoffs. During bull markets, when the prices of financial assets are rising, financial services firms expand and hire aggressively. With the slightest hint of an oncoming bear market, when the prices of financial assets appear to be starting a general, prolonged decline, financial services firms ruthlessly slash headcount and payrolls. It is not unusual to see employment in a given firm fluctuate by as much as 50% between market peaks and troughs.
