7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

You know the usual advice for people who just lost their job:

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

"Start your job search as soon as possible. Don't hesitate. Update your CV, start networking and keep looking."

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

This is conventional wisdom and most people follow it. Nothing wrong with that on the face. It's what everyone does. It usually works. You will find a job. You've had…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

In fact, there are 7 questions you might want to ask yourself if it wouldn't be better to put off your job search and spend your time differently for a…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

1. What is the economic situation of the industry and the city you are in?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

If you look at an industry that is going downhill in your city, how much would it benefit you to look for a job there? At what company if everyone…

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7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

2. What is your personal economic situation?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

Does it make a difference if you are 50 or 30 years old? whether you have severance pay or no severance pay; no money in the bank vs. a great…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

3. What is your personal family situation?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

Does it make a difference if you are single or have a spouse? Can you take more risks as an individual? Or does having a family offer more emotional stability…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

4. What are your unique personal and professional needs?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

What if you are unsure how to proceed professionally? How high is your “brain damage” from an intense career? Is it time to take that "once in a lifetime" vacation?…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

5. Could you have a better career with additional education?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

How about investing in some education and increasing the chances of finding a better job later? How much would education help you find a job? How much time would it…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

6. Is there a risk of taking the next possible job?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

In good times it is easy to find a new job with the same or higher salary. What happens in recessions with falling wages? If you cut 20% on the…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

7. What is your time worth?

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

Given that total years of work can add up to 30-40 - why rush? Thirty to forty years of work equals 360-480 months. Can it really be that bad to…

7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting Your Job Search After a Job Loss

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