I am an avid listener of Manager Tools, a wonderful podcast. If you haven’t ever listened to it, I highly recommend it for anyone in, or aspiring to a management and/or project management role.
The guys recently took a piece of their premium content and made it available to everyone. It’s specifically about preparing for and dealing with layoffs, and they set up a special page titled “Help WIth Recent Market Turmoil”. [Editors note: this link seems to be down as of 5/10/2009]
I have been laid off myself a total of 5 times since 2001, and have learned a great deal from those experiences. The first time, I had a very hard time dealing with the emotions involved, and trying to get by without having prepared for this risk financially. Please, if you don’t feel prepared for this risk should it happen, check out this resource for your own benefit.
Risk management is always a good idea, whether in your projects or in your career.
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