The Worst Advice I Got After a Layoff
I'm glad I didn't follow these four suggestions from my ex-colleagues
(This article appeared previously on AOLJobs.com.)
It's now roughly a year since I was laid off. I immediately got some advice from my still-employed colleagues that sounded supportive, but was 100 percent wrong.
Luckily, I didn't follow any of it. Here is a sample of some of the worst advice I was offered and why I'm glad I didn't follow any of it:
Rhona Bronson is an AOLJobs.com contributor. She has spent more than 30 years in marketing and communications positions with well-known consumer product and media brands. After being laid off as a Senior VP of Marketing in 2009, she started a marketing and consulting company in North Jersey. She later led a marketing group for a regional newspaper in South Jersey. Laid off again in 2013, Bronson conducted a focused job search resulting in her newest position as Director of Marketing for the Delaware River and Bay Authority.