Laid-Off MBA Banker Wants to Ensure "It" Doesn't Happen Again - Wake Up And Join the Rest of Us in Almost Total Career Uncertainty

 "I don't want to be in this position ever again, and am thinking of switching to work that is more steady industry-wise. I have a masters degree in business administration ..."

 Reddit Career Guidance, January 2023. Here is the thread.

Where has this MBA been as the world of careers turned volatile? There are few if any safe harbors. 

Even those laid-off from Big Tech who landed jobs in smaller businesses or other sectors have accepted they will remain vulnerable to the law of supply and demand as well as profit maxing. For many of them that was the transition from expecting to hang out with their former employer for as long as they wanted. Some had been just promoted. Then escorted out the door. Today, IBM joined the conga line of major layoffs. 3,900 cut. 

However, this new way to earn a living - just-in-time and maybe involving career change - is plenty stressful. Here is the article on that I recently published in O'Dwyer Public Relations.

There could be antipathy toward white male boomers who spent their careers with one organization. Not that they didn't have their struggles along the way. But there was the along the way. Now, there's a cliff. We fall off it. Most of us, though, manage to scramble back onto something that delivers income.  For a while. 

Those I coach haven't been sidelined by the changes. They anticipated that they shouldn't settle in and get comfortable Instead, learn new skills, pick up a certification, and network outside the usual comfort zones.

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