Studies show about half of Americans will experience a layoff in their lifetime. Cheddar News' Ready4Work docuseries on Thursdays at 8:30pm provides tips in its latest episode on what to do if you get that pink slip.

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Ready4Work Tips for Those That Have Been Laid Off

And have you ever been laid off? Studies show nearly half of Americans will experience a layoff in their career at least once and in our new docuseries ready for work, we explore what actions you can take. If you find yourself on the wrong side of a pink slip. The truth is everyone experiences layoffs in wildly different ways for some people. It is a mega traumatic experience and they need time to sort of acknowledge and accept the change, the major sort of, you know, earthquake of the change that just occurred. Other people want to jump right into the next job. They want to just go into the job search, find the next job and think nothing of it. Now, there is no right or wrong. As a coach, my job is not to judge but to support what people want, but it's also to open people's minds up to the possibilities. So what is the risk of trying to go right into the job search and find that next job in a couple of weeks? Yes, you'll have a paycheck really quickly, but perhaps you've lost the opportunity to take stock of what did you love? About that last job. What did you hate? And you can get more job hunting advice and follow our job seekers journeys by watching, ready for work tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. plus, scan the QR code for more on the show, job tips and, and to see who's looking and hiring in your area. And remember if you've missed an episode, you can catch up on news. 12 New York.