If you’ve been laid off, please let me tell you something.

The best chances for landing your next gig are not through LinkedIn, Indeed, or anything like that. It’s through the people you’ve worked with before.

Start there. Keep checking in with them periodically. Don’t worry that you’ll be a bother, because they’d want the same from you.

And please, PLEASE be gentle on yourself. Job hunting and interviewing is hard and a deeply flawed, chaotic process.

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@josh

Yup it works for the head of the BBC knowing Boris, so it will work for anyone.

@josh @zleap Yep, funny how old boys networks work for old boys! 🤔🙄

@ScotHomestead @josh

If they can do this, so can we, a lot of jobs are down to who you know, hence you keep in touch with old colleagues. The difference is we can be open and transparent about this too, and have no problem with that.

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@josh @zleap

The clue is in the name !
But good advice asking friends and ex colleagues.

@ScotHomestead @josh

The difference is being open about knowing people and how you know them.

@zleap @josh Completely - a professional support network is a brilliant thing, but private/selective groups don’t all have the same credibility…

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