How Do I Bounce Back After My First Layoff?

In this special collaboration with NPR’s podcast Life Kit, we dig into starting a new job. What are the unspoken rules of your new workplace? How do you recover from a big mistake? When's a good time to ask for a promotion? Look for Life Kit wherever you get your podcasts. 

So you’re thinking about quitting your full-time job and working for yourself. What do you need to consider before you walk away from a corporate career? Key topics include: entrepreneurship, career transitions, managing yourself, careers. 

Businesses of all sizes have taken a ROUGH hit in 2020, and unstable employment is a stressor for everyone right now. So today we’re talking about how to bounce back from a layoff and what to do if it happens to you, with the help of Latesha Byrd, a certified career coach, tal ...

Are you leaving your organization during a critical time? Dan and Alison answer your questions with the help of Shirli Kopelman, a negotiations professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. In this bonus episode, they talk through what to do when you’re plann ...  Show more

We talk about the different professional setbacks women are facing because of the coronavirus crisis and offer advice for dealing with a promotion, project, career move, or entrepreneurial endeavor on hold or lost forever. Guests: Alexandra Kalev and Daisy Auger-Domínguez. 

Being laid off is brutal. It can knock people off career trajectories, destabilize people’s sense of their worth, and cause problems in their personal relationships. This year, the Bay Area has seen more than 15,000 layoffs in tech alone. So, our team here at KQED has gone out to ...  Show more