Hi all, victim of a layoff here and looking for a new gig. I've been involved in SEO for a long time (20+ yrs, really). I also have data analyst and developer background. I've built automations before they were sexy. Last several years I've been an in-house for a non-english media enterprise in a saturated market and in hosting vertical for a global company.

Recently I was leading a team of 8 SEOs as a Senior SEO manager and we managed to tackle a downward traffic trend into 3x growth from SEO.

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I hope this worked out for you. I have 10 years of experience with household name brands and I can’t get hired to save my life. Got laid off in March and turned down after the final interview for every single one. If I don’t land the next job maybe I’ll land just off the nearest cliff somewhere

Well, nothing definitive has landed yet. :( Apparently my location is an issue for many companies (Finland) as I'm an old grunt in the field and not really willing to relocate anywhere. :) Even though in last gig I had about 1000 miles distance to my team and still we got everything going on nicely.

I feel you, savings are running out fast. Hopefully will land something soon. But not considering a cliff as an option though, just fighting through.

I feel your pain, I have 20+ years of experience and I am having a hard time getting into interviews. It is unbelievable what is going on.

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