How long did it take you from starting your job search to getting an offer? Laid off recently and feeling super overwhelmed/depressed

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OP, I got made redundant years ago, and was unemployed for 6 months. I did spend 2 months cruising around travelling and backpacking, to get some perspective, but once I got home and hit the applications, it was scary. Silence from the market was deafening.

I just treated every week day like work, I hit recruiters and online apps, went to the gym and had lunch, then got back to it.

Patience and determination will get you through this!

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a month. Was laid off too. What worked is actively applying in linkedin - both FT and contract and also reaching out to network. Updating linkedin also helped.

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What companies are laying off? Was under impression we are still in boom times for consulting

^ yeah did all of that. It’s only been a week since I got the news, but just feeling more and more discouraged everyday. Took me 4 months to find the job I had, and 2 weeks into my new role they laid me off.

which firm ?

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Laid off from an industry role, not consulting. Fortune 20 company.

2.5 months. Also worked at a restricted client at the time so there were extra hoops to jump through

PwC has been laying off a bunch of folks from their Advisory practice in expectation of a slow down in 2019-2020.

Any update on status OP, you land a job?

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I was recently laid off and I am actively search for a new role. I am mainly targeting ScrumMaster, Product Analyst, and Business Analyst jobs, but I am open to others.

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