When Losing a Federal Job Becomes Personal
Thousands of federal workers have already been severed from the workplace. How can they transition to new careers?
Across the U.S., thousands of people who worked for the government, or supported it as an independent contractor, are reckoning with sudden unemployment.
And some are asking: "I've Lost My Government Job. What's Next for Me?"
Losing a job is one of life's top-three most stressful events.
But having to reimagine yourself for work outside of government--when government work is all you've done in your career--is enough to cause panic.
This week on What’s Your Work Fit?, our guest Mika Cross helped suddenly let go federal employees begin their career transition process.
Mika is a much-quoted-in-the-news Workplace Transformation Strategist, Work Futurist, and leading expert on the Federal Government workforce and workplace. And she, like me, is a founding member of The Future of Work Alliance.
If you are a former federal worker, or you supported a government agency as a federal contractor, then you are surely up half the overnight with worry about your immediate future.
Watch the clip above to ease your woes and aid your transition to a new career opportunity.
When work becomes a wonderful part of the day doing other wonderful things that's a work fit.
And when it happens, our best days lie ahead.
Chin up, everyone! You've got this!
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