After a Layoff—Which Comes First?

Today I took a look at Patra Frame’s video on You Tube, entitled “The Worst Mistake in a Job Search.” Patra is a management consultant, speaker and author in the Washington, D.C. area (Strategies for Human Resources). Her series of videos for jobseekers includes this one, in which she offers advice on what to do first when you lose a job…and it’s not quite the same as I suggested in my July 9 posting, although not totally opposed to it.

On July 16, I suggested that after being laid off, you should contact everyone you know to tell them of your new situation and then gather your resources, including your resume, before doing anything else. Next, I said, you should take stock of yourself. Patra reverses the order, and she may be right about that. How can you write a resume if you don’t really know what direction you are going?