69. Seven Strategies to Prepare For a Potential Layoff

This episode breaks down the seven strategies every evaluator should put in place to increase their career resiliency when faced with a potential layoff. Maria discusses the emotional and physical impacts of layoffs and why no sector is immune to organizational change. She then walks through the exact steps she is taking as an evaluator to increase her career resiliency.

In this episode you'll learn:

✔ How to build a six‑month emergency fund

✔ How to strengthen internal and external professional connections

✔ What "work capital" is and why you need it before a layoff

✔ How to secure shareable work samples without breaking your organization's policies

✔ How to capture and quantify the impact of your evaluation work

✔ Why you should use your health, sick, and vacation benefits proactively

✔ How reducing uncertainties about the layoff process can help you

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