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How to Deal with Getting Laid Off

How do we deal with losing our jobs? Our guests offer practical suggestions for coping, including how to avoid getting laid off in the first place, how to maximize and increase your job skills, how t

How to Deal with Getting Laid Off

Maureen Cavanaugh : You know that you'll get another job, maybe a better job, and maybe a better life. But right now, after having been laid off, perhaps you're not in the mood for a pep talk.

Losing a job is ranked right up alongside a death in the family as one of life's major stressers.
And lots of people are having to deal with that stress right now.

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California's unemployment rate is hovering near 10-percent. So, if you're out of work, you've got a lot of company. But that's probably not what you want to hear either.

Today, we are going to offer some advice about how to handle a lay-off, and we hope it helps. We'll discuss how to maximize and increase your job skills, how to deal with depression and stress
and even what to tell the kids.

Guests

  • Christine Probett , former president of Goodrich Corporation and currently a lecturer in SDSU's
    College of Business Administration.
  • David Peters , licensed family therapist with a private practice in San Diego.