🔥Never quit your job in the down market!

🔥🔥Unless you are burnt out or have a financial cushion!!

Thank you my followers for liking my previous article with Ian. I love Ian's authentic story and sharing. 

🧠 I received some messages thinking that I was being let go and offered me different job opportunities (The power of LinkedIn and Connections)!

I am happy with my role now but I did think of what to do if I were being let go.

🔥🔥Here are 4 tips for myself and my candidates: 🔥🔥

✅ 1) Speak to recruiters and start looking out for different opportunities

⚡Granted the market is slower

⚡Available jobs are lower

⚡Interview processes are longer

⚡Clients are being selective because of uncertainty

⚡ Candidates’ competitions are more fierce

⚡During uncertain times, company usually goes for restructuring/outsourcing

⚡You never know when the next restructuring will happen

⚡It would be best to prepare yourself to explore the job market

✅ 2) Prepare yourself– Mentally: Manage your Stress Level

⚡With layoffs happening more frequently

⚡Workload will increase – one person has to do three people’s work

⚡Stress level will go up too

⚡Learn how to regulate your stress level

⚡I was burnt out few months ago when the market was slow, companies weren’t willing to expand their headcount

⚡My revenue dropped to record low in my entire 7 years’ of recruitment life

⚡I solved this by speaking to my family, supportive boss and best friends

⚡I started exercising more, worked harder and smarter – finding profitable clients and shifting away from the loss making ones 

✅ 3) Prepare yourself – Financially💰💰

⚡ Many people reached out and said they really wanted to quit as they were very burnt out

⚡ I usually advise them that finding your next job would take at least take 6-9 months

⚡ Save up at least 12 months’ of emergency fund if you plan to take a career break

⚡ I understand with the stress level, people get burnt out easily and I experienced that too

✅ 4) Start networking and accumulating your portfolio

⚡ Network with recruiters, hiring managers and HRs

⚡ Once there are new headcount, they will think of you first

⚡ Level up your LinkedIn profile 

(Feel free to DM me if you want to know how to make a good profile)

⚡ Invest in new skills to open up more job opportunities

⚡ Start a side hustle and make passive income

⚡ Try to have more than one income source

⚡ Apart from my pay check, I receive money from rental and equities

💡 What other good tips do you have?

💡 Please comment below!