Finding a Job during a Recession or Challenging Economic Times

Whether you've been laid off or had your hours reduced, learn strategies for finding a job during challenging economic times. Discover how to create a recovery plan, cultivate resilience, explore career options, update your resume, network virtually, and improve your job search and interview skills.

Create a structured recovery plan.
Build and grow your professional network.
Improve your interviewing skills.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: How to Manage Feeling Overwhelmed
-Stop feeling overwhelmed. Learn how to remain focused, productive, and in control in the face of whatever comes your way.

Course 2: Building Resilience
-Learn research-based strategies to foster resilience, not only to withstand adversity, but also to leverage it for transformation and innovation.

Course 3: Navigating Your Career Through Restructuring, Layoffs, and Furloughs
-Reclaim your power in a rapidly changing workplace. Learn how to recognize shifts in workplace dynamics and turn uncertainty to your future benefit.

Course 4: Finding a Job on LinkedIn (2021)
-Learn how to find a job using the world's #1 professional network: LinkedIn.

Course 5: Find a Job in the Hidden Job Market
-Learn how to get access to unadvertised jobs in the hidden job market with these networking and job search tips.

Course 6: Digital Networking Strategies
-Discover smart strategies for building a professional network online and leveraging connections for career advancement or finding new career opportunities.

Course 7: Recession-Proof Career Strategies
-Make your career recession proof. Learn practical strategies that can help you gear up for the next economic downturn.

Course 8: Managing Your Job Seeker Mindset
-Learn six strategies for developing and sustaining a positive, beneficial mindset to ensure a successful job search.

Course 9: Writing a Resume
-Create a resume that impresses hiring managers and speaks to your personal and professional strengths. Learn about the nuts and bolts of resume formatting, layout, and word choice.

Course 10: Expert Tips for Answering Common Interview Questions
-Ace your next job interview. This collection of bite-sized videos shows how to deliver strong, well-crafted responses to some of the most common questions posed by job interviewers.

Taught by

Brie Reynolds, Heidi Hanna, Jolie Miller, Jenny Foss, Jason Schenker, Oliver Schinkten, Christopher Taylor, Erica Dhawan, Tatiana Kolovou, Stacey A. Gordon, MBA, Jenny Foss, Dawn Graham, PhD and Careercake