You’ve just lost your job. It hard. It’s really, really hard. There’s the initial shock, rage or panic—but then it’s time to immediately hop on the endless merry-go-round of excruciating applications, unresponsive recruiters, pleading LinkedIn DMs, and occasional existential crises. You can quickly feel hopeless, all alone, adrift, angry, and at wit’s end.
That’s where we come in.
Fast Company—the go-to authority on career development, workplace innovation, and business news—is debuting Between Jobs: a brand new pop-up newsletter, written for folks freshly out of work and on Day 1 of navigating their new normal.
Want to hire a ghostwriter for your LinkedIn profile, but not sure where to start? Is your new cash flow triggering a panic attack? Tempted to go on a tweetstorm about your old boss and need to be talked down?
We’re here to help.
Between Jobs is your indispensable unemployment resource, as well as a constant, knowledgeable companion to stand beside you on every step of the journey, from filing for unemployment to negotiating an offer.
Each issue is chockfull of deep reporting, bite-sized action items, and step-by-step instructions on what to do next. From professors to therapists, and HR pros to CEOs—Between Jobs fills your inbox with expert insight to make the job search work for you. (And to end it as soon as possible.)
Here’s what you’ll get:
Week 1: Digesting the shock, forming a plan
Week 2: Resumes: How to revamp, optimize, and dazzle
Week 3: Leveraging LinkedIn: the best strategies
Week 4: Fortifying your finances
Week 5: Safeguarding your sanity
Week 6: Tools of the trade: Gig-landing apps, services, and hacks
Week 7: Networking: as important as (and easier than) you think
Week 8: The home stretch: landing the gig
And more . . .