Steve Jaffe didn't become an expert on layoffs by studying them. He became one by living through four of them.

His first layoff devastated him. His fourth barely knocked him off course.

In this episode of Pink Slip Pavilion, host Ashley Waddington sits down with Steve Jaffe, author of The Layoff Journey: From Dismissal to Discovery – Navigating the Stages of Grief After Job Loss, to talk about what really happens emotionally after losing your job and why the advice we're often given immediately after a layoff may be exactly what we're not ready to hear.

Update your résumé. Start networking. Apply for jobs. Get back out there.

But a layoff isn't just a career setback. It's a loss that can shake your identity, confidence, routine, relationships, and sense of what comes next.

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