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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My entire field was laid off essentially overnight in February with the termination of USAID. There are now thousands of us with very similar skill sets - and overlapping networks - looking for jobs. It is utterly brutal. I expect it will take well over 6 months for people to transition to new industries or retrain. As to PP’s question about how you support your family…well, you can’t. I have colleagues who are now relying on unemployment and food pantries.[/quote]

My (now) spouse moved from the private sector to humanitarian/aid sector right before 2008. Was laid off so went back to school and it took almost a year to find a FT role in their field. They had to move home with parents and it caused a strain. Their parents viewed it as a "failure" to move home.   They took a lesser title and salary role, but worked their way up.  In the meantime they worked multiple PT jobs including driving a (small) truck, doing laundry, etc.

For a variety of reasons we both left the field many years ago.  We went back to grad school (again) and pivoted.  My spouse could not get the role they wanted, so ended up in a completely different field, but is very successful.  They are not happy, but we have a family and you gotta do what you gotta do.  I am happier in my career, but make less $.  There are trade offs.

Friends who have been laid off and they are being VERY picky in what they apply for.  A friend was laid off in HR and only is applying for VP level even though they weren't VP level before.  I have another friend who has no college degree but worked their way up from a warehouse position to a Program Manager position, was laid off and had to take another warehouse position elsewhere after looking for 12 months but only looking for PM level roles.  I had offered to connect them where I work but they weren't interested.

You can't really be picky honestly.  I went from a Director level to a Manager level then worked my way back up again.  If I had only applied for Director level roles it would have taken me a lot longer.  I was not too good to take a step down.  [/quote]

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