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Layoffs: Maybe the best career move ever

6 situations when a layoff is the best career move

Remember those late night ads on TV? "Are you stuck in a dead-end job? Going nowhere?" Is that how you feel when you go to work every day? If it is, then getting laid off might be a good thing for you. When is a layoff the best career move? Here are 6 situations when it is possibly your best career move ever.

#1 - When you are bored with your job

If you have been at the same job for a few years things can easily get boring. If you do the same tasks all the time, you quickly know how to do them, and long ago had the fun of trying to maximize your efficiency in completing those tasks. There are many reasons you could still be in the same job (really good at it, busy outside of work, boss wants you there), but after a few years it gets harder and harder to make a chance short of doing something drastic. In this situation, a layoff will get you out of that rut and on to something new. Just the change of routine will make you happy and motivated!

#2 - When you have low self-confidence

This may sound strange, but it's true. People who don't have confidence in themselves don't think they are worth anything, or that they would ever be able to do a different job. So years later it's the same thing. But while a layoff may look like a huge blow to your self-confidence, think about the job search that comes afterwards. Simply writing your resume forces you to look for things you have accomplished in those years at work. Everyone is surprised at some of the things they had forgotten. This is why it's often a good idea to have someone else help you with your resume - you often forget some of the best things about yourself. Then looking at job postings can make you realize that you have way more skills than you ever thought would be useful. So by the time it comes to the interviews, you are overflowing with confidence, and its all thanks to that layoff.

#3 - When you hit the ceiling

Some companies have very limited room for you to move upwards. Sometimes it's as bad as waiting for someone to die before a position opens up. Honestly you can put up with this for a while, but if you are executive material and you are working a job way below that you can only take it for so long. A layoff here will free you up to go look for the job you know you are qualified to do. You can likely get your supervisor or coworkers to agree that you are qualified but there were no positions for you

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