Where would he or she go???
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So I was laid off last round (2+ years ago) and was in marketing as well. I started as a Sr Manager and left a Sr Director. The biggest problem I faced in staying in the Portland area was many companies assumed my Nike salary would mean I was outside of their pay scale. Also, Nike got me a fair amount of interviews but if changing the type of company prepare for a lot of “we hired someone from within” or “someone with experience in (whatever) field.”
Now I did some research and narrowed it down to 2 different industries that interested me, had growth potential and to some extent were more stable employment opportunities (Nike had 3 layoffs in my 10 years). From there I was hired in one of those industries, albeit at a lower position. Yes I make less money BUT, I have dinner with my husband and son every night, I do not get work emails, calls or texts 24/7, and when I take a vacation I am on vacation.
Start making a plan and networking. Set up coffee or Zoom meetings with people in other industries that intrigue you, you will be very surprised.
Best of luck.
Sorry, OP here - I am in marketing
@1paq if you ask laid off people these past few months, I think you'll discover they're not being sarcastic in the least. It's the reality of the pandemic economy.
@1bey, your sarcasm is less than classy!
Do sh– ton of research on whatever industry you're going to be trying to get a job in. Odds are you won't get hired at the same level as you were at Nike, but having Nike on your resume will open a lot of doors. Something I didn't learn until I started looking for jobs outside of Nike is that pretty much everyone knows Nike's reputation, so I never really had anyone question why I was leaving.
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Depends on your skill set. You pretty much can go to any industry; the question is: what type of role do you or can you assume? For example, are you in marketing, sales, IT, HR, Supply Chain,and risk assessment and compliance? Are you a Project Manager? Scrum Master? A Developer? QA and automation? DevOPs perhaps?