From Fear to Focus: Navigating Your Next Move After a Layoff

Whether you're currently experiencing the stress of being laid off or you are concerned about the possibility at your newsroom, suddenly losing your job can be a frightening, isolating experience. 

Join journalist and Career River creator Bridget Thoreson for a one-hour virtual gathering designed to transform that concern into clarity. Bridget will share what she's learned from interviewing 150+ professionals and training more than 1,900 people in 106 countries on how to successfully navigate moments of uncertainty or the unexpected in their careers.

She'll outline the strategies that have helped people weather crisis moments, and offer concrete tips for approaching the job hunt as a data-driven experiment, instead of a roller coaster of rejection. 

Her 30-minute presentation will be followed by optional small-group discussions for you to share what’s on your mind and practice a new framework for finding your way forward.

Breakout room facilitators:

• Monique O. Madan, Co-Lead Storytelling Advisor at the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, and Principal at The Madan Creative Group

Speaker

Bridget Thoreson has spent 20 years ignoring her college advisor's recommendation to avoid journalism because "there aren't any jobs." She has managed strategic editorial collaborations and audience engagement projects with more than 145 newsrooms, as a consultant with social impact firm Hearken and the first Director of Collaborations for the Institute for Nonprofit News. She is the creator of MyCareerRiver.com, where she writes about navigating nonlinear careers.