| Don't Let Your Termination Rattle You | | | | If you are handed a pink slip, get in touch with the |
| To ward off the negative feelings that come from a | | | | nearest unemployment insurance office without delay. |
| termination, it would be good to have a night out with | | | | Send an e-mail, make a phone call, or better yet, visit |
| friends and have a good time to release your anger | | | | them personally to check on your eligibility for |
| and stress. You should be sure to be your usual self if | | | | unemployment benefits and the process for filing a |
| you should happen to encounter your former boss. | | | | compensation claim, if you qualify. |
| Avoid giving dirty looks and expressing your anger. | | | | Never feel ashamed to ask for assistance and apply |
| If you run into co-workers, talk to them briefly, but take | | | | for unemployment benefits. You have made |
| care that you do not discuss your being fired. It is | | | | contributions for this through your taxes and are |
| necessary to portray strength and determination to | | | | entitled to the compensation. Make sure you take this |
| tackle the situation instead of being weak and | | | | step as early as possible because it usually takes a |
| indecisive. Staying at home just watching TV is not | | | | few weeks for your claim to be processed. |
| good. | | | | Early registration is important, because you will not be |
| Get active and get your life back on track. | | | | entitled to any unemployment benefits before the date |
| Start a Job Search Right Away | | | | of registration of your claim. The unemployment |
| Draw up a job search plan. Be focused and take firm | | | | insurance office will also help you with training facilities |
| steps toward securing fresh employment and treat job | | | | and job lists if applicable. |
| hunting as fulltime work. Contact recruiting agencies | | | | You also need to contact your workers' union for |
| and career centers and search for job openings in | | | | advice regarding your rights. Seek their assistance with |
| newspapers, magazines, and any place jobs are | | | | respect to possible programs for laid-off workers. |
| posted. | | | | Other important information you need to get from |
| Seek interviews by sending appropriately-tailored | | | | them regards accrued vacation pay, sick leave pay, |
| resumes for suitable jobs that are open. To get | | | | pension payouts, separation pay, and continuance of |
| yourself back on track, work hard to get the first job | | | | health and life insurance benefits. |
| that is suitable even if it is not an ideal one that you | | | | Try To Secure a Recommendation Letter |
| would want to stay in for a long time. | | | | Go to the personnel manager or someone in the |
| If you land such a job, continue your search until you | | | | personnel department of the company you are leaving |
| find the best job for yourself and you are on your | | | | for a letter of recommendation. This can be of great |
| way. | | | | help when you apply for a fresh job. Also, check if the |
| Contact the Unemployment Insurance Office and Your | | | | company provides outplacement assistance. |
| Workers' Union | | | | |