Work It DAILY

Hello my friend. Happy Monday and WELCOME to our NEW *daily* newsletter.

Let's kick the week off right with some ways to make YOU a Workplace Renegade!

In today's email:

• Resiliency: 6 tips for coping when you've been laid off

• Delayed Gratification: Why it's taking longer to get hired these days

• Why Recruiters GHOST: What's causing them to go silent on you

• WOW Factor: Creating a cover letter that gets them at "hello"

• Your Professional Strengths: How to self-assess for a better career

“I’m doing everything I can to sabotage my career. It’s a little thing called ‘fear of success’." — John Stewart

6 Ways To Deal With Getting Laid Off

At this point, we're betting you know someone impacted by the massive wave of layoffs. It can be hard to know what to do when you suddenly lose your job. Well, we've got some tips for helping you move past this career speed bump.

• Fast financial assistance for those in a pinch. Loan, grant, and financial aid programs to help those who are in need of some immediate debt relief.

• Don't become an identify theft victim. Use Incogni to remove your personal data from the internet.

• How to earn cash for your opinions! Take surveys online from the comfort of home to get rewards and cash.

Each day, we feature a suggested topic from a reader. This is today's request:

If your LinkedIn game needs improving, here are some resources to help with that. And, a few other things you will want to know to land a job sooner.

👥 Upping your LinkedIn game: How make better use of your LinkedIn profile right now.

⏰ The ticking clock of job search: It's taking longer to get hired these days. Here's why.

👻 Why that recruiter GHOSTED you: There's a right and WRONG way to connect with recruiters on LinkedIn.

QUESTION: Have you ever wondered why finding the RIGHT job and building a satisfying career path is so complex? Honestly, why does it have to be so HARD?

ANSWER: Because school and employers don't teach us the one thing we need to be able to get what we want out of work: how to properly assess our professional strengths!

That's right, understanding your unique combination of traits is the KEY to building your ideal career. Which is why you should attend our upcoming, *FREE* Professional Strengths BOOTCAMP. Click below to learn more and reserve your spot.

PS - Can't attend the live session? No worries! Sign up and we'll send you the recording.

How To Write A Cover Letter Recruiters Will LOVE

You've probably been told that recruiters don't read cover letters. Well, that's not true. They don't read BAD cover letters, which make up about 95% of the ones the receive. However, at Work It Daily, we've perfected the art of the "Disruptive Cover Letter" which gets them at "hello"!

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