If my job vanished next month, how ready would I be?

A readiness check on your contacts, proof of work, skills and pitch, with three moves for this month.


When to use
When there are rumors at work, or there aren’t and you’d like to stay ahead of them.
Time
10 min

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Imagine my job ends a month from now. I’m not expecting it, but I want to know how ready I’d be to find the next one. Ask me up to six questions, one at a time, about who I could call about work, what proof of my work I could show a stranger without using anything that belongs to my employer, how current my skills are, and whether I can say in two sentences what I do and what I’d look for. Then rate four areas, contacts, proof, skills and pitch, as ready, shaky or exposed, each with the answer you based it on. Give me the three things to do this month that would help most, each small enough for one evening. Don’t reassure me, and say what you can’t judge from here. Be direct. No padding and no reassurance I did not ask for.

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