These days, even the most-talented, hardest-working professionals have discovered that they’re not immune from the flood of layoffs sweeping the nation. Unemployment rates are soaring and economists are forecasting that more tough times are ahead.

For many individuals, this means that if they haven’t already been laid off, the potential that they may suddenly become unemployed is building every day. Therefore, it’s imperative that people — whether they have a job or not — know how to bounce back from sudden unemployment.
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After getting laid off in 2008 from her corporate job of five years, Sheila Miller, a marketing professional from the Southeast, noticed a coworker pal who was still with the company “acting strange.”

Miller tried to contact her friend outside the office but got the sense that her friend was ducking her calls and e-mails. Not only that, “When I did get her on the phone, she was very quick to hang up,” Miller said.

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