How to Recover from a Job Disaster

Losing a job is everyone's worst nightmare. But when it actually happens? Taking time for self-reflection may be your best strategy for a speedy rebound. Sooner or later, it happens to the best of us. Maybe a reorg means you’ve gained a nightmare boss. Or you’ve accepted a job that’s a bad fit and need to quit for your sanity. And then before you know it, you’ve cruised into a full-on job disaster. Losing a job ranks high on the list of most stressful life changes, just behind divorce and losing loved ones. And it comes with a boatload of anxieties: How will this look on my resume? How long will my bank account hold out? And of course: How will I land a new job?