According to Anphabe Company, losing a job at any age is difficult, but for those who have gone a long way, have held stable positions or management positions, this shock is often many times more severe. Because it not only affects finances, but also the shaking of "professional ego" - something that is inherently associated with each person's identity.
When workers are used to being seen through their jobs: as a trusted manager, a leading expert or at least an individual with a solid position in the organization, when they lose their jobs, many people immediately fall into a state of crisis. Immediately after that, the questions: Who am I if I no longer have this job; what value do I have when AI takes over and the younger generation is mastering the game... are always present.
However, losing a job does not always mean weak capacity. In most cases, this is the consequence of organizing a change of direction, not because the personnel are no longer valuable.
When businesses are forced to restructure, they will usually keep the most suitable people for the new path, not the people who have been with them for the longest time or who work the most hard. This may be harmful, but it reflects the objective reality of the business environment: the "suitable" factor is no less important - even more important - the "good" factor.
Looking from a positive perspective, this change may become a catalyst for middle-aged workers to ask themselves: "Where does our core value really lie?".
Anphabe Company recommends 3 steps for middle-aged workers to restart their career path.
Stopping but not standing still in fear
Losing a job is an event, but it is also an opportunity for us to look back. Instead of frantically looking for a new job just to fill the void, allow yourself a pause - enough to breathe, calm down and re-determine the direction.
The most important thing is not to let fear dominate, because the more afraid we are, the easier it is for us to make hasty, inappropriate choices.
Restart from real strength
One of the most common mistakes of middle-aged personnel when losing their jobs is trying to "copy" the old journey. But in reality, the market changes, the needs change, and we ourselves have also changed.
What needs to be done is to return to the core strengths: What skills do you believe you are superior to 90% of the majority out there; what did you once share that made others exclaim "wow, too useful, too inspiring"; what makes you enthusiastically do, even when the income from it is not immediately high?...
The answers to these questions will open up clues for you to reposition yourself in the market.
Do it again, but not from zero
The advantage of middle-aged personnel is having rich life experience - this is a competitive advantage compared to younger generations. Many people have succeeded when becoming trainees/entrainers in their professional fields; switching to freelance or independent consulting, both flexible and financially proactive; studying extra and changing fields, taking advantage of accumulated thinking to open new doors or boldly starting a business with ideas cherished for a long time, now having the opportunity to implement.
The important thing is that each choice does not start with a "full zero", but is built on existing foundations - experience, network of relationships, skills and maturity that have been cultivated over many years.
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