Networking is an effective way to expand and explore your options, but be sure you know what's most important to you first to get (and give!) the most out of these connections.

The way a company lays people off says a lot about them.

The impact spans from those laid off to those who were left with a bad taste in their mouth to those with a mountain of work and no end in sight. Naturally, anyone affected who is looking for their next role is afraid of ending up in the same position.

If you don’t define what necessary rest looks like for you now, you will continue to burnout no matter how aligned you are with your next role, company, and industry.

I've compiled those here for a quick reference. Some tactical, some a little more woo-woo, because well... career clarity takes a bit of both. There are the practical pieces like work/life balance and compensation, and then there are the less quantifiable parts like passion, culture, and personal values that require a bit more introspection.

I've been hearing more and more people talk about work/life balance and giving tips on how to manage your time while balancing everything that your job and your life throws at you. And I think most of us have come a long way on that front - we're blocking our calendars as out of office for important personal time like appointments, family time, and hobbies; we're actually using our PTO and taking days off to unplug; we're making sure we're using no meeting days, and the list goes on.

As budgets have been cut and lay-offs have divided teams, a lot of marketers are feeling like they need help and that they're not getting it.