We hope it never happens to you. But, should you be fired, this straightforward listicle from US News's "Ask a Manager" column will help you navigate those first, chaotic moments.
Unexpected advice includes making your health appointments while you're still on employer insurance, and applying for unemployment benefits — which you can get even if you've been fired. You can also negotiate how your firing will be portrayed to future employers.
And what do you do after you've successfully not sent out a bridge-burning all-staff email? For more on processing the stark emotions a firing can elicit, we recommend this classic HBR article. The key: keeping what the authors call an "assignment" mentality, in which each job is "a stepping-stone, a temporary career-building project."
To read the full, original article click on this link: Morning Advantage: The Right Way to Get Fired - Sarah Green - Harvard Business Review
