Last month’s drop in the unemployment rate to 7.8% may be a sign that the labor market recovery is picking up steam, but many workers are still facing layoffs as businesses struggle to make ends meet and are forced to trim their payroll.
“A lot of people think we’ve made it through the storm but we haven’t,” says Nicole Williams, connection director at LinkedIn. For workers in fear that a layoff is imminent, experts suggest to still keep performing at their highest level while looking for a new job.