Your Layoff Emergency Kit

They say that you should have an emergency kit filled with first aid, fresh water, road flares, whatever, to survive a stalled car/snowpocalypse/zombie invasion. The idea being that while all your neighbors are running around like crazed monkeys trying to buy toilet paper before the stores close, you already have everything you need.

The same is true about prepping for a layoff. Here’s the story of a jobseeker who was unexpectedly laid off but was ready that day with her information, LinkedIn profile, and so on.

Yesterday,