Just started actually feeling competent instead of like I was faking my way through standups. Trying to keep the resume update boring and factual instead of panicked, which is harder than it sounds. If anyone's been through a second search right after a layoff, how long did the reset actually take you?
Four months of finally feeling settled just to start over is such a specific kind of exhausting. Hope the second search moves faster for you.
Went through a second layoff after eighteen months at the last place. Second search felt faster mostly because the resume and story were already sharp, less because the market was any kinder. Hang in there, the reset is real but usually shorter than it feels right now.
The severance runway caught me off guard more than the actual search did last time. Budgeting for longer than you think you'll need made the whole thing feel a lot less like a countdown.
Sending good luck on the reset. Keeping the resume update factual instead of panicked is the right call, hiring managers can tell the difference between a layoff and a performance issue if you just state it plainly.
Went through this exact sequence last year, comfortable for about four months then a round hit half my team. Second search took me around ten weeks, noticeably faster than the first time since I already had my materials and story dialed in.
