Amplify Digest: Navigating Layoffs (Special Coverage)

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This week’s special episode of the Amplify Digest explores the spike in tech layoffs; including resources and tools to help you navigate before, during, and after layoffs (for employees and those impacted). The newsletter also includes select resources from the Amplify Academy to help those navigating layoffs.

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Articles discussed in this week's Digest (and more)

1. Supporting Your Team During Times of Uncertainty and Change (open-source training deck)

2. CEO Patrick Collison's email to Stripe employees (Stripe)

3. A Layoff Guide (Collective Action in Tech)

4. As layoffs mount, one tech CEO figured out how to do them right (Fortune)

5. Some laid off Twitter employees say they're being asked to come back to Twitter after mass layoffs (Insider)

6. Meta’s reportedly planning to lay off ‘thousands’ of workers this week (The Verge)

7. Tech Companies Are Bracing For A Winter of Layoffs (Crunchbase)

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Bonus Resources

As many companies and employees are navigating layoffs and corporate instability, I’m sharing some resources from the Amplify Learning Lab that may help you during these challenging times.

• Layoff List Template (Coda)

• How to prepare for and communicate layoffs (Pyn)

• Manager Communication Guidance for a Layoff (Pyn)

• Layoff Checklist (Pyn)

• Reduction in Force Toolkit (Series B Consulting/Andrew Bartlow)

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HR Job Search Support

If you have 5+ years of experience and work in HR, people, or recruiting roles and are open to opportunities, consider creating a profile in the new Amplify Talent Collective.

The Amplify Talent Collective is a platform I'm launching in the coming weeks to help companies connect with HR/people talent from my network. 

Here's how it works:

• You can create public or anonymous profiles.

• Companies who subscribe to the Collective can view your profile and request to connect if they want to discuss a specific job based on your experience and interests.

• You choose whether you'd like to speak with them or not.

  • If you’re interested, your contact information is shared so the company can contact you directly.

  • If you're not interested, you decline the invitation to connect.

I'll share more details on the Collective in the coming weeks but I wanted to open early access to support those impacted by the recent economic volatility.

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Amplify Job Board

Spotlighted Jobs:

1. Director, People Operations (Ladder)

2. VP, People & Talent (ChartHop)

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Old Maps Don’t Work For New Worlds

The Amplify Academy was built from the ground up to help people leaders efficiently and effectively connect with diverse learning needs for today and tomorrow.

• Amplify Academy Learning Lab & Community - The Learning Lab is an AI learning platform including a range of courses, resources, templates, presentations, reports, and more to support the learning needs of today’s HR and people practitioners. You can check out an overview of courses, including sample titles, here. Learning Lab subscriptions include access to the Amplify Academy Slack Community, a purpose-designed community to help you build your network equity and connect, collaborate, and grow with peers worldwide. Learn more.

• Amplify Academy Cohorts - Cohorts are four-week immersive peer-learning programs designed to help people leaders build the skills and network needed to build progressive people teams. Note: cohorts are capped at 30 students so be sure to secure your seat early. Learn more.

• Amplify Academy for Teams - Amplify Academy for teams is designed to build readiness and capabilities across your people teams, and specifically at your direct report level with the Academy Cohort peer learning programs. Learn more.

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