EDS is not the Alpha and Omega

Take sometime to add up your bills.

Keep your prescriptions current.

Double check with your dental and medical insurances as to frequency of visits and get in as soon as possible.

Don't overlook eye glasses.

Look at it all realistically. No job tomorrow and no severance.

Develop a worse case plan.

Plan to spend 25 ~ 35 hours a week applying for jobs.

Build a support group, especially those that can give professional references.

Know what your unemployment benefits are.

Do not believe you are immune.

Develop and action plan and follow through.

Talk with those that have been laid off and those have not.

Network, network, network.

Research, Research, Research.

In all reality we have worked for EDS (the number 2 outscouring firm in the world), just remember that it is Ross Perot's old company and mention that when you interview. EDS is a great place to gain experience despite flaws.

Life goes on. Finding a new job requires 25 ~ 35 hours a week. It is a full time job. Don't forget to recruit the family to help. My wife found the ad for my new job. I learned not to be proud and asked for help, even my mother was coming up with opportunities.

Life will go on without EDS. EDS is not the begining and the end of life on this planet.

Take time and do the math about how to pay the bills and cover the costs of living.

Peace