No. 1 is if they haven’t already developed a social media presence to do so through building up a personal brand, which I will probably be speaking about or tweeting about in the future. I would also say that you’re not alone. I and plenty of others are here to help and support you to the extent that we can. And network. Continue to chat with people. Continue to learn about what others are doing, learn from them about how they’ve gotten through other difficult times in their careers. And really focus on what makes you happy and what you really want to be doing and then relentlessly pursue avenues that will help you achieve that goal.
— Colin Levy, former General Counsel at Salary.com, tells Corporate Counsel what he would tell other in-house attorneys who have also lost their jobs. Levy’s frank Tweet about getting let go amid a pandemic is making the rounds, and gives a glimpse into the personal impact of businesses’ austerity measures.