As published in the September/October edition of InfoSecurity Professional Magazine
By Deborah Johnson
Advice on how to mitigate a sudden job loss due to redundancy, recession or ‘rightsizing’.
Diana Contesti was a business continuity planner at a major steel manufacturer in Hamilton, Ontario, when a recession hit the Canadian steel industry in the early 1990s. The economic contraction forced companies to cut jobs.
Her employer called it “rightsizing” when leadership announced it would cut approximately 3,000 positions. The layoffs were based on seniority by department, and based on that criterion, Contesti knew she was out.
“I was extremely worried. I’m a single mother and all those fears, ‘Oh, my God! How am I going to feed my kid?’ kicked in.”
For years now, a growing global cybersecurity workforce shortage and robust economies have left information security professionals with a strong sense of job security. Still, companies merge, an industry contracts, an organization realigns its focus. That’s when your job may be in jeopardy and, depending on where you live or work, a comparable position elsewhere may be difficult to come by.
If you were to find yourself “downsized,” “rightsized,” “redundant” or any other euphemism for being forced out, would you be prepared?
In Contesti’s case, after her initial panic, the CISSP says she “took a step back and said, ‘I have two degrees. I have skills.’” Those skills came into play. An opportunity arose when the same company decided to crea ..
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