I was a Meta HR manager before getting laid off. If I could speak to my younger self, here's what I'd tell her.

Chikara Kennedy founded her own company after being laid off from Meta. Courtesy Chikara Kennedy Chikara Kennedy worked at Meta for nearly five years before getting laid off. Kennedy said to lean on your network after a layoff and let yourself feel the emotions of job loss. She said one mistake she made was waiting too long after the layoff to ask for support. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Chikara Kennedy, the 43-year-old CEO of Chikara Power Coaching, who lives betw...