Making the Most of Your ‘Between Jobs’ Phase

The American job market is wobbling again. Layoff announcements have quietly climbed past one million this year, the highest level since the early pandemic, as companies restructure, adopt AI at record speed and brace for economic uncertainty. November alone brought more than 71,000 planned cuts. AI has been directly tied to more than 54,000 layoffs so far in 2025. Even tariffs have taken a toll, wiping out thousands of jobs across the country.On paper, the headlines don’t always match the lived