Thread regarding Dream Center Education Holdings, LLC (DCEH) layoffs

Document, build a portfolio of your best work

Duplicate important contact information to private accounts

Build relationships with your coworkers

Build an emergency fund

Get private unemployment insurance (cafii.com or safetynet.com)

Ask for an explanation of why you're being laid off, ideally in writing.

Ask when and how you'll receive your last paycheck.

Ask when your benefits (like health insurance) end.

Ask whether you'll receive any severance.

Do not resign

Update your budget (or create it)

Call your creditors and update them (if you cannot make payments)

Massively cut expenses you can live without.

Save, save, save…

Talk to friends and family – vent

Make a plan for self-care – take care of your health

Ask for help if and when needed

File for unemployment benefits

Be ready to document your job-hunting efforts (need this for unemployment).

Consider your options for short-term income.