Webinar Replay
The Layoff Reset: Your Career Isn't Over (It is Just Recentering)
A masterclass for mid-career professionals to process the shock of a layoff, reclaim their identity, and build a high-authority search strategy for the current job market.
The Reality Check
It usually happens on a Friday. A "quick sync" appears on your calendar, and thirty minutes later, ten or fifteen years of loyalty, hard work, and institutional knowledge are reduced to a severance packet and a "best of luck."
If you are feeling a mix of anger, shock, and a sudden, disorienting sense of "technological vertigo," you aren't alone.
Why? Because the job market has changed radically since you last looked, and the old rules of "just updating your resume" no longer apply.
But here is what hasn't changed: Your value. A layoff is a business decision made by a spreadsheet; it isn't a verdict on your talent.
What We Will Cover in This Masterclass:
- The Emotional Audit: How to move past the "identity crisis" of unemployment so you can show up to interviews with genuine confidence instead of "layoff scent."
- The Current Job Market Wrap: Why the tactics that worked in 2016 (or even 2022) are failing senior professionals today. And how to navigate AI-filters and "Job Hugging" trends.
- The "Exit Statement": A word-for-word script on how to explain your layoff to recruiters and your network without sounding like a victim.
- The 7-Day Stabilization Plan: The exact steps you need to take in your first week to secure your network, protect your mental health, and avoid "panic-applying."
Who This Masterclass is For:
- The Long-Tenured Leader who hasn't looked for a job in a decade and feels overwhelmed by the "modern" search.
- The High-Achiever who feels their confidence has been shaken by a sudden restructuring or layoff.
- The Strategic Professional who wants to ensure their next move is a step up, not just a "rebound" job.
The Layoff Reset: Your Career Isn't Over (It's Just Recentering)
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Angela Roberts
I have spent the last three decades on both sides of the hiring table in clinical research, and I built this coaching space because I could no longer watch good people get lost in a broken system.
As Co-Founder and Managing Partner at craresources, my team places experienced CRAs, Field Monitors, Site Managers, and Clinical Ops Leadership with Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Medical Device, and CRO clients. That means I see what hiring managers are actually looking for in today's market, what makes a resume get pulled out of the stack rather than buried, and what the market is rewarding right now (which has changed dramatically, even compared to two years ago).
Here is what I know to be true: today's clinical research job market has become brutal. AI-generated ghost candidates. Falsified credentials. Mid-career professionals with 10, 15, and 20 years of real, hard-won expertise are sending 200 applications into the void with zero feedback. If that is where you are right now, you are not imagining it, and it is not because you have lost your edge.
If you are pivoting (a CRA moving into in-house monitoring or PM, a functional expert breaking into CRO leadership, a Clinical Operations Leader exploring consulting, etc.), if you are newly out of work and have not conducted a job-search in a decade, or if you are stalled and cannot figure out where the leak is in your search, I can help. I coach across eight areas of the job search: clarity, personal brand and story, networking, applications and targeting, interview readiness, skills and marketability, mindset and resilience, and life and logistics fit.
My background: I had a decade at IBM leading global transformation programs spanning 17,000+ team members as one of four Senior Transformation Executives before I left in 2008 to build craresources. I am PMP certified, LEAN and Six Sigma certified, and I have contributed thought leadership for ACRP, DIA, Applied Clinical Trials, CenterWatch, Xtalks, and others.
My promise to you: I make high-quality clinical research professionals hard to ignore. I help you translate your experience from fact into proof, build a LinkedIn presence that actually gets found, fine-tune your perfect role and team, become a stronger interviewer, and negotiate the compensation you have earned.
If you are ready to show up for yourself, I am ready to show up for you.
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Webinar Replay: The Layoff Reset
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Your Career Isn't Over (It's Just Recentering)
