How Women Who’ve Lost Work Are Coping
Women at Work
English - November 02, 2020 16:25 - 25 minutes - 24.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsCareers Business News Business News gender women hbr equality progress human resources workplace harvard Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Three women who’ve lost work because of the pandemic open up about how they’re processing what's happened and finding a way forward
The pandemic has taken jobs, gigs, customers, and contracts from countless women. And many still aren’t sure when their industries will reopen or when clients will be ready to hire them again.
Three women — a massage therapist, an opera singer, and a small business owner — who lost work in March open up about how they’ve been coping with the changes to their employment and finding a way forward.
Resources:
“When Losing Your Job Feels Like Losing Your Self,” by Aliya Hamid Rao
“How Unemployment Affects Twentysomethings’ Self-Worth,” by Jeylan Mortimer et al.
“Making Sense of the Future After Losing a Job You Love,” by Sally Maitlis
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