You finally landed the dream job. The title, the salary, the company you couldn't stop bragging about. Then one random Tuesday, you get that last-minute HR invite in your calendar.

Sarah Lihan knows exactly how that feels. She went from representing the U.S. at the 2012 London Olympics to a tech exec, then got laid off during COVID. Her hardest lesson: the job loss isn't the real hit. The identity loss is. So before you touch your resume, breathe, and follow the steps in the video.