Devieka Gautam

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[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

"Here's my resume. Know of any roles?"

This is the weakest message you can send after a layoff.

All ask. No conversation.

People ignore it the second they read it.

Curious beats impressive every time.

What's the worst networking DM you've ever gotten?

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Ghosted while dating is equivalent of layoffs in corporate jobs.

No conversation. No warning. Hits your self esteem

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Tech layoffs are running at over 1,100 cuts a day in 2026, almost double last year’s pace. And a Gartner study of 350 companies found the heaviest cutters saw no better returns for it. So who’s actually benefiting from this? Genuinely asking.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

“I’m between jobs” is the most damaging sentence laid off professionals say about themselves.

It says you’re in a waiting room and someone else holds the door.

Change the words. Change the mindset.

You still calling yourself “between jobs”? Be honest.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

You’re wasting your time and mind if this is your job search strategy 👇🏻

[neural nets. @cneuralnetwork]

Tried out an experiment yesterday to see how hard job market is

Applied to 1150 jobs/cold mails yesterday
1149 ghosted
1 rejected

(in 24hrs)

We're so cooked.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

@sayinshallah Skills?

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

@cneuralnetwork I’d love to see the resume you used. This conversion rate is abysmal

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Getting rehired fast isn’t about effort.

200 applications, same resume, nothing.

12 applications, sharp focus, hired in 3 weeks.

Panic makes you cast wide. Wide feels productive.

It isn’t.

Most people are still spraying.

Fight me on this.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Nobody tells you this part of getting laid off:

The silence is louder than the news.

No call. No closure. Just a calendar invite that says “company update.”

You deserve better than finding out your career changed in a 15 minute Zoom.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Most people search for a job the same way they did 10 years ago.

Cold apply. Wait. Hope.

The market changed. The strategy didn’t.

That gap is why good people stay unemployed longer than they should.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

I got laid off in 2020.

13 person team. Cut to 4.

They called me back once business stabilised.

I said no.

Best decision I never planned to make.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Layoffs don’t feel personal.

Until you’re the one who got picked.

Then it’s the most personal thing that’s ever happened to you.

Stop pretending you’re “fine.” You’re not supposed to be. Not yet.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

3. 5 people who’d vouch for you before you even apply

Most job seekers skip all 3.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Everyone obsesses over the resume after a layoff.

Nobody fixes the actual problem.

3 things that get you hired faster than a resume rewrite:

1. A specific story for “why did you leave”

2. Proof you can do the next role, not the last one

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Ghosted while dating is equivalent of layoffs in corporate jobs.

No conversation. No warning. Hits your self esteem

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Most laid-off Directors and VPs I work with don’t have a skills problem. They have a positioning problem.

Twenty years of “let your work speak for itself” never prepared anyone for a market that requires you to speak for it yourself.

Strongest counterargument you’ve got?

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Tenure used to be your safety net. Now it’s the line item that makes you the most expensive person on the team. Agree or disagree: staying loyal to one company is now the riskier career move.

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Layoffs used to spike in downturns and ease off after. Now they’re just… constant. Tech, finance, retail, media, all year, regardless of how the economy’s doing. Are we still calling this a cycle, or is it just how work works now?

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

There's a specific kind of self-shrinking that happens after a layoff.

- You stop mentioning your old job title.
- You round your ask down.
- You apply to roles a level below what you've actually done.

Anyone else notice themselves doing this without meaning to?

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

@Kimbela494835 or blaming 'ai' for other hidden reasons

[Devieka Gautam @devieka_24]

Tech layoffs are running at over 1,100 cuts a day in 2026, almost double last year’s pace. And a Gartner study of 350 companies found the heaviest cutters saw no better returns for it. So who’s actually benefiting from this? Genuinely asking.