Summary: <p><span>When the dot-com bubble burst back in 2000,</span><span><span> </span></span><a href="https://thehiredguns.com/author/allison/">Allison Hemming</a><span><span> </span>was one of the many laid-off employees. At the time, she planned a get together and networking event with fellow-laid off employees to swap career advice, commiserate, and meet with recruiters, and this meetings turned into what she </span><span>dubbed</span><span><span> </span>“</span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pink-slip-parties-laid-off-tech-workers-network-jobs-2022-12">pink slip parties</a><span>.” </span><span>Now, as<span> </span></span><span>more than<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/01/what-the-tech-and-media-layoffs-are-really-telling-us-about-the-economy/672791/"><span>100,000 employees</span></a><span><span> </span>in the tech and media industries have faced layoffs over the past year</span><span>, we talk to<span> </span></span><a href="https://thehiredguns.com/author/allison/">Allison Hemming</a><span>, CEO of<span> </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/thehiredguns/">The Hired Guns</a><span>, a tech-recruiting firm, about pink slip parties, advice for people facing layoffs, and how companies and CEOs can make these difficult moments better for their employees.</span></p>
