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About PostLayoffPlan

PostLayoffPlan is an editorial publication for white-collar US workers in the 30+ days after a layoff. Coverage focuses on financial survival, career transition, mental health, and the family/household impact of professional unemployment.

Our coaching team

Sarah Chen, Marcus Diaz, and Ellen Park are the editorial pen names under which the PostLayoffPlan team publishes. Articles are researched and written by our editorial team and reviewed for accuracy before publication, each with the coaching lens appropriate to its topic, and each citing primary sources (IRS publications, state employment-department guidance, EEOC, USCIS, peer-reviewed mental-health research) throughout.

Layoff Recovery Coach

Sarah Chen

Sarah Chen covers layoff recovery finance for PostLayoffPlan. Her articles walk through the operational decisions that hit in the first 90 days after separation: mortgage forbearance windows, COBRA-vs-ACA calculator math, 401(k) options at separation, credit-protection tactics during a job search, and the order-of-operations problems that don't appear in any textbook.

Focus areas: Layoff recovery finance · Mortgage forbearance + credit defense · COBRA vs ACA decision math · 401(k) options at separation · Emergency fund management

Career Transition Strategist

Marcus Diaz

Marcus Diaz covers career transition for PostLayoffPlan. His articles focus on the tactical decisions that follow a layoff: how to explain the separation in interviews, when to use LinkedIn's Career Break feature, what to put on a resume when the gap is six months long, how to negotiate offers after a long search, and the role-and-industry-specific reentry playbooks that generic career advice misses.

Focus areas: Career transition after layoff · Interview preparation + scripts · LinkedIn strategy · Resume gap explanation · Side income + consulting bridge

Layoff Mental Health Writer

Ellen Park

Ellen Park covers the emotional and psychological dimensions of layoff recovery for PostLayoffPlan. Her articles address the questions readers don't ask in financial planning sessions: how long is "normal" to feel depressed after job loss, how to rebuild a sense of identity when work has defined it for years, how to navigate the strain a layoff puts on a marriage, and what to do when a job search stretches past six months and hope thins out.

Focus areas: Layoff depression + grief · Identity loss + recovery · Job search burnout · Family impact + spousal strain · Long-term unemployment psychology

What we don't do

PostLayoffPlan does not provide individualised financial, legal, tax, or psychological advice. Articles are educational and analytical. Readers with complex financial situations should consult a CFP, CPA, or attorney. Readers experiencing significant emotional distress should consult a licensed mental-health provider; the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 988.

We do not accept third-party paid placement or affiliate links within editorial coverage. Some posts reference tools and services operated by SeveranceCalc.com. SeveranceCalc shares a publisher with PostLayoffPlan, and we may direct readers to its assessment service when relevant. Links to SeveranceCalc tools are marked as sponsored, and the relationship does not direct our editorial coverage: articles are commissioned, researched, and edited on their own merits.

Contact

Story tips, corrections, and source pitches: editor@postlayoffplan.com.

If you have a recovery story you'd like to share anonymously as aggregate data for our coverage, we welcome those submissions at the same address.