Get Beyond the Grind/Layoff Recovery Worksheet

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You just got laid off. Here's how to get your story back.

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A free structured worksheet for professionals who need to reconstruct their professional narrative — fast, clearly, and with the specifics that actually matter.

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Six sections. Here's what you'll work through:

Your Most Significant Contributions

The problems you solved, the results you produced, the work that actually moved things forward.

Your Decisions and Judgment Calls

The moments that show how you think, not just what you did.

Your Numbers and Specifics

The quantifiable evidence that makes your story credible under interview pressure.

Your Defining Moments

The situations that revealed what you're genuinely capable of.

Your Professional Signal

What energized you, what you learned, and what that means for what comes next.

Your Honest Assessment

Where your story is strong and where the gaps are — in your own words.

It's free and it's immediate. No payment required. The worksheet arrives in your inbox the moment you opt in.

It works whether you have five minutes or fifty. Work through it in a single session or return to it over several days.

Built by someone who's been on both sides of the table. John Lundell has spent years in recruiting — placing professionals coming out of layoffs and watching firsthand what separates the ones who land well from the ones who struggle.