India, July 15 -- An Indian tech professional has gone viral after sharing the job-search strategy that helped him land a new role just 15 days after being laid off.

In a Reddit post titled, "Found another job after being laid off 15 days ago," the techie said he lost his job just two months after joining a multinational company (MNC), reportedly due to artificial intelligence (AI)-driven restructuring.

"So I joined one company (MNC) two months ago and they laid me off citing AI restructuring. I was hopeless and shattered because I recently started with home EMIs. I panicked and started applying aggressively, cold reaching recruiters on LinkedIn, but what worked for me was referrals. I called all my friends and asked them to refer me fo...