New Delhi, June 15 -- When Amanda Snyder Cathey, a senior product designer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, lost her job at a real estate tech company, it was the second of three major life disruptions in a matter of weeks.

However, instead of succumbing to the post-layoff "fog", she channelled her experience into building a free tool designed to help others navigate the complexities of sudden unemployment.

According to a Business Insider report, February brought a wave of upheaval for Cathey.

The day after finalising her divorce, she was laid off from the company where she had worked for five years. Though she knew job cuts were possible, her former employer had gone through several rounds of them, and the news was still a shock.

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