If you have recently received a layoff notice, Human Resources wants to support you as much as possible. This page offers resources to help you navigate this challenging time, from counseling to benefits to help planning your next steps.
Canopy Assistance Program
Canopy, the university's employee assistance program, offers several confidential support services for employees facing layoff. You will have access to Canopy for thirty days after your last day of employment.
Highlights include:
- Five counseling sessions, in person, virtual, or on the phone, to address anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.
- Job coaching that includes:
- Creating a job search plan.
- Cover letter and resumé help.
- Support with the emotional challenges of losing a job.
- Financial coaching to help with budgeting, managing bills, and coping with financial uncertainty.
Contact Canopy at 800-433-2320 or info@canopywell.com, or by logging in at canopywell.com.
State of Oregon Resources
The State of Oregon Employment Department offers unemployment benefits to workers who are unemployed through no fault of their own. Anyone authorized to work in the U.S. may be eligible.
WorkSource Oregon provides career development and job search resources to residents who have been laid off and/or are looking to make a career change.
Continuing Your Benefits
Find out what happens to your employee benefits such as insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, and paid leave balances, when you leave the university: Leaving UO–Benefits Changes.
Benefits continuation presentation, June 2025
Professional Development Resources
Here are some web and video resources you may find helpful. We've curated this selection carefully to bring you resources that are especially useful and engaging.
LinkedIn Learning
You'll have access to LinkedIn Learning content in your U of O account through your last day of work. If you need help accessing LinkedIn Learning, email learning@uoregon.edu.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Recovering From a Layoff: Make a Structured Recovery Plan (video: 3m 25s) | This short video suggests a framework for your day-to-day job search. (You might also find the full course, Recovering From a Layoff, valuable.) |
| Leveraging Your Transferrable Skills to Drive Your Career (course: 20m 49s) | Don't take yourself out of the running for job postings prematurely by assuming you are unqualified. Learn how to uncover and highlight your strengths to connect your transferable skills to job openings. |
| Nano Tips for Navigating Life After Layoff (course: 9m 37s) | Quick tips for feeling your emotions, career planning, looking for jobs, and making the most out of LinkedIn. |
| Building Resilience (course: 43m) | Psychologist Dr. Emily Anhalt’s course teaches how to build resilience by developing growth mindsets, emotional agility, and strategies to turn challenges into opportunities. It also emphasizes the importance of supportive relationships and concludes with creating a personalized resilience plan for future challenges. |
| Building and Rebuilding After a Layoff (course: 56m 31s) | Layoffs can be stressful and traumatic. When you have this experience, you need to honor the emotional side of what you are going through while looking at the practicalities of figuring out what is next in your career. |
| Identify Your Transferrable Skills (video: 3m 4s) | One key step in career transition is to identify your transferable skills. |
| The New Rules for Resumes (video: 4m 20s) | How to format your resume to beat the bots (AI resume screeners) as well for human eyes. The full course is also worth watching for anyone looking for a new job and needing a boost of confidence. |
| Tell Me About Yourself (video: 5m 36s) | Learn strategies to prepare for this common yet vital open-ended interview question: "So, tell me about yourself." |
| Nano Tips for Nailing Your Job Interview (course: 7m 15s) | Quick tips for answering common interview questions. |
| Find Strengths Where You Least Expect Them (course: 19m 8s) | Uncover your hidden talents, leverage unconventional strengths, and transform setbacks into opportunities. |
Canopy
Canopy presents a series of micro-trainings that can refresh your understanding of the modern job search.
You'll be able to access these YouTube videos at any time before and after your last day of work.
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Resumés and Cover Letters (4m 59s) | Refresher on the elements of modern resumés and cover letters. |
| Networking and References (3m 41s) | Tips for conversational networking and asking for and managing references. |
| Interviewing (3m 10s) | Offers tips on interviewing, such as verbal and non-verbal communication, and how to prepare. |