In a volatile job market, layoffs and mass job cuts are making headlines more than ever. Over 95,000 U.S. tech workers lost their jobs in 2024, and 2025 has shown little slowdown. Some of us here at Abivi have been laid off a number of times unfortunately. That increases our motivation to help others find work that matches their innate and unique abilities. If you’ve never had any career guidance or assessments, now is the time.
If you’ve recently lost your job, you might be wondering:
“What do I do now?”
“Is there a free career assessment I can take to figure out my next step?”
At Abivi.org, we specialize in helping people navigate this exact moment — the uncertain space between endings and new beginnings. Through affordable career assessments and guidance, we help you rediscover your direction, your strengths, and your confidence.
📉 Understanding the Layoff Landscape
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. layoffs and discharges have averaged around 1.7 million per month in 2025. Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports that in the first half of the year, over 740,000 job cuts were announced — the highest total since early 2020.
These aren’t just numbers; they represent people — professionals, parents, and students facing transitions they didn’t plan for. The question is no longer just how to find another job, but how to find the right fit.
🔍 Step 1: Take a Career Assessment After a Layoff
A career assessment is more than a quiz — it’s a structured way to uncover your natural strengths, decision-making style, and motivational needs. At Abivi, we use the Rockport Pathfinder Method — a proven system that helps you discover your ideal career direction based on ability, personality, and interest.
🎯 Step 2: Map Your Results to Real Job Options
Once you understand your strengths, it’s time to apply them. We connect your assessment results to real-world data — showing which industries, careers, or academic paths align with your unique profile.
Whether you’re considering a career change after layoff or planning to upskill for your next opportunity, we’ll help you identify where your natural abilities meet market demand.
💡 Step 3: Keep It Affordable — or Free
After a layoff, financial stress can make it hard to think clearly about the future. That’s why Abivi offers low-cost career coaching and free career assessment tools for qualifying participants.
We believe that career counseling shouldn’t be a luxury for a select few, it should be accessible to anyone who wants a better direction.
📊 Step 4: Learn from Real Data
We back our work with data and transparency. For example:
- 95,000+ tech layoffs reported in 2024
- Rising Google Trends interest in “career change after layoff”
- Layoffs.fyi — a real-time tracker of layoffs across industries
These insights remind us that while layoffs are widespread, they also create opportunities to pivot, if you have the right tools and guidance.
🌱 Step 5: Turn Uncertainty into Opportunity
The national layoff numbers tell one story — but your story can be different. A job loss can become a powerful turning point when you understand what you’re naturally built to do.
At Abivi, we help you reconnect with your strengths and translate them into new, sustainable career directions.
Our mission is simple: to make career discovery affordable, accessible, and uniquely personal.
Our unique Rockport Institute assessments highlight your natural abilities pinpoint potential careers to research further and we help with guidance along the way.
