Career change after a layoff, where to begin? after 16 years as a security officer

My layoff made me rethink whether to stay in my field. It has been a long 16 weeks. I have a little time and a small budget for training. Did you take a pay cut?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 6 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.