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Leaving HP or HPE -- Layoff, WorkForce Reduction, WFR, EER, Enhanced Early Retirement, or otherwise.

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Advice from HP/HPE alumni who have gone through past cycles -- including actions to quietly take now, even if not expecting to leave:

1. Read: What I wish I had known before layoff, retirement, or leaving -- based on input from dozens of HPAA members.

2. Use the HPAA's Career Checkup -- Advice from members on evaluating your situation.

3. Print -- and start using -- the HPAA's ASAP Checklist. Member advice on what to do before losing access to company systems -- and in the following few weeks. Supplements the official checklists.

4. Whether leaving or not, discreetly untangle your personal business from your employer's IT systems. Takes several months. Based on member reports: Moving your personal business

5. Update and strengthen your LinkedIn profile. Even if not currently looking, you need a strong, credible profile on LinkedIn. Reconnect with people who know your work. Strengthen your profile to be found by recruiting bots. Changes have been made without notification, making some profiles look fake. hpalumni.org/LinkedIn

6. Members recommend spending most of your job-hunting time searching outside the company -- you are a stronger candidate while still employed. Very few members report landing during their "redeployment period" -- losing critical time and wasting energy on discussions that end abruptly without explanation. Job Hunting

7. Watch "Job Searching for the Mature Worker" -- HPAA video with pragmatic, actionable advice. (Not the usual motivational fluff.)

8. Menu: Pension and retirement plan topics for HP, HPE, EDS, and DEC alumni.

9. You may now have stock in HP, HPE, Agilent, Keysight, or DXC in various accounts -- and may have missed cash payouts (two for MFGP; one for PRSP.) How to determine what stock you should have -- and find it: Stock Recovery Process

Ask questions. The HP Alumni Association is a member-supported, independent association for former employees of HP and HPE -- and those in the process of leaving. Online forums with member Q-and-A discussions on details of EER, WFR/Layoff, COBRA, retiree health benefits, transition to Medicare, stock, 401(k), pensions, and other financial issues. Simply send us an email. No charge, thanks to HPAA's Supporting Members

Question? Email: info@hpalumni.org (Will be kept in confidence.)   (Feb 3, 2024)


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