This news may be causing you to feel fearful for your own job, particularly if you work for a large corporation. That’s understandable. But now isn’t the time to panic. Instead, take action to avoid becoming a statistic.

The Good, the Bad, and the Great

So when the workforce reduction ax swings in your company, who will it hit room divider? Bad employees? Sure, if any are still around. Good employees? Yes, those too.

Good employees are the single biggest problem a boss faces. When you talk to truly successful business owners or managers, they’ll tell you it’s not the bad employees who concern them — they’ll ultimately quit or get fired. It’s the ones who do what it takes to be OK, but never enough to be great. So if you’re merely good, you may be vulnerable. So be great.

The skeptics out there will argue that when jobs are cut, it doesn’t really lose weight matter who you are — that no one’s safe. Trust me, those skeptics will be the ones who lose their jobs first. Let them be skeptical, and wish them well. You need your own game plan.

How do you get one? I suggest you start by asking yourself the following six questions virus protection. If you can answer each with a “yes,” you’re on the right track to job security:

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