Need genuine advice on my Program Management positioning and how to secure a job after being laid off for 8 months now
I need genuine advice as I need to land a job fast for the welfare of my family. I got laid off from a firm of repute last year in Sep 2025. Out whole BU's India Ops was wiped off. I have 14 years of experience in market research, insights and client advisory. Market research is now fully automated so after 4 months months of applying to jobs, I realized there are basically none at my level, exception being Pharma (and I don't have any Pharma experience). I decided to join real estate and after a few close calls but maturing of deals, I decided to focus full time on job search again as real estate market was very down in the war times. Now I decided to reposition myself as programme manager while focusing on my transferable skills as last few years in my job my team was doing research work while I was focused on scalable solutions and insights at scale programs. Now I just baked this positioning and trying to apply for jobs through referrals. Nothing is happening via job portals and I've started to look up jobs through google and linkedin now.
Can someone advice looking at my profile what should be my next steps.
I want to clarify I'm not a technical person but I understand the basic concepts just through experience.
A part of me really wants to try AI Governance but I have limited time before my savings run out (I have 2 kids, and old in laws, and my husband has start up which isn't really working out). I'm not panicking but I am very concerned.
Thank you in advance for any insightful advice.
Regards,
Neeti