This may be part of the reason they gave you 6 weeks notice but just FYI depending on the size of the site that you may want to familiarize yourself with the WARN Act.

I think the thumbnail version is that when a site that employs 100 people shuts down they are obligated to give you 60 days notice - which usually plays out as less than 60 days actual notice with a severance (full salary plus benefits) to cover the remainder of the 60 days.

I'd like to think that with 23 years of tenure they are already offering you a fairly soft landing but be aware that if they aren't - and the company or shop is big enough - then they may be obligated to anyway.

Know your rights. (This is a public service announcement, with guitars!)

For what it's worth, ChatGPT is actually a pretty useful tool for helping to create a resume, tweak it for a specific job listing, create a cover letter and other job hunting stuff, especially if you're not sure where to start. (And the free version is sufficient for this.)

You can google for "prompts" to use for this. Here's one example that looks ok based on a quick skim https://www.learnprompt.org/best-chatgpt-prompts-for-resume/ but there are a million others. Self promotional recruiter types seem to love that shit.)

But you don't have to make it that complicated. Just go to https://openai.com/chatgpt and say "help me create a resume" and it will walk you through the process.

Later you can use a prompt like "