But career experts say that maintaining a professional network while employed is the best way to prepare for the next unexpected job loss or advancement opportunity.
There is no smoke without fire, though: their abject defeat in the tournament final may not have been in doubt, but a question mark was placed next to the loss to India at old Trafford.
The carmaker announced on Thursday it is to close the site next summer with the loss of about 500 jobs, along with part of its Dagenham plant.
However, BBC News Online science editor David Whitehouse said a report due next week on the loss of the spacecraft would be one of the most damning in Nasa's history, and was likely to catalogue many failures.
But just as the sleaze that racked the last Tory government only amplified the defeat they were already due to suffer in 1997, so this scandal only reinforces the likely outcome of the next election: a loss for Labour, and grudging approval for the Tories.
There is not much time to celebrate a victory or grumble over a loss because the next game is around the corner.
When there is a lot of optimism (bulls above 40%), the market actually averages a loss over the next two weeks and for the rest of the month.
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Naturally, the smart marketer wants to build marketing funnels which provide the cheapest, most economical transition from one stage to the next, while keeping customer loss to a minimum.
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Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, overexploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean.
Defeat at the next election, the likely loss of many centrist MPs with marginal seats, and the party's reliance on union money (74% of donations in the first half of 2008 came from organised labour) may well make Labour turn left.
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There is a real risk of total loss of support for next-generation biofuels given the history of the program to date.
For instance, if a stock yields 2%-4%, then the price of the stock can decrease by that amount over the next year, therefore shielding your loss to some extent.
The next day MF disclosed a quarterly loss.
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With minimal lag and data loss, LG's next generation mobile feature performs this feat using ubiquitous WiFi connections.
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The NBA suspended Anthony for the next game, an 81-76 loss at Indiana.
The next year, Illinois's first loss came on a last-second three-pointer by Ohio State in the Fighting Illini's final regular-season game.
But, the initial signs are that the gains will also be largely offset by the loss of Champions League revenue next season.
When you have a loss you need to take a next step and move on.
Oregon is proposing a self-imposed two probation and the loss of one scholarship for the next three years.
EU's capacity for strategic thinking does shrink, the loss will scarcely show in the next year or two.
Doncaster admitted that the loss of one Champions League qualification spot next year would increase the pressure for change.
For the next year or two the combination of a rising loss ratio and policy acquisition costs will depress Geico's earnings.
The process of scrapping a fishing boat which sank off the Isle of Man 13 years ago, with the loss of seven lives, will begin next month.
The next move up in interest rates will mean another incremental loss of value.
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Think of that the next time someone says that more workers would mean a loss of jobs.
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But avoid cooking your books so you show a huge loss one year and a tiny profit the next--that could be fraud.
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