Laid off during the holidays? Don’t panic. This can be a great time to advance your career.

Being laid off is always tough, but especially so around the holidays. Just ask the Citigroup C employees who learned they were being let go the week before Thanksgiving. But there’s a small silver lining to losing your job at this time of year. December is actually a great time to build your network and get noticed by recruiters, experts told MarketWatch.

“[W]hat most people don’t know is that December is actually one of the BEST times to find a new job,” wrote recruiter Ali Gill in a recent LinkedIn post where he detailed…