Coping with redundancy
Filed under: Money, October 2009
Being made redundant, especially if it's unexpected, can be daunting and distressing news, but it needn't be such a terrible thing if you look at it as a new opportunity or change of direction in life. If you've been made redundant or think you will be, check out our top web searches for advice and tips.Top redundancy searches:
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Once you've been made redundant you will have to make sure your finances are in order. You need to assume you won't have any income indefinitely and budget accordingly. Make sure you receive all the benefits you are entitled to from your company and from your benefits office.
The next step of course is to find a new job. In the meantime you could think about retraining and starting a new career. You could take a career break - many people take gap years later in their lives. There are lots of careers advice services available online and at your local job centre that can help you polish your CV and practice your interview skills.
Have you been made redundant or are you facing the prospect? Is it good or bad news and how do you plan to cope? Leave a comment and share your experiences.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Myrna Loy said 7:23PM on 10-11-2009
I was made redundant in April of this year by a firm that continually makes people redundant and then recruits some back again. At first I was angry, then I was frightened now I am relieved that I left a place that never really appreciated me or the work I did for them. Moving into another direction after 10 years with the same company is quite daunting especially the interview process. You can no longer get by with telling a potential interview what you did for the last ten years, they are interested in how you did it and the impact your work made to the organisation, so depending on how receptive you are to change will determine how well you make well during this transition. I had 12 interviews which means there are jobs out there, I didn't get any of them because I failed the interviews and I consider myself intelligent and very competent. However, as you can imagine, the competition is stiff. I have manage to secure a part-time job six months later, and used the 6 months off productively, by personal and professional development. So while it is difficult to hold your head up when you face redundancy, believe me you have to.. and you have to believe that you are capable and can prove it.
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alison said 3:25AM on 10-12-2009
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Mike Patel said 7:17AM on 10-12-2009
Just sold my business (Post Office) and looking to do something else, have manged many different businesses and am a hands on operator with very good
people management skills.
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Andrew said 4:22AM on 10-24-2009
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Tina said 10:33AM on 10-12-2009
Like Myrna I was made redundant in April 2009, after around 13 months with the same company. To be honest, after 6 months of sustained bullying and harassment redundancy came as a relief.
Since my redundancy I have started retraining to set up my own business and have started proceedings against my previous employers to take them to Employment Tribunal on the grounds of unfair selection and the bullying and harassment I suffered (which was documented) before the redundancy.
It has been a stressful time and although I'm retraining I am still looking for some form of work, whether temporary or permanent to supplement my income, but I am confident that for me this was actually a good thing. It got me out of an environment which was proving to be detrimental to my health and has given me the time to rethink my options and decide what I really wanted to do and not.
I'm looking forward to the future!
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John said 7:43AM on 11-07-2009
I lost my job in March this year( I am 44 years old), I have yet to find further employment, yet have kept a positive attitude throughout. I have turned my attention in the house to jobs that needed doing that when I was at work I tried to delay by saying I did not have time to do.
I have painted most rooms in the house which if I had to do only in evenings and weekends when I was working, I would have not have been so keen to do. It has been a period of getting things done for me.
I have also had the time to reflect on how much you can miss by being in the rat race. I like having the time to do household chores yet still have time to give to interests and hobbies and spend with my Wife and family.
I love this time and if I had the chance. would happily retire to a happy life at home to spend with my loved ones. I have Parents who are elderly and who like it when I can come down in the week and help them. My Father is 86 and I am the only family member who drives, so can take him out to places he could not otherwise get to.
Never for a single moment do I ever feel bored, yet society thinks that I should only be in employment, why?????
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Darren said 9:14AM on 11-07-2009
I was made redundant from an Architectural practice in June this year. Although I technically could have chosen to pursue unfair selection the industry is far too small and I definitely would have shot myself in the foot once word spread.
Instead, seeing the state of the economy and seeing how overheated it was, in 2006-07 I set up my own practice, as soon as I was made redundant I put all my efforts into getting up to full capacity. I still have a way to go, but I have a good turn over now, and I am offering a superior service to the company who made me redundant. So ideally when the construction industry finds its feet again I will be in a position to take my previous employers clients and have a better income than ever before.
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