Carrying the Emotion

When we are made redundant, it is an emotional time, not only for ourselves, our families as well feel it.

So it is key to seek support, financial as well as emotional.

One of the big issues that I see when I recruit, is that all to often people who have been made redundant come to an interview bitter about their last job.

What the company had done, how unfair it was.

Their focus is on the past not the future, they are not positive.

Now, from an employers perspective, do I want to bring this person on board, who may create a negative environment......

So you go to your interviews driving into the future, not looking into the rear view mirror of the past.

The year ahead

2011 looks good for employment, the signs in the market are excellent for empolymnet.

So what should you look at, make yourself transportable, look at your skills and abilities.

Often when we are made redundant it is not about us, the role is redundant.

All to often we develop around a role, we grow up with it, so when redundancy comes, our skills maybe lacking.

It is never to late to go back to school.

I often coach people in their 40's who have complete career changes, we do this with a number of psychometric tools.

Just because we a in a certain job, does not mean we are happy with what we do.....

Make 2011 the year of growth and development