I’ve Been Made Redundant – What Now?
Increasingly more and more people are facing up to the very painful experience that is redundancy. It can be a difficult time, since although you may have a redundancy payout, there are still bills to be paid, mortgage payments to be found and life can seem like it has turned round and kicked you right where it hurts.
But sometimes, there is another way of looking at things. Being made redundant can open up new career paths for you. What are your interests and hobbies? Do they offer any potential for you to make a living from them? Can you apply skills that you have picked up in another job to w hole new career? Are there any courses that you could attend?
Sometimes you need to think creatively. If you have always loved helping people have you though about becoming an alternative therapist or an aromatherapist? If you love animals, how about a career working at a veterinary practice?
Many people are deterred from taking on new careers because they look at the period of training and think they can’t afford to lose out on earnings. Well, here is the secret that many people have discovered: just work. Take on low paid jobs if necessary, which don’t demand any intellectual capabilities but pay regularly and if you work in a bar or café, you may even get some good tips. Use this income to put yourself through training and to pay the bills. Yes money will be tight for a while, yes, life may seem like struggle, but aren’t the best things in life worth fighting for? You need to leave your comfort zone and take real chances to get a real reward.
Sign up with a recruitment agency and take any work they can throw at you and devote some time each day to sorting out where you want your career to go. Once you have identified your goals, then you can undertake the necessary training and work towards that dream care
