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Redundancy is an opportunity

By Jessica McGregor Johnson

With the dawn of the credit crunch, more and more people will be finding themselves faced with redundancy. Career coach Jessica explores how redundancy can in fact be a great opportunity to make positive changes to your career... More

Should I take voluntary redundancy before I have a clear plan for what I will do next?

Careershifter question

By Anonymous on 13 March 2008 at 17:43

Should I take voluntary redundancy now, even though I do not yet have a clear plan of what to do in the future? I have some ideas of areas I might be interested in but I need to get a far better idea of the reality. How do I do that?

ShiftDoctor answer

By Sarah Cooper on 25 March 2008 at 09:41 in ShiftSurgeries

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Self confidence builds through action. Prioritise the career areas you are interested in and go on a fact finding mission. The best way to do this is through an incredibly useful technique called "informational interviewing."

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How to trump redundancy

By Helen Slingsby

The rumours have been doing the rounds for a while, the company's not performing as well as it should be, the sector is feeling the crunch and people may have to be let go. A gloom descends and then some - what on earth happens now?

Career coach, Helen Slingsby, gives a step by step guide to coping with redundancy and even coming out on top.
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