Returning to work after redundancy

If you are made redundant, here are some tips:

• Be flexible and open to different opportunities as well as looking at sectors resistant to the downturn such as healthcare will be required.

• Deconstructing what you are telling and selling is key. On your CV think of your achievements, rather than your day job, consider your transferrable skills and how they can slot into other roles.

• Don’t rely on the internet for jobs. Pick up the phone, connect via LinkedIn and let people in your network know you are available. It’s a numbers game so make numerous applications, and good quality ones too. One size does not fit all.

• Make the most of your company’s outplacement programme, they really do help and if not on offer even a single session with a career coach will make a difference to how you market yourself and boost employment chances.

• Finally, do some volunteering to keep up confidence levels and remember things will improve.