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That new job

So are you losing your job? Did you take up that job and career when you didn’t really want to do that in the first place? Perhaps you were pushed into the job you may be about to lose. What do you think? Don’t ask me – I don’t know all the answers – hey I don’t even know all the questions.

But seriously, if your job is about to grind to a sudden halt through the effects of the current recession, is it time to re-evaluate where you are with your life and a potential new job and is it time to consider a life changing leap in the dark.

Maybe it is time to dream.

Do you dare to dream

So re-cast your dream, do some soul searching and dream afresh. This may be the time for you to look at your life, your job and your career completely afresh. Often, as one door closes another opens. Introspection may help find answers to the gaps that lie between what you aspire to do, vis-à-vis capabilities needed to succeed. The most important thing is to translate that dream (or those dreams) into reality and hence setting a goal to make it happen is an essential first step.

Capability can often be scaled up and redirected with little investment and high commitment into retraining. Maybe it’s just a case of getting another job or trying harder to keep the job that you have at the moment, in which case take a look at Working and Employment.

Perhaps after you have searched the depths you feel the need for total adventure as well as the redirection … ever thought about emigrating to a different country ….. perhaps its worth taking a look at Come to the UK for some inspiration.

Let your mind wander.

Don’t forget that Steve Jobs came back to The Apple Corporation and his wandering mind led to a disruptive innovation known all over the world as the IPOD which is a runaway success in personal entertainment systems.

Our jobs and careers will be subject to waves and troughs due to external and internal factors, and hence a set of achievable actions blending short term needs and long term goals can help mitigate our problems and must be kept in mind.

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David

Losing your job and getting a job.

You may be in the process of losing your job or you may have already lost it, perhaps you just didn’t have one to start with. Whichever it is, make sure that it is only your job that you might lose.

Our basic instincts are predatory, it is vitally important therefore that we retain a sense of accomplishment. So engaging in activities that drain you both emotionally and physically if you are not in a job is a way of staying on top of your game. Many many people seem to give up and lose sight of the things that are important – they lose their job - they lose the plot – they will find an excuse for not trying, they take the opportunity of sleeping-in late and eventually don’t even bother to get themselves out of bed in the morning to even try to find a job.

Guess what they end up doing, they join the ranks of the long- term unemployed and drown in their own sorrow. And the longer it becomes since they had a job then the more difficult it is to get a new job.

So we must keep this sense of accomplishment, no matter whether it is big or small because it helps to restore the lost pride that people feel when thrown out of work.

Have a go at trying this bedroom game, use it as a booster. Waking up to a new morning and looking at a new day is invigorating. Small milestones need to be established for the day so that one can get a sense of achievement even if it is apparently trivial. Every morning look in the mirror – see yourself as others may see you. In amongst the ‘others’ think about how a potential employer would see you

Use your hobbies to retain this sense of achievement, you have the time so if, for example, you like photography then get out there and use your camera, if you climb rocks then do some rock climbing.

Do what you like.

Only people can help other people, so keep connected with people close to you – friends, relatives, your office network and social network. People help people, and self help is the best help.

Losing a job does not necessarily mean losing an acquaintance. While, normal human tendency is to shun failures, these are unpredictable times and hence some sane mind and kind heart might reach out to help. All good salespeople know, businesses close deals and orders by asking for the deal and not sat quietly in a dark corner assuming that the deal will just happen. So reaching out and asking for help is the best option to find a new job, or to get a good reference from your old job.

For more information and help getting a job, take a look at Working and Employment in UK , it's a mine of information about getting a job and although it's aimed mainly at people coming into the UK to work and get a job, the principles are just the same and they work all over the world.

Try it .. you may be surprised.

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David

Jobs and more jobs. Working and employment

The Job losses

With so many jobs being lost so far this year including jobs around the world and jobs in this country, jobs in your street and perhaps jobs in your family and household and we are only 4 weeks in.

So many people are desperately struggling to save their job while others are going through emotional turmoil, financial distress, breaking relationships and staring at a bleak future trying to get a new job.

It's the P45 form in the UK and the "Pink Slip" as it’s known in some other countries is being issued faster than anyone could ever imagine and so many jobs are disappearing fast.

Many people will just weather the storm, others will emerge from this recession stronger and evolved and others will survive and thrive but many will not.

If it’s going to happen, then it’s going to happen and you might as well accept it gracefully. The boss doesn’t really want to fire anyone, it’s usually a case of being forced to make people in the workforce redundant or the whole organisation will go under. Sometimes the business owner, whilst trying to survive in a recession will not be drastic enough when it comes to letting people go but when recession hits, employees always feel that they are being hit the hardest. They often have the impression that businesses feel that employees are a resource that can be dispensed with in times of crisis.

Whatever you do, do not fall out with the boss over it.... do not make an enemy ....you may need a reference from the guy in the future or when we come out of this recession you just might be offered your old job back again.

If you are loosing your job (or never had one to loose in the first place) You must move on from a position of disbelief to one of acceptance and this can help to reconcile you to what is happening. This is the hardest step and one that is so important to handling the drastic change that is unemployment.

There must be a change of mental attitude, you will slide into a discomfort zone but you must move into a new zone of comfort, a ‘can do’ attitude. It isn’t you or your performance in your job that has caused you this problem, it is global, it is national, it is regional. The problem isn’t you but the problem is affecting you.

You may well feel the need for a little help and Working and Employment in the UK may be just what you need and although this Ebook is aimed primarily at people coming to get work in the UK from overseas, the principles that it contains will help you as well, no matter what country you live in. Click the link and take a look. Nothing lost and everything to gain.

Losing your job will thrust you into a zone of fear, change and perceived discomfort. A baby is reluctant to stand upright and leave its comfort zone because of the pain, sacrifice and effort involved. However, due to compulsions and limited options there comes a point when the baby stretches to stand up right and with every successive effort the confidence grows and grows, leading to independence and walking.

The key to dealing with the fear of failure is taking one small step into that zone of discomfort and gradually building your new comfort zone. You can recover and you can recover well, be better, be stronger.

I think it was Henry Ford that said…

‘If you think you can …. and if you think you can’t ……… your right’.

Think about it!!
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Regards,
David