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Redundancy Support - Redundancy is, of course, a very difficult situation for any individual or family to have to deal with. At the time that you are made redundant or accept voluntary redundancy it may seem like the “end of the road”, but this does not have to be the case. With the necessary preparation it is possible to re-establish yourself, your belief in yourself and return back to work. We will help you to take you through a step by step approach to getting you back into employment and more importantly, doing a job that you really want to do rather than just have to do. How many times have you asked yourself the question “what is the job for me”?

Step 1 - Acceptance - is to accept the situation and treat this as an opportunity to ‘move on’.

Step 2 - Re-evaluate - is to re-evaluate what directions you would like to go in and start to research what broader skills you have and which you may need to be applicable for your new occupation.

Step 3 - Re-apply Yourself  To The Situation - is to re-apply yourself with an updated CV and skill set to following a similar or new career path, which is both inspiring, satisfying and financially rewarding to yourself.    

Step 1 - Acceptance

For many people being made redundant does come as a shock. Either at the time it happens or later – when the reality of the situation hits home. For other people who are told in advance or make the decision voluntarily several months earlier – it can still come as difficult to understand or accept. Rarely does the ideal opportunity to make a career change present itself in such a way for any of us. Having the time and the freedom to choose what you actually want to do next in your career whilst still also trying to maintain a full time role is almost impossible. Remaining positive and learning to accept the facts allows you to re-evaluation your options and make the right decisions for you.  

Being made redundant may have a feeling of inevitability about it and with this can sometimes come with the thought that it will last forever. At this stage it is important to break this natural thought process and accept that it is only a matter of time before you will be back in work and potentially even on a new career path. At Portfolio Business Solutions Ltd we will support you to break out of this situation and re-establish yourself in the job market place.

Step 2 - Re-evaluate

‘Looking back’ is a term that you will use less and less frequently from this point forward. What is important is to identify those characteristics and skills that you have which you believe are your key strengths and weaknesses. Just by simply writing down your strengths on paper will help you think about the basics fact about your personality and what you have achieved in your previous jobs. Sometimes it helps if we do this as part of a question and answer session as it is easy to take some of these achievements for granted when they should really be used to highlighted as key parts of your experience or skillset.

Having made your list of strengths and weaknesses, now concentrate on your strengths and find examples of when your strengths have been used to achieve positive results in your previous jobs. Write them down – regardless of how unimportant that you may believe that they may be. With our help you will build a profile of yourself and what you do better than other people with a similar skill set.

Step 3 - Re-apply Yourself to the Situation

Having created a CV which describes your experience and skill set, you may well be a little surprised at what you have actually achieved since the last time you updated your CV. At Portfolio Business Solutions Ltd we specialize in helping you to highlight and document these as part of updating your CV with you. Given your circumstances you will be able to consider any new career paths that you would like to follow as part of starting again in the job market. We will always recommend you follow a career path that you want to do, rather than one that you have always followed in the past. As we go through your answers we will be able to build a profile for yourself and help you understand How do I find a career.

As part of our process to help you choose the right job we take you through all of the current job opportunities where you live as part of our Careers Support.

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