After Redundancy-Keep A Routine
Do Not Isolate Yourself
When we get up and go to work we have a structure a basis for the way our day will go.
When you suddenly do not have that any more it can be a very strange place. We need to think of new beginnings and a new structure to our lives.
"Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished."
When you suddenly do not have that any more it can be a very strange place. We need to think of new beginnings and a new structure to our lives.
"Doing nothing is very hard to do...you never know when you're finished."
Leslie Nielsen
1. Keep in touch with your friends and any ex colleagues who may also have been made redundant. Make regular coffee dates so you can support each other. Not only will this stop you becoming isolated it is also an excellent support network and a network to find employment and opportunities for each other.
2. If you are job hunting make that your job. Set a plan, a strategy for each day, each week and stick to it. Get a Diary or do a Diary online and put tasks and appointments in it.
3. Get up at the same time each day. make it a rule to stay in bed no longer than 8am. If you start sleeping in a lot or find that it does not matter what time you get up you can very quickly see the days disappearing and nothing achieved. Give your self an hour for lunch then work again until 4 or 5 pm.
4. Seek out opportunities to volunteer at something you like and enjoy. Do check any rules and regulations on volunteering if you are claiming benefits before you start.
Surviving Redundancy Check List For The First Week
In order to capture the very best of you and who you are do this in the first week after you have finished work. Do not leave it any later than this. You need to capture all your positives now.
Write down all your
- Skills
- Abilities
- Interests
- Accomplishments
- Qualifications
- Voluntary work
- Achievements at work
- Achievements outside of work
- Specific skills
- Personal qualities
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