It was interesting to get feedback from Redundancy – Survive and Thrive! the other day.
An extremely capable lady who’d been in continuous employment in different corporations for twenty years in the banking world since leaving school at eighteen until she was made redundant in December. We’ve precised the conversation here:
“Reading the book I realised that it was the JOB that was redundant – not me!”
And what practical difference does that make?
- “It’s reminded me that I have a combination of experience and value that’s unique to me
- I’ve written down everything I liked about the jobs I’ve done
- And I’ve catalogued my achievements
What’s that done for you?
“I realise from the chapters on building your own business that I’m probably not cut out to be an entrepreneur so I’m matching my abilities to skills gaps that I know from my network are starting to show as a result of redundancy culls.”
So are you going for interviews?
“No. For now I’m targetting specific individual highly placed managers tasked with achieving performance levels in areas of my expertise that I know they are going to be struggling to meet.
They probably can’t recruit for permanent people yet they need help now before they slip so far behind they won’t have a hope of catching up. I can provide that help.”
How are you progressing that?
“I’ve contacted about a dozen people and have several meetings lined up over the next three weeks. I’m confident that at least one assignment will come out of them. After that – who knows what will follow?”
That’s great! How are you feeling?
“Pretty da*ned good – thank you 
!”
Now let’s turn this story around and see how you can adapt and apply what this lady is doing to your own situation:
- What is your unique experience and value?
- What do you enjoy?
- What are your achievements?
- What can your network tell you and how it can help you?
- Who you can target and how can you help them?
If you really get stuck the book will help you…
Let us know how you get on…