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PROJECT JOB
Turning Redundancy into Opportunity
A step-by-step guide to your next career move
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Introduction
Finding a new job when you don’t want to is one of the most difficult things you’ll do in your career. It becomes harder still if you have been at your organization for a long time. The internal job market is nothing like the external one.
Since starting my career in the early 1990s, I have dealt with redundancy three times and counselled many people through the process, so this story gives back some of these learnings.
Redundancy isn’t final; it’s the start of the next step in your life, and adjusting your mindset from endings to new beginnings is critical to your success.
You have plenty of circumstances to think about, and I have a tool called the Identity Wheel to help you think through those, so please take the time to think about all the elements of yourself going into the process. Get advice, support and listen to lots of stories without judgement and understand the journey you’re about to undertake. Then, when you’re ready, consider yourself in the right mental space to start your new opportunity.
