I'm still trying to write my cv. It would be impossible to suck any more at jobhunting than I already do
Being made redundant and have a two week consulting period before I'm officially handed my notice. I don't know what to expect from this, what's expected of me and whether I should have a colleague with me as it is an option.
I work for a charity and the funding has gone tits up so cuts had to be made and I was one of those cuts.
Anyone got any advice?
Also, if anyone knows of any Office Manager type jobs going then please give me a shout!
Good luck! I've had to prepare for a few interviews. I can empathise. I hate interviews too. I hate negative feedback which some companies give when they reject you. Never mind. Onwards and upwards!
Being made redundant and have a two week consulting period before I'm officially handed my notice. I don't know what to expect from this, what's expected of me and whether I should have a colleague with me as it is an option.
I work for a charity and the funding has gone tits up so cuts had to be made and I was one of those cuts.
Anyone got any advice?
Also, if anyone knows of any Office Manager type jobs going then please give me a shout!
This (from CAB) is probably a good place to start - covers
selection for redundancy (i.e. what basis an employer can decide what posts / who to make redundant - employer can't use redundancy to decide "we don't like you, you're redundant") what processes they have to follow, things like offers of redeployment / re-training and so on.
redundancy pay / notice (employers can have contractual arrangements that are more generous than statutory legal minimum redundancy pay etc, but they can't offer less. not even if they are a charity. some charities seem to think that because the basic structure of the organisation is voluntary, paid staff shouldn't expect their statutory employment rights, which is balls.)
benefits etc afterwards. (don't be put off claiming what you're entitled to, but bear in mind the amount of being poked with sticks by the DWP is increasing)
Some employers offer enhanced redundancy payment if you go for voluntary rather than compulsory redundancy, but it's not a legal requirement (other than in terms of contract law if your contract includes it.)
There's also no legal requirement to invite volunteers for redundancy, or to release all who volunteer. (volunteering for redundancy and not getting it can be pretty damn uncomfortable)
To the best of my knowledge (and may be worth checking, as it was a few years ago I researched it) entitlement to job seekers allowance etc is not affected whether it's compulsory or voluntary redundancy, but some insurance things (e.g. if you've got unemployment protection insurance attached to a mortgage or something like that) do only cover compulsory redundancy.
best of luck
Just a thought - presume your comment about funding means that whatever function it was is being cut? rather than a contract / funding arrangement for provision of that function being awarded to another organisation? If it is the latter, you might be entitled to transfer to new provider. (can waffle more about that if it's relevant)
but i've taken a few things from the process:
Moan all you like, and you should. It's a fucking horrible position to be in. Took me a year to get back into work, and that was in a job I hated with a passion unrivelled. Took me 6 months to get out of that! My only advice, is some advice that someone gave on this thread a year or so ago. And that is..(to paraphrase)'people doing job interviews hate doing them as much as people hate going to them, in that situation, you are both out of your comfort zone' Remeber that, and it may give you a little more confidence. (it did me, made it seem alot less frightening, and put me back on a more level paying field in my head) Also, read as much as you can about how to handle an interview from all the sites, it's changed so much in the last however many years, that you really do need to know how to go into an interview fully prepared.Little bit of NLP may help too.
so i got a second interview for the other job in oxford, which is great. however my brain is naturally already telling me that if i got the job i wouldn't be able to do it, i wouldn't pass the probation, then i'd lose my home and become homeless and probably die so i may as well just stay in this safe job that's driving me literally insania with boredom because at least the mental inertia and low level depression it stimulates in me is better than death. so that's nice
