Losing your job ?

[Steve30]

Due to cuts my job finishes on 1st Dec 11 , feeling really stressed about this ,due to baby born WTF am I going to do now , how I my going to put food on the table and take care of him. My line of work has dried up big time across london , basically we lost a 3.4 million contract there is nothing around in the guardian , but I do fancy starting up my own detailing company whats the best way of getting this up off the ground ? I used to be a painter and decorator 15yrs ago which run me into the ground at the time due to health issues ,what with working 7 days a week , my question is can I transfer my skills into detailing and make decent living from doing this? your views would be wellcome on this matter thanks guys 

[stealthwolf]

So in a time of job cuts and austerity, when even the rich are holding on tightly to their money, you reckon people will pay £££ for you to wash your car? IMO you'd have to wait a while before you'd get enough to recoup, plus you need to be good at it and have insurance in case you cock up.

If you're a painter/decorator, could you not go freelance?

[Steve30]

So in a time of job cuts and austerity, when even the rich are holding on tightly to their money, you reckon people will pay £££ for you to wash your car? IMO you'd have to wait a while before you'd get enough to recoup, plus you need to be good at it and have insurance in case you cock up.

If you're a painter/decorator, could you not go freelance?

That job killed me off health wise although it paid well but was 15yrs ago

[The Mighty Elvi]

PM Guy on this.

[GUE5T @ CARBON CHIPTUNING]

Have you thought about re-mapping cars?  Every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it! 

[Steve30]

Have you thought about re-mapping cars?  Every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it! 

Would love to but how to go about it ? Is that you Nick ?

[The Doc]

No it is not - guest accounts here as pc's are everywhere - sorry to hear that mate 

[Diamond Hell]

What *have* you been doing?  Best advice is to figure out something as close to this as possible and gun for that.

As already stated - austere times and with a new baby the last thing you want is to be trying to start a business, especially if it's different to the job you have been doing.

Get on Monster, get reading the CV guide, brush up your CV ASAP.  Best thing is that you have three months to sort your sh*t out and find another job.

Bad news is that January's one of the hottest times to be looking for a job and it's always easier to find a job when you have a job. 

Good luck and I hope you're successful.

[Tazzy]

with the current climate of employment, you would be mad to refuse anything thats offered to you,best thing to do is join the job agencies, they will find the job right for you

[JulesS3]

Contract. If you have a specific skill range you can earn good money. 3 months and up is the average. Good pay due to no holidays, pension etc etc