Losing your job ?

[Steve30]

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.

Thanks DH , your good geezer mate 

[Jay]

That sucks Steve, hope you can find something before then.

[DubFan]

Are you getting some sort of redundancy package ? I hope so, as this will provide you with a safety net for a while.
When we had voluntary redundancy here 6 months ago, the offer was 1 months pay for every year you served. I've been here 7 years, so that would have been 7 months worth of salary and redundancy payouts are tax-free.
Now you know about this, cut your spending right down to absolute minimum (no holidays, no car stuff, nothing), save everything you can (this is tricky with buying stuff for a baby, but there's lots of baby stuff available that's nearly new for cheap).

What job do you do at the moment ?
If you tell us what your skills are maybe someone might know someone or spot something suitable. Can't hurt.

Agree with DH about the CV. Get it updated and on all the job websites. And when you fill in the details on the sites, state that you're interested in temp/contracts and permanent roles, then you'll open up the number of employers who'd be interested in you.
Lots of companies can't afford to take on a permanent employee but are happy to have a contractor.

Good luck.

[luke]

sell your car and buy something cheaper?

[Jimp]

DH posted a fantastic CV guide a year or two ago. I don't have the link but hopefully someone else will?

[R32UK]

I have the guide saved on my HD... not sure how to post it up. Or you can PM me your email address steve and I will send you it. 


Hang in there pal... I am basically in the same position. Been looking now for last 3 months and cannot find anything!! Getting turned away from crappy jobs I could do with my eyes closed 

DH's CV is a good starting point

[RandomJord]

Yeah, what do you do at the moment? be good to know as i personally know a good few people that do a good few things in/around london.

So a few more peeps on here might know someone with a job or contract going.

This place is good like that!

And best of luck mate, not a nice situation to be in with a bab on the way but with a good CV and applying for the right things, not just carpet bombing, you'll be reet!

[Diamond Hell]

Oh you mean this one:

http://diamondhell.com/CV_Guide.pdf

[Steve30]

Yeah, what do you do at the moment? be good to know as i personally know a good few people that do a good few things in/around london.

So a few more peeps on here might know someone with a job or contract going.

This place is good like that!

And best of luck mate, not a nice situation to be in with a bab on the way but with a good CV and applying for the right things, not just carpet bombing, you'll be reet!

I work in a Criminal justice team as Drug practitioner in places like Wandsworth Prison, Scrubs , courts Police stations but this government have gone silly with the cuts. I fancy doing something different been doing that job for 15yrs tuning cars cars sounds good 

[The Doc]

Tuning cars sounds good until you start tuning cars and when you start chatting about it on a forum it becomes even worse 

As said above I'd try talking to Guy regards the detailing, you can earn some tremendous cash with detailing but you'd need to be at the top of your game for that and been going for some time to have your repeat customers etc.

Can't say how sorry I am to hear that your in this situation