Career Success After Redundancy For People In The Professions

Have you ever held back from doing something because of the possibility of failure? Its not unusual because most people have done just that. But when it comes to regaining your career success after redundancy or layoff, are you failing to try in case you fail to win a suitable job that enhances your career success?

Because you are a professional lawyer, accountant or company director, you may not have found yourself having to look for a new job before; your career was assured by your professional status.

However all that changed and many people just like you are now in the marketplace, wondering how to get a new job. And that can be a difficult place to be when such confusion is completely alien to you. Even thinking about career success after redundancy would have never occurred to you.

Failing to succeed will not be your intention, but you may find that you start listening to those who whisper that "you've no chance, there are no jobs..." or other people who mean well but say "you're over 55, you may as well retire...".

The professional career support people and outplacement specialists seem to conspire against you even while they are coaching and counseling you: "it will take you at least nine to twelve months to find a job at your level...".

You may find yourself being lulled into a state of passive acceptance, especially if the job-search proves to be difficult; failing to succeed is when you say "oh well, they were right after all, career success after redundancy is impossible"

Career success comes from denying any thoughts of failure to germinate in your mind.

Don't Allow Failure To Exist

However, I want you to know that failure doesn't exist - until YOU believe that it does. In my view failure is merely a state of mind.

If you believe you have failed, then you have. If you believe you have not got the ability to succeed, then you haven't. If you believe you cannot handle the pressure of achieving your career goals, then its true.

Failure can only exist in a receptive mind and the moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure becomes a reality.

But what if you never do that? What if you can find the determination and inner commitment to continue working toward your goals, one step at a time for as long as it takes? There can be no failure then, can there?

Failing to succeed only occurs if you are prepared to accept failure. Simply commit to your goals, keep going and you cannot fail!

Stay Focused

• Never give yourself a way out. Most people do this without even realizing it. They are willing to work hard on achieving their goals, UNTIL the going gets too rough or their motivation dwindles. Commit to making your goals happen, no matter what occurs. Develop a Churchillian attitude: Never quit, never contemplate admitting failure, and never lose your inner determination.
• Don't get hung up on a specific time-frame for completion. It is OK to set a general time scale, but be aware that some circumstances will be beyond your control, so you cannot say exactly when your goal will be achieved. If you do that, you are just setting yourself up for failure. Instead, focus on making progress because career success is not just about reaching the finishing line in as little time as possible.
• Finally, be sure that you don't view obstacles and setbacks as failures. The two are completely different. An obstacle, setback or delay means only one thing: its not time for your goal to be completed yet. It doesn't mean you failed and it certainly doesn't mean you will never achieve your career goals. It simply means you are not there just yet. Find a way to keep moving forward and find a way around or through whatever the obstacle in your path may be.

About The Author

Now, can you do all that on your own? Of course you can achieve career success after redundancy. But even the highest performer benefits from a coach who is also committed to your career success, spurs you on and shortens the time to eventual success. At www.careerdesign.co.uk Peter Fisher shows you how to regain your career success after redundancy.

Article source: GoArticles

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