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Self Confidence Job Loss and AnxietyJob loss, downsizing and redundancy are increasingly common – what with cheaper labour in the developing world, new powerful economies such as China and the vagaries of management teams who reassure you all the way to the exit. Redundancy and downsizing mean you lose your job through no fault of your own and the stresses are almost as powerful as going through a divorce or going to jail. It is one of the most stressful things any person can go through, yet not everybody will feel the same things or react in the same way. Self confidence is different in everybody. When other people have not gone through what you have gone through or are going through they CANNOT possibly understand what you are feeling. Incidentally this also applies to people who are close to us; people who you feel should understand and support you, but they are often affected differently by what has happened to you. Your pain and anguish is real, your sense of loss tangible. Your situation is similar to bereavement, your job was no doubt a large part of you and your self confidence; some would say your job almost becomes your identity and so often we introduce ourselves with “Hello I’m a Finance Manager…” Sadly the reaction of many people who are supposed to be able to help you, including professional advisors is filtered by their lack of understanding or empathy. If they haven’t been there they don’t REALLY know what it looks and feels like. In my case I’ve been there not once but twice so it’s become more familiar than I would have liked, yet this familiarity is what allows me to offer you some encouragement and advice. When you are ready for jobsearch – and it will come – take stock of what specific professional and technical skills, both hard and soft, that you have already built up. Then think about the skills that you might need to gain or learn to get you back into play. If you’re not sure what to do, go to this section of my website: Career Options where you will get more ideas of how to proceed and what to do. Remember that lack of self confidence in your career when job loss and anxiety set in, is not permanent, it WILL change for the better. You will gradually regain your self confidence and start to be sure of your future; this feeling of renewed self confidence will feed into your actions and help you to secure the job you want. This is rarely a short term problem, some people may take weeks to go through the transition from redundancy to new job and many others will take months. Some will feel as if they have got through and find themselves back at the start again only to repeat it all. But take my word – you will get through. You may well come out a stronger person and you might even think that it was a good thing that redundancy happened.
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