4 February 2009

After redundancy is it wise to take any job going?

After being notified of redundancy and once you have passed the initial shock, most employees will start putting out the feelers for a new job. Enrolling with job and recruitment agencies in the hope that something in their field will come up.

At the moment with the increase in company closures and the inevitable decrease in available "situations vacant", anyone in the un-enviable position of redundancy will naturally consider going back to what they did previously. After all that's where their skills lie.

A new report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, Working Futures Report, predicts that the UK jobs market will continue to grow, long term, despite the current economic situation. It claims there will be 13.5 million job openings between now and 2017, two million of which will be new.

The government has stated its intent to help those that lose their jobs, but for those in this situation often the help provided will be directed towards a career move and retraining. The need for employees to improve their skills and abilities has never been stronger, but what if your personality doesn't match the job or career being suggested, could you end up training for a career you are not suited for?

This is where a personality test can help, we all have a specific personality, we all have attributes that make us suited to a particular career or not, as the case maybe. This is why job seekers should ensure that they understand what they are suited to, ideally before taking a course of action for a specific career. After all, the euphoria of getting a new job can very quickly dampen if you hate it and find it difficult to get sufficient motivation to get up in the morning.

 

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