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Your Feelings

Being made redundant is a traumatic experience and it can seem to be a catastrophic event and is certainly considered to be potentially one of the most traumatic incidents that you are ever likely to face.

Some of you will have been with an organisation for several years and this will have made a great contribution to how you see yourselves. Some people derive a lot of their self-image from what they do as a job. Hence job loss leads to a complex but understandable set of feelings. Shock, anger and anxiety are common emotions.

These are normal reactions and should eventually be replaced by hope, optimism and a determination to find a new and possible a better job.

It is important to recognise that this is emotionally a time of transition. The key to managing this transition is to accept the inevitable roller coaster of emotions, acknowledge them and move on. This should help you to land your next job.