He also heads Templar’s Executive Coaching Practice. Gareth Lewis is a consultant and trainer at Templar Advisors. This trend will no doubt accelerate in the months ahead and as a result many of us will, for maybe the first time in our careers, be staring job and financial uncertainty in the face.Īgainst this backdrop, and reflecting on conversations with friends who have found themselves looking for work, what advice can we offer? Do the normal rules of job searches still apply in a post-COVID-19 world and how can you stay positive, focused and active? In one example British Airways announced a consultation period for its 45,000 staff, the start of the firm’s plans to reduce its workforce by 30%. Most now expect the unemployment numbers to jump in the coming months and for that trend to continue as we start to come out of lockdown, businesses reopen and government stimulus packages like the furlough scheme are gradually lifted. In August 2011 unemployment stood at 8.5% and dropped to a low of 3.9% in the period January to March 2020, just as the COVID-19 virus was hitting. According to the Office of National Statistics, unemployment in the United Kingdom among those aged 16 and over has been on a downward trajectory for over 10 years.
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