Redundancy and job hunters kleek

That's so fab that you have a start date. Was this the job where you knew one of the Directors?

No real news this end. Snow stopped play last week, H had a big pitch that was called off due to the weather which is annoying. One job I REALLY wanted was pulled and given to the receptionist so there's just two in the pipeline, one I interviewed for this morning which went well and the other they are really messing me around. I'm seeing the lady about the freelance work tomorrow so fingers crossed and H has his pitch this week, fingers crossed again. I'm thinking that at least one of them has to come off ?

My H is being made redundant, so i guess I'm a redundo-kleekster-once-removed! it's godawful timing as I'm on Maternity Leave with a 12 week old baby. We saved enough money for me to be off for a year with my daughter, but that won't last long if H isn't bringing in any money. If he isn't back in work by the summer I'll have to stop my ML after 6 months, which would be awful.

Does anyone know of any good sites to be searching for jobs on? he's in IT.

RBH: is G settling well at nursery?

Gah - I just wish there was something I could even apply to. The job and industry I have 10 years experience in has absolutely no vacancies anywhere at the moment, and with one large company relocating and one going bust in recent months, there's lots of people chasing no jobs. I have no idea how to go about changing my CV to try to be attractive to other industries and new career paths - how do you go about getting career advice when you're in your 30s? Plus having been off work now for 11 months (on ML), my confidence has been completely knocked. RBH, how did you manage to sort yourself out so quickly?

One of those opportunities has to come off?

That is good news about the interview this morning - when will you find out?

Good luck for the freelance pitch tomorrow.

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I will ask H re the IT sites as he is in IT.

She seemed to settle ok while she was at the nursery but then that night when I went to put her down in her cot she refused to let hold of my hand and wanted to try to go to sleep holding on to me, which she has never done before. Made me quite upset.

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I signed on with all the major job agencies around here. I also got the word out to friends / ex-colleagues etc that I was job hunting. I am an accountant and was quite specialised but luckily have had quite a breadth of experience over the past 12 years, which I think meant the agencies were willing to put me forward for a variety of job.

I can look at your CV for you if it helps?

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Jobserve and totaljobs, they need to update or upload their cv daily as agents see the most recent cv’s.

Also networking using people they may know.

CG: we had a some great help from Penna here (as we've known about our closure for ages now, and as it was due to a government merger). They can be very helpful for giving advice on switching industries.

Well, I've had a success, via the networking route. I think i mentioned I was going to have a chat with a friend of my H's about a job he mght have. Felt pretty positive about it, and he called me back last Thursday to confirm he's going to take me on! Am very pleased, but have no idea about wages/start dates etc. Am meeting him again Thursday morning. Can't believe it's real at the moment. ?

Huge congrats Stafoo!

Cheers Rbh. Bit scared. Going to very different moving into a small business after working in a national organisation for 7 years. eep!

Congrats Stafoo and whoever else was above (I hate that I can't see previous posts)!!

I haven't heard back yet and was told "you'll hear by the end of the week, either way" it's now almost a week since I did the interview. The manager was snowed in on tuesday last week (we didn't really get the snow till wed) up on the Moray coast and so put a delay on when i would hear originally. Meh...

not had any other offers yet either ☹️

J

Keep the faith ashke, one of my colleagues was offered a job nearly two weeks after the interview. They'd just been a bit slack and had a lot of sickness. Same applies for interviews, some have come up months later, when the application form's been long forgotten about.

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Thanks RBH. I'll have a look on those now

My H is still a member - he didn't get the job he really wanted. Came a close 2nd apparently.

He's gutted.

Has his appeal hearing for unfair dismissal on Wednesday.

Buggery pants! H has just called and the job he's just interviewed for is based in London Monday-Friday for the next 8 weeks. I am so annoyed that the recruiter didn't tell him this! I'm almost hoping they don't offer it him as that's his worst nightmare, he hates London and he hates staying away from home.

Alison, sorry about your H and fingers crossed for Wednesday! Being thick but what would the outcome be, that they'd reinstate him or pay him off?

Pooch - this is an appeal and they'll either reinstate him or uphold their original decision.

At the moment there is no way they can wriggle out of unfair dismissal - they didn't follow statutory procedure and used unfair selection criteria and several other things.

They could reinstate H and in many ways in my mind that would be the best thing as he could continue his job hunt and get paid. However it's really not very likely. And if they then went through the procedure again (correctly this time) it would almost certainly fall under the terminology of "sham redundancy" which is also a cause of unfair dismissal.

The other option is they agree to pay him off before tribunal - a compromise agreement (or he takes them to tribunal and gets paid off then).

I've had some fabulous advice from Strega Girl on how H should play all of this. A pay off would see us comfortable for a few months (as things stands he gets no redundancy pay, just notice and we're going to have to live on savings as my salary doesn't cover everything) - but there are very few jobs out there. In many ways I'd prefer reinstatement.

Sorry - I rambled then!

I'm still here but I have an interview tomorrow (although I'm a little worried the weather will cause it to be postponed). I really want the job too - it looks great and is within walking distance! I've seen another job which I have to fill in the application form for.

Good luck to everyone and congratulations Redbedhead!