Practical psychological tools to help you regain confidence, reset your direction and move forward positively after redundancy or unexpected career change.
Losing a job can feel like a sudden upheaval, bringing with it a wave of uncertainty, anxiety, and financial concern. However, it also presents a unique opportunity to reassess your career path and build a future that aligns better with your true aspirations. Recovering From Being Laid Off is a comprehensive guide designed to help you navigate this challenging transition with resilience, professionalism, and a strategic plan for success.
This course offers a structured approach to every stage of the redundancy process. You will begin by learning how to handle the immediate practicalities, from understanding your severance package and legal rights to maintaining professional relationships during your exit. We delve into the psychology of change, helping you process difficult emotions and shift towards a growth mindset that views this event not as a failure, but as a launchpad for new opportunities.
Whether you intend to find a similar role, pivot to a new industry, or explore self-employment, this course provides the tools you need. You will discover how to conduct a personal skills and traits audit to market yourself effectively. We also cover essential modern job-hunting techniques, including leveraging LinkedIn for networking, engaging with recruiters, and utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimize your CV and prepare for interviews.
Throughout this course, you will learn how to:
Join us to transform a difficult life event into a defining moment of positive change. With the right mindset and practical steps, you can turn a layoff into the catalyst for a more fulfilling and successful career.
Behavioral psychologist, international speaker & trainer
Andy Edwards is an inspiring and motivating international speaker and trainer who delivers memorable presentations and workshops on business relationships, understanding others, influence, attitude, and teams. Having studied marketing and lectured on the CIM Marketing Diploma, he further qualified in behavioural psychology, and has a National Diploma in coaching. Andy is qualified to deliver several psychometric instruments and has an excellent knowledge of other psychological and communication models including Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). His books include: Why Can't People Be More Like Me?! (using simple psychometrics to understand self and others); LEADERSH*T (what your followers REALLY think of your leadership and how to change their minds); and Beyond Mars and Venus (a look at personal relationships through behavioural psychology). He has spoken in 14 countries and has worked with many commercial household names including JP Morgan, Stannah, Co Op, De Vere, Barclays, Simply Health, Sony and British Gas (to name but a few). In the public sector, Andy has worked with The NHS, The British Embassy (UAE), The Highways Agency, The National Apprenticeship Service, Business Link, Primary Care Trusts, and many local authorities. A sought-after keynote speaker, MC, masterclass presenter, trainer and coach, Andy is regularly booked for national conferences, staff conventions, away-days and AGMs for talks which are motivational, engaging, thought-provoking and fun. Andy is married to Ali and they live in Dorset, on the south coast of the UK, with their daughter, Rosie. He also has two grown-up sons of whom he is immensely proud. When not working, catch him on the golf course or ruining his garden with the opposite of green fingers.
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