The public sector is experiencing the pain the private sector did a year ago – redundancies are on the increase and civil servants are protesting.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union are planning strikes around the country resulting in the potential closure of Jobcentres for 2 days at a time.

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If you can answer YES to one of the 3 questions below, read on because you are going to need a resilient career strategy:

• Is the company or division you work for restructuring or merging?

Read more on How portable is your career?…

The hidden job market is alive and well: 60 – 80% of the jobs filled in 2009 were by employers hiring behind their castle walls.  They didn't always advertise what they were doing, they didn't use recruiters.  So what did they do?

Read more on Devious ways to get to the hiring manager…

It was interesting to read a recent report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) regarding the high number of roles being offshored and the steady number of migrant workers in the UK.

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The recession has changed the way many people seek and find employment and new business opportunities.  Third parties such as recruitment agencies are being sidelined by companies unwilling to pay fees and candidates tired of being treated as a number on a database.

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When facing major career change, most people I coach are most concerned about what the outside world regards as traditional success:  how much you earn, having a degree, not being too young or too old, where you work.  Recruiters who use a tick list approach probably re-inforce these insecurities and suddenly making a career change becomes daunting and seemingly unachievable.

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I picked up a thread on a forum I belong to about a 1 day event for Leaders and Managers on engaging and motivating people to deliver sustainable business and great customer service.

Read more on Engaging For Growth 2010 – a date for your diary!…

After living through 2009 and surviving it with a few more lines and lots more wisdom, I am of the firm opinion that many positive and unexpected opportunities will arise for people in the work place in the near future.

Read more on Recession creates development opportunities for middle managers…

Despite the general optimism that the UK is officially out of recession, I am continuing to see a steady number of redundancies in the East of England in both the private and public sectors.

Read more on Cambridgeshire still facing potential job losses…

Over the last year I have introduced hundreds of job seekers who have faced redundancy to the power of social networking.  My favourite business tool is LinkedIn and my lectures on networking revolve around its functions and the successes it has had to aid business and careers.

Read more on LinkedIn – not just a job search tool…