Tag: Unemployment

3 Min read | By James Fellowes

Light at the end of the (unemployment) tunnel?

After months of gloom and darkness, finally, some overdue positive employment stats as reported by the BBC. 'More than half of UK employers intend to recruit staff in the next three months, according to new research.' The human resources body, the CIPD, said it was the first positive signs for employment prospects it had seen [...]

11 Min read | By James Fellowes

A Survivor’s Guide To Unemployment

Another grim week for unemployment figures (read more here). Even though the vaccine roll-out is in full swing, the effects of COVID-19 and unemployment are here to stay for some time. In this time of need, here is some unemployment advice to help you survive.  Not wishing to brag, but I am undoubtedly a leading [...]

4 Min read | By James Fellowes

On a red letter day for UNemployment …… there is new hope.

This morning the latest UK Labour Market statistics were published. Those of a squeamish nature. Look away now. ALL-TIME RECORD REDUNDANCIES: Let's start with the big headline story (well in reality just an after thought for British media) the UK generated an all-time record number of redundancies in the last quarter at a staggering 370,000 new redundacies . [...]

9 Min read | By James Fellowes

Everyone deserves the right to employment. Why? Because unemployment sucks.

So, back in March 2018, when I was made redundant – unemployed – for the seventh time, I had my own ‘epiphany moment’ and decided to ‘exit right’ from the corporate world once and for all. Let me restate that one more time in case you are in any doubt. Unemployment completely and utterly sucks. [...]