When looking for your next job don’t settle. Just because you’ve been made redundant doesn’t mean you should lower your standards. If the fit isn’t there, move on and put the interview down to experience.
The experiences gained during periods of reflection can be invaluable; they help build you into a more rounded and interesting person.
Getting yourself out into the world of work again, in whatever form that might take, will help you realise your value.
It’s important when you’re out of work to dig deep into your network while exploring options, because people that are slightly further removed from your situation can be invaluable at helping you see the bigger picture.
We may be in the middle of a third lockdown, which has undoubtedly set back the job market once more, but make sure you’re ready and well placed for future opportunities as they will arise.
Rather than dwell on the past year or look too far ahead into the future focus on the here and now.
As the furlough scheme comes to an end, the realities of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and jobs is becoming ever clearer. In our new series, our secret marketer takes us behind the scenes to offer some catharsis and lessons on what to do if you find yourself made redundant.
As the furlough scheme comes to an end, the realities of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and jobs is becoming ever clearer. In our new series, our secret marketer takes us behind the scenes to offer some catharsis and lessons on what to do if you find yourself made redundant.
As the furlough scheme comes to an end, the realities of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and jobs is becoming ever clearer. In our new series, our secret marketer takes us behind the scenes to offer some catharsis and lessons on what to do if you find yourself made redundant.
As the furlough scheme comes to an end, the realities of the impact of Covid-19 on the economy and jobs is becoming ever clearer. In our new series, our secret marketer takes us behind the scenes to offer some catharsis and lessons on what to do if you find yourself made redundant.
The core fundamentals of marketing will not change so in times of flux learn the ideas and frameworks that have stood the test of time.
A new week, a new Secret Marketer. I’m secretly hoping to be just as good as my predecessor. With a bit of luck, I’ll be able to match the weekly insights that helped me realise I’m not on my own here.
This is an auspicious week, as after four years and 204 columns, this Secret Marketer is going to emulate his heroes, Dr Who, James Bond and the Stig and metamorphose into a new Secret Marketer – this is the last article to be penned by yours truly.
Believe it or not this is my 200th column as the Secret Marketer. I certainly don’t know where the past four years have gone, nor how I have managed to come up with 200 different experiences to share with you – such is the diversity of being a client marketer.
We may want to be seen to be pure and virtuous but it can take a lot to change buying behaviour on the back of a crisis – even one the size of VW’s scandal.