| | Six times as many people
losing their jobs and
consulting employment
lawyers in October 2008
compared to the same
period in 2007 say they
are planning to take
time out rather than
look for another
position.
Mark Bestley, a
senior employment lawyer
with Cheshire firm SAS
Daniels LLP, says that | |
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| | in October 2007 just one
in 10 people who
retained him when they
lost their job said that
they were going to take
a break of four months
or more.
But currently around
60% of newly or
imminently jobless
clients have said they
have no intention of
looking for a new job
until after Christmas.
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"There's no doubt
that the current
economic climate makes
job hunting very
difficult, so people who
are losing their jobs
for whatever reason are
choosing to take four,
five or even six months
out,” said Bestley.
"There seems to be no
bitterness, they're just
being very fatalistic. | |
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| | They're certainly not,
in most cases, on the
verge of despair – they
are being very
considered in their
options.
"The main reason for
this is that while in
previous downturns it
has been manufacturing
that's been hit hardest,
the people losing their
jobs now are highly
qualified in, for | |
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| | instance, IT or
financial services – and
they know that they will
get another job in a
better climate.”
He added: "Many of
them are also receiving
relatively generous
redundancy packages
which provide a
financial cushion and
time to look around." | |
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