| | 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 in October | |
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| | 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 instance, IT or | |
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| | 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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