How to Get Over a Redundancy and Take Control of Your Career

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A redundancy is not a reflection of your abilities; Jane says the role was made redundant, not you.

1. Your Career Podcast with Jane Jackson episode 262 is about how to get over a redundancy and take control of your career. 2. Jane Jackson hosts the episode as a career coach with 24 years of experience, and she names her work with mid-career professionals, job transitions, and career clarity. 3. The episode asks what to do after redundancy when news reports, budget cuts, and job losses in Australia and abroad are making professionals anxious. 4. Jane cites the New South Wales public sector, Paramount Global, Intel, Rex Airlines, and UPS to show the scale of current job cuts. 5. She says a redundancy is a business decision, not a reflection of your ability or your worth. 6. She begins with stress management, asking listeners to acknowledge anger, fear, and sadness instead of bottling them up. 7. She recommends support from friends, family, a career coach, exercise, balanced food, mindfulness, and meditation. 8. Jane mentions two free meditations on janejacksoncoach.com/meditation and says she has practiced Transcendental Meditation since she was 16. 9. She advises taking a mental health break before rushing into job search mode, including a few days off or even a week at a retreat or spa. 10. She moves to finances, telling listeners to review savings, expenses, redundancy packages, severance details, tax, unemployment benefits, utility relief, and a realistic budget. 11. Jane says confidence can be rebuilt by listing achievements, reviewing performance reviews, and documenting measurable results such as sales, cost savings, and project completions. 12. She points listeners to morning affirmations at janejacksoncoach.com/morning affirmations and says repeating one each day for seven days can help refocus. 13. She recommends upskilling through skills-gap analysis, online learning on Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, and Udemy, and relevant certifications. 14. Jane also promotes her podcast How to Get a Job, plus courses in the Careers Academy, including resume writing, interview preparation, and stress management. 15. For career clarity, she suggests SWOT analysis, feedback from colleagues and managers, and the Career Clarity Pack for values, motivators, transferable skills, finances, relationships, health, and physical environment. 16. She tells listeners to define short-term and long-term career goals, identify an ideal role, and use her free career goals calendar with SMART goals and a weekly action plan. 17. The interview style is direct and instructional, with Jane speaking to the listener in a coaching tone and moving quickly through practical checklists. 18. The episode is structured like a resource-heavy solo advice session, with repeated references to websites, LinkedIn features, job boards, and coaching options. 19. Best for mid-career professionals facing redundancy and rebuilding their job search. 20. Less useful for listeners wanting a short, story-driven conversation.

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Practical redundancy coaching that helps listeners package experience and move forward.

This episode treats redundancy as a practical reset, not a dead end. Jane Jackson keeps the focus on what can be controlled: naming achievements, shaping a professional portfolio, gathering testimonials, and using the resume as a marketing tool rather than a formal record.

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Turn a redundancy into your next career move.

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