Now, unless you have a massive pension fund that you can allow yourself to dig into a little early, chances are that at some point after losing your job you’re likely going to have to interact with unemployment services to some degree, whether it’s because you need to apply for benefits payments, get housing or rent assistance, or simply to sign on as being unemployed even if you don’t want to apply for benefits, whatever legislation in your country dictates.

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This one goes out to all the employers out there! I know that there are situations in which companies just don’t have any choice but to let people go. Internal power struggles camouflaged as “reorganisations” aren’t among these situations in my eyes, but that’s beside the point for now. Whatever the reason for the move is, informing employees is never going to be easy.

There’s no doubt about it, losing your job can be traumatic, whether you’re being let go individually, are caught up in a larger redundancy, or even have to hand in your resignation for health reasons, even though you may not want to. You’ve likely spent months, if not years in that role, and you’ve grown accustomed to it. And now, all of a sudden, this familiar environment is gone from one moment to the next.