A seismic shift

These ‘new rules’ are necessary because the 2009 recession has created a seismic shift in the jobs market.

At this moment in time, the employment market is changing more rapidly than anyone could have foreseen. Hundreds of thou-sands of people are losing their jobs each month. The experts believe that the UK’s worst case scenario is five million unemployed. It makes Thatcher’s three million seem nugatory. And the problems are not confined to the UK. Across Europe and the US unemployment is rocketing.

2009/2010 may well be remembered as a unique moment in the UK employment environment. No longer is working about “landing the dream job” or funding a “lifestyle,” both ideas that have been the foodstuff of many a glossy magazine article in recent years. 2009 has seen a return of concepts that we thought were long gone – the idea of working for survival. It’s about getting a job, any job and doing anything you can to hold onto that job, because working has returned to basics - paying the rent, feeding and clothing the family. Put very simply; it’s about earning a crust.

Many workers, job hunters and legislators seem oblivious, however, to the impact of this change in economic climate. Most are content to act as if the current recession is simply a ‘blip’ that will soon end, leading to a return to ‘business as normal.’

But we see a return to 'business as normal' as an impossible......

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