As a job seeker that has been out of work for 65 days I am at the moment struggling not only
financially but with self esteem. I have been a professional worker for 20 years, with a solid career history in upper management in the pharmaceutical industry. I have had diverse roles but it’s predominantly in hands on management roles. After many years of service to my employer I have been made redundant.
Although I have heard rumours that the company had changed stakeholders and will soon be cutting costs, I still believed I was indispensable and was never going to be considered to be made redundant. I was obviously wrong about this. I am 45 years old with a list of accomplishments and I am now facing unemployment for the first time in 20 years. To be honest this is something that I never prepared for and it was beyond me to think that I will soon be in the unemployment office collecting my fortnightly payments. I felt embarrassed, old and unhappy.
Today is day 66 of my unemployment journey. I have never valued loose change menu from Mac Donald's but the last few days, it has been my only source of food. It’s nice and cheap and toxic and unhealthy but hey I’m happy, I kept saying to myself that this stage won’t last long and before I know it I will be whining about waking up early and going to work every day. I really do miss the feeling of being needed, I missed being with people and most of all I missed my old.
As days passed by as an unemployed bogan, I am lying if I said that I did not really enjoy being under warm blankets every morning with no alarm clock, kicking back watching TV and YouTube videos and finally rearranging the linen cupboard after 10 years. It doesn’t take long to really get used to the lifestyle. It was easy and stress free which made me value life from a different angle. Nevertheless, life continues so as the flow of bills, repayments and daily living expenses which eventually throws my state of mind back into reality where I am hopelessly desperate for a job, and at this point any job will have to do.
Learning to value freedom, life and having the time to appreciate nature seems natural and right for all of us. Work seems to be not that important anymore as I explore the importance of time and freedom along with the beauty of nature, which I have plenty of time for. I relaxed with my job search efforts after 9 weeks of being unemployed. I just accepted each day as it is. One day I got a call to attend an interview, which is an application I had forgotten about that I made 2months ago. The process was easy, I found a car park as soon as I got there for the interview, and the interviewers asked easy questions which I was able to answer confidently. I waited 24 hours and I was notified that I got the job. All I did was let things happen rather than make it happen.
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