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Monday, 24 November 2025

56. IF YOU ARE MADE REDUNDANT, WILL YOU REFLECT? Jack’s Redundancy Empowerment - empowering redundant workers - Jack Lookman

56. IF YOU ARE MADE REDUNDANT, WILL YOU REFLECT? Jack’s Redundancy Empowerment - empowering redundant workers - empowering redundant staff - empowering redundant employees - making redundancy work for you - is redundancy a dead end? - is redundancy the end of the road? - making the most of redundancy - empowering the redundant worker - Jack Lookman - Rita Nnamani - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman Limited - Amebo - Ire o - Ire kabiti - Empowerment and Inspiration - Empowering And Inspiring Generations - Yinka Carew - Olayinka Carew aka Jack Lookman - Jack’s Empowerment and Inspiration

Redundancy is one of those life events that forces you to stop, even when you want to keep moving. The job ends, the routine ends, the conversations end, and the identity you once held onto loosens. It is easy to panic, rush forward and chase the next opportunity without pausing. Yet the people who recover strongest from redundancy are often the ones who take time to reflect. Reflection is not a luxury. It is a critical part of rebuilding your life with clarity, strength and direction.

When you hear the news about redundancy, everything inside you tightens. Your mind races. You start calculating bills, obligations and what the next month might look like. In that rush, you may overlook the emotional impact. Reflection gives you space to breathe. It allows you to acknowledge what the experience meant to you. It allows you to recognise the emotions instead of burying them.

Reflection also helps you examine your career journey with honesty. For many workers in the United Kingdom, redundancy becomes the first time they pause long enough to ask important questions. Did you actually enjoy the work you were doing? Were you growing or simply surviving? Did the environment bring out your best or drain your energy? Was the job aligned with your long term goals or was it simply familiar? These questions shape the next chapter of your career.

Another part of reflection is analysing your strengths and weaknesses. Redundancy can shake your confidence, making you forget how capable you are. But reflecting on your achievements reminds you of the value you carry. It helps you see the projects you completed, the challenges you solved, the teams you supported and the skills you used every day. These reflections rebuild your self belief and help you speak clearly about your value in interviews and networking conversations.

Reflection is also about recognising the lessons hidden in the experience. Redundancy teaches you about resilience. It teaches you about the unpredictability of the job market. It teaches you about the importance of having savings, building networks, learning continuously and never placing your entire identity in one workplace. These lessons become tools that protect you in the future. You begin to prepare differently. You work differently. You negotiate differently. You build your life with more awareness.

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