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Losing a job can be very painful, and just like any major bereavement, there is a cycle of grief that you may go through before you start to feel positive again. In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced what became known as the ‘five stages of grief’ to help you – and your family and friends – identify what you’re feeling. The best way to deal with redundancy is to understand this cycle and work through it until you come out the other side, until you can take anything positive from the experience.

If you have been made redundant, you may be experiencing the following emotions:

1. Shock & denial: even if redundancies have been widespread at your company, it can still come as quite a shock if you are called into the boss’s room and given the bad news. It will be difficult to take in at first: it is only in the days afterwards that the reality of what it means begins to sink in. Don’t panic at this stage – simply let it all wash over you before you react.
2. Anger: once the shock wears off, you might feel incredibly hurt and rejected. This can lead to feelings of anger with the people or the company that has made you redundant. “You have to deal with these feelings,” said psychotherapist Phillip Hodson recently on BBC Breakfast. “If you feel angry, be angry. If you feel unreasonable, be unreasonable – it’s not unreasonable to be unreasonable at a time like this.”

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Whoever said that work and pleasure should never be mixed is in for a shock as that is exactly where we’re all heading in the next decade, according to trend forecasters, The Future Laboratory. Long gone are the days of rat race; the daily grind of the 9-5 became a thing of the past as we all jumped onto the bandwagon that carried us towards a healthier work-life balance. But just as we thought we’d achieved it, we’re now told that ‘businessleisure’ is the new way forward – so log on and tune in.

Already dubbed ‘the decade of change’ by The Future Laboratory, the way we work now and in the future will be totally different, thanks to huge breakthroughs in technology. Where once we dreamed of being able to check emails while at the gym, take conference calls while helping our children with their homework or browse the internet while out shopping, now we can, and this is just the beginning.

“Everything has changed now,” says Chris Sanderson of The Future Laboratory. “Because of the way technology has shifted our lives. The traditional line between work and leisure has shifted away from the typical office-based way of task management to one where we manage our work and our life at the same time.”

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When you’re out of work for whatever reason it is very easy to get discouraged, particularly when you’ve received rejection letter after rejection letter. The world can seem against you. Commuting to and from the office on top of a hard, long and tiring day in front of a PC can be equally demotivating. Tiredness makes it easier to flop in front of the TV when you arrive back at home, and so it is easier and tempting to procrastinate – to leave applying for the next step in your career for another time.

The trouble is that no-one can begin to change your life unless you are proactively seeking new job opportunities with self-confidence, self-motivation and self-discipline. They are much less likely to occur if you wait for things to happen. “Almost every candidate could be twice as proactive as they currently are. Instead of waiting for openings to find you, you need to be looking for them”, explains Judy Perkins on Streetdirectory.com.

Action List for Success

1. Define what you want out of life and what you’d like to achieve within your career.

By understanding yourself you can find the job that most suits you; the one that will help you to develop your career and fulfil your personal ambitions. So think about what makes you the person you are and about the things that inspire you.

If you’re not sure about your career direction, give yourself a ‘career audit’.

2. Consider what you can do for a recruiter first.

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