ZPXFW Blog

You’re in all probability tired of of reading about the credit crunch, particularly if you’re one of the newly unemployed. You can stop reading the newspapers, but you can’t get away from the reality that Europe is in a recession and it will be with us for a good few years yet.

Even so, there are always methods to help get yourself into a better financial position. The traditional means of hunting for a job are not so good when you have 90 other individuals applying for the very same job position. Reading the local paper, browsing the unemployment bureau, etc - best of luck with all of that.

You should look for work in ways in which your rivals are fewer in numbers. These days many firms publish work placements on their company website, so use a search engine and type in keywords to target local firms. Vary your key words between location only e.g. jobs Staffordshire UK, and job type and location e.g. helpdesk jobs Tamworth.

Another idea is to work for yourself - to be self-employed. What we’ve learnt over the last 12 months is that big companies can go bust overnight. Being self-employed means you control your own destiny, which is something no employee of a company can ever say they have. The main thing is you pick the kind of job you enjoy since you will need to be motivated.