The Survival Game, after Redundancy a Meagre Income Allowance
How do we cope playing the survival game, after redundancy and having to live on a 
meagre income allowance?
No matter who you speak to at the moment all too often you hear a tale of woe regarding either a good friend or someone in the family that has been or is being made redundant. Inevitably you start to feel insecure in your job and start looking over your shoulder, and your thoughts meander over the possibility of having to play the survival game, after redundancy and having to live on a meagre income allowance.
When we have a regular income and are managing to keep the wolves from the door, the bank manager at bay and if we’re clever, putting some money into savings ‘for a rainy day’ although, we’re more likely to be saving for a holiday or a new car, or an extension on the house . . . the list of ways we find to spend our savings is endless! It is difficult to comprehend exactly what it must be like to have only Job Seekers benefit, a princely sum of £60.50 per week. Some people spend nearly that much on cigarettes!
Most of us naively believe that it won’t take long to find another job. ‘With all my years of experience and the skills I have developed I’m bound to be snapped up’. If only it was that simple. According to government figures we’ve only just topped 2 million unemployed, so the real figure is likely to be significantly higher, but already employment agencies are saying that on average there are 4 suitable job seekers for every vacancy. Experience suggests that this figure is very optimistic.
The truth is that if you are unfortunate enough to be job seeking after redundancy right now your chances of finding employment in the short term are negligible. In this instance you really don’t have much choice about playing the survival game by restricting your spend and stretching your income allowance.
What we need is an opportunity to exercise our entrepreneurial skills. Just that simple idea that will make us lots of money. You know the type . . Cats Eyes, . . . Traffic Cones. Ah well, back to checking the lottery results!!
Redundant 31st March 2009 again 
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