13th November 2008, 11:56 AM
to try and be positive...several people have expressed the value of joining a union, and I agree wholeheartedly.
What other positive things can we do, and if the worst comes to the worst, how can we try and get the best out of what may be one bad year, or may be longer? I've worked through some pretty lean times including early 90's, and I think it was winter 1997 when a fieldwalking job in the Fens got 400 applications -it was the only 'digging' job for weeks, that was grim (luckily I didn't get that one!), and there's been several quite bad times in London over the last ten years amongst all the booms. So is there anything we can do positively, like Host looking at courses?
I'm sorting out getting my driving license so if that dream job comes up I'm ready to take it, I'm also sorting out my backlog of unpublished papers and sites, and thinking of what training I can get that will improve my prospects as either self-employed, or to get back into a unit, or get me where I want to be in 5 years time.
What other positive things can we do, and if the worst comes to the worst, how can we try and get the best out of what may be one bad year, or may be longer? I've worked through some pretty lean times including early 90's, and I think it was winter 1997 when a fieldwalking job in the Fens got 400 applications -it was the only 'digging' job for weeks, that was grim (luckily I didn't get that one!), and there's been several quite bad times in London over the last ten years amongst all the booms. So is there anything we can do positively, like Host looking at courses?
I'm sorting out getting my driving license so if that dream job comes up I'm ready to take it, I'm also sorting out my backlog of unpublished papers and sites, and thinking of what training I can get that will improve my prospects as either self-employed, or to get back into a unit, or get me where I want to be in 5 years time.