But a few months on, I am bouncing back. 

Here are my top five tips for how to use a sporting mentality to bounce back and land work again.

It felt like everything was over for me after receiving the news.

If you’re facing redundancy, you’ll no doubt be going through a consultancy period. Consider your options, fight for your job and give your employer hard evidence (proof points, real business value) as to why they should keep you.

But, for me, the money was the overriding issue. I felt this wave of fear that time seemed to be running out for me to keep a roof above our heads. 

Tailor your CV and covering letter to the company and JD. APPLY!

Rejected…again. Jobs I thought I would get, I couldn’t even get an interview for. 

Broaden your horizons. Look for a new challenge. If you’ve been made redundant, it’s likely that your industry is struggling, so be open to something new.

It had been over a month since my last job interview, and I realised that with how saturated the market had become, the chance of full-time employment at this stage was decreasing.

So, I jumped on to the HMRC website, registered as self-employed then started reaching out to some of my close contacts.

I realised that it’s time to take hold of my future and if I wanted to succeed, I needed to do this properly.

I purchased a domain, a basic website, roped in a graphic designer friend and voila I had myself a reputable looking business. 

Since launching New Reach, I have been inundated with messages, calls and am working with some incredible businesses. I’ve gone from no interviews to this.