This morning when i arrived at work my boss told me the sad news.anyone for advice please i need to be strong.

Question

my boss told me that i might loose my job because the is no clients coming me and the whole thing is affecting me inside i will be working as temporarly employee until last year end of january please guys any advice it will help

Answer 1

Get off answers and do some work

Answer 2

The reasons given when a boss sacks an employee are rarely either the whole reason or the real reason.

What is your job? Estate Agency? Sales? Cold Calling?

Think outside the box.

Work out why clients are not coming to you.
Are you working on a client list someone else has given to you?
Are you last in line when a call comes in?

You need to get pro-active. Find your own clients. Use your "life" as a means to an end. Everyone you meet is a potential client. Talk up your company outside work - to everyone. If you don't have business cards - with YOUR name on them - get some made up, then hand them out to EVERYONE you meet, strangers included. You shop don't you? Well talk to the people in the queues at the till. Do you have children? Well talk to your fellow parents and the teachers.

In a job like yours, you CANNOT be an island, you have to take the risk and open yourself up to the world.

You are going to have to work incredibly hard to turn this around in a short time.

Answer 3

Hello Lydia,

It is always sad to hear of someone losing their job because of no work coming in, especially work they really enjoy doing.

Although probably not easy, try not to be too downhearted and try to enjoy what little time you have left with the company.

In the meantime, I would suggest that you start looking for other employment. There is an old saying which I do believe is true,

'It is easier to find employment when you are already employed'

I feel sure that you will find other employment, but talk to you boss and ask him to allow you time off your work to attend any interviews for another job you may apply for and also ask him/her to release you early if you are successful in finding other work before the end of January.

I feel sure your current boss will understand and be prepared to allow you to do this.

One other thing to remember. If you have been with the company for at least two years you should investigate whether you are entitled to a redundancy payment.

Your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) or the Advisory Conciliation & Arbitration Service (ACAS) will be able to advise you about this. Both these are free and confidential services.

You will need to contact ACAS by phone or letter as they do nor accept emails.

ACAS website is:

http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=301

I hope this has been of some help to you and that you soon find new employment that you enjoy.

John
(Poseidon)

Answer 4

Whatever you do, DO NOT give your notice in until you have secured another job otherwise you would lose all benefits if you end up out of work. Try the local papers and job centres and hassle their staff to get you interviews. 2008 is going to be a really bad year for business in the UK and we have seen this coming for a couple of years, retailers are already struggling, banks are shedding staff quietly and the building industry is at an all time low. Whatever you choose to do, do it well and work hard. Good luck.

Answer 5

The writing on the wall is there. So you should start to prepare yourself for the inevitable. At least your boss is kind enough to give you warning.
Your feelings are normal. Our jobs give us security. So you need to start looking now for something new. It's even scarier now since we are coming into December and companies tend to tighten their hiring coming up to the holidays. The good thing is that in January everything opens up. Put your resume out on the job boards, start networking with people in your industry. I don't know what industry you are in so it's hard to advise you who to network with. Start looking in the paper for job advertisements. You need to move quickly, because if you have bills to pay, then you can't afford any downtime.
This is part of life learning experience, so you need to mobilize now, put the depression feelings aside and have a goal in mind. Good Luck!

Answer 6

Wow... I think if my career were on the line the last place I would be seeking advice would be on yahoo answers. Talk to a headhunter, but here??? No way!

There's a lot more information needed for any sound advice anyway. If you just want encouragement then go for it and save your job. Do whatever it takes. It would help to know what you do.

Answer 7

The job market's pretty strong. If you want to work, I bet there will be plenty of people who'll hire you.

You might want to try to get a new job while you've still got the old one. Not very stressful that way.

Answer 8

As one door shuts you will find anotherone opening. Thats the way of the world my mate, it's called living. Start having a look around you will find another job and this time try to find a more stable company. A>T>Best

Answer 9

Well idont know what to really say.......try to work a little bit harder an see if it works out. try to have a 1 an 1 talk with your boss to see what u need to work on an what u dont. Try to interact more with people an all probly it might help.

Answer 10

whats you job? it sounds like sales. If I know what you sale I can give you some advice.

But you have to remember you either sale or you dont. Take the top 5 sales people in used cars, mortgages, real estate, insurance.

Make them all switch jobs they will all be the top 5 people in what you pick. If you cant do sales, get out of it.

If its something else give us more info. I will check back.

Answer 11

Get a new job. start looking. Its your life take charge, now.