The UK job market is weakening rapidly, with the number of permanent jobs available dropping at a record rate. If you are one of the many thousands of job seekers affected by redundancy, or fearing the worst, what are you going to do? When you are hit by redundancy in a recession you can't leave your job search to chance. It is essential to try to get ahead of the game. That is what this book is about. Helping you to look for jobs more successfully than everyone else. So that you discover more vacancies that are right for you. And submit applications that present you well and have an impact. Because although the number of jobs are falling, there are still plenty of new opportunities coming onto the market. On December 4th, Monster reported nearly four thousand new jobs posted that day alone. So, even if there are fewer jobs in your particular industry, the chances of you getting back to work quickly in another field are still high. And this book will show you how.

Harry Freedman PhD is the Founder and Chief Executive of Career Energy. He has a broad career background having worked at senior level across many sectors including hospitality, technology, healthcare and not-for-profit. His interest in helping people to develop their careers stemmed from his own experience in making frequent career changes. He found that by identifying his dominant skills, interests and values he could identify new contexts and directions for himself and when he founded Career Energy, these techniques became the core principles behind the company's work. Harry's formal Career Management experience was gained with leading providers of corporate career services, and informally as an employer and as a coach in the voluntary sector. His academic qualifications include first and postgraduate degrees in Psychology, Philosophy and Aramaic.