How not to lose your mind when you've lost your job!
What you'll learn
- How to cope with sudden job loss
- How to cope with change in work agreements
- How to cope with worries over POTENTIAL job loss
- Having coped, how then to move forward
Requirements
- nil
Description
This is a course to give you optimism; to give you a feeling of security.
You've lost your job - unexpectedly - but that does not mean you'll lose your mind - and it certainly doesn't mean you'll never work again!
This is a a course prompted by an Art Therapy student genuinely worried she was losing her mind as she had (unexpectedly) just lost her job!
Topics covered;
Allow yourself to feel
Routine
Exercise
Reaching out for support
Finances
Self-improvement
Goals
Relaxation
Voluntary work - practical advice is given throughout.
That brings you back to an ‘even keel’.
Now it is time to move forward so we discuss:
Career goals
Skills
Researching potential organisations
Opportunities
Impact
Networking
Then the unusual stuff:
J CYCLE SHIPS
Expenses, subscriptions, bills, costs and debt
Professional goals
Personal development goals
Financial goals
Key to all this is talk – both positive and negative. So we then spend time on strategies involving recognising negative self-talk and cognitive distortions, and consciously shifting to a more optimistic and realistic mindset.
We conclude with a case study, a summary – and a sonnet, a sonnet written by a Udemy student (but not THE Udemy student referred to in the opening lines!)
The key thing to emphasis throughout this course is that a) you have Lifetime Access and b) all courses provided by me have a very heavy emphasis on participation, posting in the Q/A. Therefore I (and team) are on hand to give advice, encouragement, suggestions and praise.
We're here when the cafes are closed, your friends and family are out at work and you're at home, going through bills.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who MIGHT lose their job in the near future
- Anyone who has suddenly lost their job
- Anyone who has moved from full-time to part-time and is now worried
- All on a zero-hours contract
Instructors
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 10,214 Reviews
- 251,371 Students
- 143 Courses
Studied at:
· University of Oxford (Philosophy and Economics)
· Oxford Brookes (Teacher training)
· University of Glamorgan (Business and Economics)
Qualifications
· Professional qualifications at Masters level
· Business and Economics degree
· Examiner for four major examining boards, at ‘O’ and ‘A’ level.
· Three teaching diplomas plus CELTA
· Qualified fitness trainer
Key academic positions held:
· Principal Oxford School of Learning
· Director of Studies: St Joseph’s Hall, Oxford
· Head of Economics: Cherwell Tutors
· Head of Business and Economics: Pipers Corner School, Buckingham
· Founder: Almost Random Theatre
I have experience in four main areas:
a. Teaching (40+ years of face-to-face experience)
b. Running businesses and conferences
c. Acting in films and theatre
d. Volunteering for a number of charities
Teaching/Instructor experience
Face-to-face: MBA students on a 1-1 basis; at University; Grammar, Comprehensive and F.E. College. This has included being Principal, Director of Studies; Head of Business and Head of Economics at various times in the past 40 years!
I have taught: Economics, Business, Sociology, Politics, English Literature and Psychology.
I have also run seminars for Teachers of |Psychology, Sociology, Businessman Economics.
I have run Therapeutic Art groups at Care Homes.
The success of my Business and Economics students has been featured in several newspapers plus I have appeared on BBC.
Running businesses and conferences.
I started Oxford School of Learning in the 1980s. From the college came Marketing Education Services, OSL Training and Saturday tutors.
In 201 I started Almost Random Theatre and have taken actors to Poland and the Czech Republic as well as running Drama days at schools.
Writing: my plays are sold to schools; I have 100+ books on Amazon; I used to write a regular column for The Guardian and BBC Bitesize.
Acting in films and theatre
My plays are sold to schools. I have performed at Oxford and Brighton Fringes as well as appearing in 100+ films, national TV advertising campaigns and role-played a hospital patient for Buckingham University’s medical degree students.
Volunteering
I have worked/am still working for Care Homes, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Dystonia Society, Stroke Association, Stroke Club, Talkback, Oxford Recovery College, Tandem, Age UK and Sport in Mind. I’ve given my tutorial fees to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Dystonia Society. I currently have a GoFundMe page to help lonely elderly people.
- 4.5 Instructor Rating
- 7,483 Reviews
- 182,321 Students
- 52 Courses
Oxford School of Learning was set up in 1986. It became a limited company which was then closed down around 2018 as there was no need to keep it going. The School kept going though, writing/providing books, online courses and issuing the Oxford School of Learning Diploma to those who met difficult criteria.
As the name suggests, Oxford School of Learning is based in Oxford, UK. The original Principal was Chris Sivewright who now delivers various Economics and Business courses for us.