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Wellbeing & Resilience – Advice for Jobseekers
The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted the job market, leading to increased competition for available roles and prolonged unemployment for jobseekers, this webinar offered advice on maintaining mental health and resilience during job searching.
When? Thursday, 25th March 2021
Where? Live, via Online Webinar
About this Webinar
Covid-19 significantly disrupted the job market, forcing many organisations to restructure and unfortunately to make redundancies. As a result in some sectors, there was increased competition for the available roles and it took many jobseekers longer to secure the right position. Although the job market did improve as businesses adapted to current working conditions and the risk of the virus reduced, this had a negative impact on jobseekers as they faced often longer than normal unemployed. The experience of submitting applications for dozens of jobs, attending interviews and then because of the increased competition facing rejection, all took its toll on personal wellbeing.
Our webinar ‘Wellbeing and Resilience: Advice for jobseekers’ in partnership with Mind: Lambeth & Southwark and Suzanne Penny, Career Studios aimed to provide jobseekers with advice and tips on how to look after their mental health and wellbeing during difficult times, helping them to remain resilient and maintain their motivation to continue their job search.
We were joined by Alastair Smith-Agbaje and Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz from Mind: Lambeth and Southwark, and Suzanne Penny, Learning & Development Consultant and Career Coach, from Career Studios for a panel discussion.
Speakers
Alastair Smith-Agbaje
Alastair is passionate about the wellbeing and support of vulnerable people within the communities, in particular individuals who struggle with low self-esteem and mental health related issues. Alastair has a background in financial accounting. He has worked for a number of organisations in senior leadership roles, within corporate companies, charities and local authorities based in United Kingdom.
Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz
Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz is a psychoanalyst and a frontline clinician working with severe mental illness in the community. She is the founder and clinical director of the Psychosis Therapy Project (PTP), a Community Interest Company delivering specialist talking and art therapy in deprived areas across London. She is the manager of the psychosis therapy service operating at Lambeth & Southwark Mind.
Suzanne Penny
Suzanne Penny is a Learning & Development Consultant and Career Coach, with extensive experience providing support to individuals and organisations through redundancy. In addition to 1-2-1 coaching, Suzanne combines expert facilitation and group coaching, to bring people together who may be at a career crossroads or job searching. Suzanne is a firm believer that searching for a job doesn't have to be lonely and soul destroying, and offers interactive, small group training and coaching on change and resilience, career clarity and confidence and all aspects of modern job search techniques to navigate the challenging job market. Her background includes over 15 years’ experience in the recruitment sector as a Learning and Development Manager and in-house and agency recruiter. In addition, having worked with market leading outplacement organisations, Suzanne offers outplacement and career development training to organisations. Having been through redundancy twice herself and been out of work as a sole breadwinner, she is extremely passionate about using her skills and expertise in supporting others at this difficult time.
Host
Clare Keniry
Clare Keniry is a Board Director and head of Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Hunt, working with clients to ensure that their recruitment strategies are diverse and inclusive. The recruitment process is a critical element of bringing diverse talent into an organisation and we help organisations to ensure that every step is as consciously inclusive as possible. Within Morgan Hunt, she also leads the development of a diverse & inclusive culture. She has over 20 years’ experience working within the recruitment industry with extensive networks spanning both the private, public, and not for profit markets, having worked across the UK and Australia. Driving authentic diversity & inclusion is one of the biggest challenges facing employers and Morgan Hunt are committed to working with organisations to support the development of a truly diverse and inclusive workplace.
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