Hello,
I accepted a dream job at a great company, the downside was that it was a fixed term contract. It's a large company, and not many jobs come up in my field so I thought it was worth a try, and was reassured that they do tend to keep people on.
Fast forward to now, and sadly it looks like I'm not going to be kept on. I'm disappointed as I've had great feedback, and got on well with the team. My manager has tried to keep me on but got a 'no' from above.
No suitable internal jobs have come up. I've been consistently looking for other opportunities just in case for the past few months and nothing has come up, and I am now looking at the possibility that I may end up unemployed and I need to start being practical and get my ducks in a row. I'm honestly gutted it's not worked out, I've worked really hard, and I've really loved the job.
My options are:
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Go freelance. I am really scared about doing this, I've always been employed.
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Just get any job for now as a stop gap. Is this difficult to do? I am just worried an employer would think (rightly) that as soon as something in my field came up I'd just leave.
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If options 1 and 2 don't work out, could I go on JSA for a while whilst I'm looking? How does that work? I have some savings but I am really worried about burning through them whilst I'm job hunting.
Thank you for reading, I guess I'm just looking for reassurance, I have a mortgage and a young family and I am starting to panic.