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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 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.

Speakers

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Clare Keniry
Head of Diversity and Inclusion

Clare Keniry, Board Director and Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Morgan Hunt, has over 20 years of recruitment experience across the UK and Australia. She leads the push for a diverse and inclusive culture within the company. Morgan Hunt is dedicated to helping organisations create genuinely diverse workplaces.

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Suzanne Penny
Learning & Development Consultant & Career Coach

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.

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Alastair Smith-Agbaje
CEO Lambeth and Southwark Mind

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.

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Dorothée Bonnigal-Katz
Therapies Clinical Lead

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.

Watch the full recording below