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Redundancy help and advice

Skills Development Scotland can help you by:

- providing information about government funded training
- offering you a specialist career planning service
- helping you to write a first rate CV
- coaching you for interviews.

We can help you to work out your next move, whether it's finding a new job in the same field or starting over in a different role. We can point you in the direction of training that will allow you to upgrade your skills for your chosen career - and we can help you to access any funding available to pay for it.

  • What is PACE redundancy support?

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    Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE) is a Scottish Government redundancy initiative that provides the support and guidance necessary to get you back into work as quickly as possible.

  • Careers advice and researching a new career

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    If you're facing redundancy, you might be thinking about changing your career direction as well as your job. Visit the Careers Scotland website to access careers advice and a range of useful resources to help you figure out your next step.

  • Improve your skills

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    Having up-to-date skills is essential in today's job market. Skills Development Scotland can direct you to learning opportunities that will allow you to up-skill on your own time and even advise you on what funding is available to help you do so.

  • Building a CV and job search

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    These days most job vacancies are advertised on the internet, so you need only go online to discover what opportunities are out there for the taking. When you've found some jobs you're keen to apply for, check out the Careers Scotland website for help with creating a CV.

  • Other sources of redundancy support

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    Skills Development Scotland can direct you to a number of organisations that can help you to work out what's next after redundancy.

  • Careers Scotland website

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    The "Facing Redundancy?" section of the Careers Scotland website has much more information which might help you if you are facing redundancy or worried about the threat of redundancy.