Just Been Made Redundant as a Senior Manager? Your First 30 Days Plan
Rose had been Head of Customer Experience for 6 years when her role was eliminated in a restructure. She spent the first three weeks sending her old CV to every vacancy she saw. Nothing came back and her confidence dropped with every silent week.
Restructures, mergers and cost-cutting affect senior roles every year, often through no fault of the person in them. The professionals who land well are not always the most experienced. They are the ones who pause, plan and reposition before they start applying in volume.
Your 30-Day Plan
📅 Days 1–5: Stabilise Review your exit package, final dues and any outplacement support. Get your reference agreed in writing. Take a short breath before you rush.
📅 Days 6–10: Clarify Your Target Decide the 2–3 role types, sectors and level you are aiming for. A focused search moves faster than a scattered one.
📅 Days 11–18: Rebuild Your Tools Update your CV and LinkedIn with your latest achievements. Prepare a short, positive explanation of your exit.
📅 Days 19–25: Activate Your Network Contact 20 people — former colleagues, clients, recruiters. Ask for advice and introductions, not jobs.
📅 Days 26–30: Apply With Precision Apply to a small number of well-matched roles with tailored CVs and cover letters.
How to Explain Redundancy in Interviews
Keep it short, factual and forward-looking: “My role was one of several eliminated when the company restructured its regional operations. I’m proud of what my team delivered — including a 22-point rise in customer satisfaction — and I’m now focused on leading customer experience in a growing business like yours.” Then move on.
Rose’s Result
We helped Rose reset her target, rebuilt her CV and LinkedIn, and prepared her redundancy narrative. Within 7 weeks she accepted a Head of Customer Experience role at a regional telecoms provider.
READY TO TAKE ACTION?
Facing redundancy or a restructure? We help senior professionals reposition fast: CV, LinkedIn, job search plan and interview coaching. DM us ‘RESET’ to talk confidentially — and start with our FREE CV & LINKEDIN audit this October at kethafrica@gmail.com.
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