ILM offers support to unemployed managers

18 May 2009

ILM launches a support package to help redundant managers get back into the workplace.

Categories: People management

The Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) has launched a free support package to help unemployed managers get back into the workplace.

According to the organisation, the recession has hit managers hard in recent months, with unemployment in the sector rising, and the new scheme offers managers who have been made redundant six months free professional membership to the ILM.

The package includes a number of measures aimed at helping people find work, including access to current vacancies through jobs boards, CV support and interview training and an online resource featuring 42 learning modules on skills such as budgeting, negotiation and innovation.

ILM's chief executive Penny de Valk said that the current economic climate is affecting managers in a way which has not been seen before, which is why the organisation is seeking to help people boost their employment prospects.

"Good leadership and management is what will help take this country out of a recession, let's not squander those skills," she added.

A recent study by international recruitment firm Antal offered some hope to jobseekers, suggesting that the number of people losing their jobs could be levelling off.

The research also highlighted that prospects for managers and professionals in the UK are better than the global average.ADNFCR-1459-ID-19173739-ADNFCR

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