Resource has been contacting alumni, “in case their jobs have disappeared and to remind them we are here to help”, Ms Sterman added. “Very sad responses have started to come in, with clients detailing contracts that have been abruptly ended, imminent redundancies and other doom and gloom.
“We’ve collated a list of organisations we know are recruiting — especially supermarkets — with links to apply and organisations that need volunteers so our clients can be productive [if they are able to]. These will be sent out in a new weekly bulletin.”
Examples of feedback include a client due to have an interview with a communal charity for a senior role, whose appointment was cancelled at short notice. Another had lost the opportunity of three-month contract as a credit analyst with a major bank.
On the plus side, two clients have had interviews this week “and our expectation is that many of the employers whose recruitment had been on hold will restart soon as they need to keep their businesses afloat”.
