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The winter of 2009/10 has been characterised by two major things, snow on an incredible scale and strikes, the like of which we haven''t seen for decades. The snow, however, has passed which cannot be said of the strikes. Regardless of which sector the strikes have been in and how different individual cases may be, the overall reason is always the same: for one reason or another staff are worried about their future employment conditions, and go on strike to try to convince their bosses to change their minds. Of course, the bosses rarely do. Particularly at the moment most companies will argue that downsizing is required in order to deal with the company''s debts or to survive the economic crisis, having a workforce on strike is, of course, an expensive business but no more so than going bankrupt would be if the company didn''t adapt. To a certain extent one has to have sympathy with the unions, after all, it''s not their fault that whoever was in charge mismanaged the company. Is the situation much different, however, when it''s a government which is struggling to stop its staff going on strike? Of course, the unions argue that now is the most important time to have a strong public sector, in times of economic hardship its the public sector that can offer the most support to individuals across the country. This is undeniably true, particularly for some sections of society, but if the public sector is overstaffed there is no other choice but to lose staff. Regardless of whether further public sector strikes go ahead, or whether the government chooses to back down on its promise of widespread cuts, the fact is that hundreds of thousands of people will be worried for their job security and many thousands will have their fears realised by being made redundant. For the people who are made redundant, the most important thing is not whether there is a strike on or not, but how quickly they can get back into work. Even with people being made redundant, the public sector as a whole will keep on recruiting, and with the economy recovering, every sector is going to be looking for new staff. Competition for these jobs, however, is going to be fierce, and the only guaranteed way of getting into any sector, or of getting a job full stop is to keep applying. If all the strikes come to nothing and you find yourself out of a job, make sure you look as widely as possible and don''t give up if you''re unlucky the first few times.
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Audry Jolie is a careers consultant who recommends the Guardian''s online job listings as a great place to find public sector jobs.
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