Who this is for
Who this guide is for.
This guide is about working life when the industry changes shape. Here is who it suits, who it does not, and who you will be talking to.
It is for you if
- You can see change coming in your industry or your role, and it has not hit you yet
- You are still in the job, still paid, and still have time to think
- A tool, a restructure or a market shift has moved the goalposts
- You want to use that time well rather than wait to find out
It is probably not for you if
- You want a forecast of which jobs will go. Nobody can honestly give you one
- Your role has already gone. There is a guide for redundancy
- You want a recruiter, or legal or financial advice
Who you will be talking to
On paper, I will not suit everyone. In person, I seem to do well. I am a former headhunter, not a doctor, a therapist or a guru. I spent nearly twenty years sitting across a table from men at the moment their lives were changing, and the job was to listen properly and tell them the honest thing, even when it was not what they came in for.
This site is the nearest I can get to that table, for any man anywhere in the world. The replies come from an SI (super intelligence) guide that works from my notes and my voice. It is not me typing, and it will never pretend to be.
If you want a polished brochure, a ten-step plan, or somebody to tell you that you are right, I am probably not your man. If you want somebody straight with you, who will not flatter you and will not panic on your behalf, pull up a chair.
Still here?
Then this is probably your place. Say where you are, in your own words, and take it one question at a time.
Written by James Roberts, with help from AI.