I've been made redundant twice, the first time totally crushed me (I was 20 at the time with 6mnth old baby) I did a spot of retraining then 4 yrs later I had a similar job to the one Taura is going for. Then last year 10yrs later I was made redundant again, this time was different though it was exactly what I needed, I'd reached a point where I couldn't work & look after my disabled wife so I'd handed in my resignation which was refused due to the upcoming redundancies & I was placed top of the list for redundancy so not only did I get what I really needed I got a large amount of money as well :) Anyway what I was trying to say in a roundabout rambling way is don't get disheartened because you may be losing your job try to find the silver lining it is there somewhere :)