EmploymentScape Chief Executive Officer, Harrison Barnes talks about managing crisis.

Crisis is absolutely one of the most challenging things that we face. Many simply cannot cope and therefore fall apart. The key to managing any crisis is to look towards the future while you’re inside the crisis.

In terms of your life, you are going to be faced with crisis at some point. You may be in crisis right now. If you have recently lost a job, or are about to lose a job, you may be in crisis. In such a situation, the first thing you need to do is start thinking about your future and where you want to be. You need to concentrate on the future and how you are going to make your future so much better than your past.

Your future is going to be much, much better than your past because you have learned so much in your current or last position. Another incredibly positive thing is that you can start looking at other sorts of professions and jobs you may be good at.

If you are in crisis then feel good about this. The crisis you are in is going to force you to reexamine your life, and see what opportunities are potentially awaiting you. You will now be able to get out of what may have been a rut. This is something that is incredibly positive and you should be happy about.

The future can always be better than the past, if we allow ourselves to focus on what is possible.