It's tough Jess and nowadays you can't always pick and choose where you want to work. Heck you can't even pick and choose who you want an interview with as it's all down to the shortlisting panel and out of our control.
Hope your friend gets sorted. Through all of my redundancies, it was usually the admin staff that were let go or very senior managers/sales personnel who were offered such a huge package they couldn't say no.
As for the weather it's very mixed here, but has been warm/muggy for months now. Long may it continue!
