Retraining for a Trade After Redundancy: Why Many Adults Choose Electrical Work (UK)Â
Redundancy doesn't feel like opportunity. It feels like crisis. The notice period starts, redundancy pay calculations begin, and suddenly you're facing decisions about mortgage payments, family obligations, and what comes next whilst processing job loss. This pressure creates a specific mindset: urgency combined with fear of making wrong choices. In this state, many adults turn to trade retraining. Not gradually, not as long-term career exploration, but as immediate response to employment loss. Electrical work consistently appears among the most chosen options for redundant adults, alongside plumbing and gas engineering. Understanding why requires examining what redundancy actually does psychologically and financially, and how electrical work's specific characteristics meet needs that emerge in that moment.
