I have just returned from my sabbatical this week, only to find out that I’m being placed on a PIP and probably will say goodbye to my job soon :(
Does anyone have experience doing side gigs/freelance jobs during unemployment? What’s your experience in getting clients (through current connection, cold emailing)? Would love to hear your thoughts! Based in the UK with 4 YoE as a consultant/PM if that’s relevant.

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The answer is tricky on freelancing - recruiters are worth pinging for temp jobs (DM for a few names). Firms are hiring in the UK so a perm opportunity should be in play but you will need to be highly focused & engaged to land it I sense given the PIP process & pending unemployment.

I have a former colleague here in the uk more tenured than you and he has struggled with the cold emails to get much client traction so I would not make that the plan. He got further with temp consulting firm contracts.

Another suggestion is to turn on LinkedIn open for recruiters - hopefully they will come to you. Knowing what type or name of firm or service line you are after will aid those calls.

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This is super helpful, thank you 🙏! Will send a DM if you don’t mind

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Damn wait you took a sabbatical as an analyst? What happened I feel like that’s a huge nono to do as someone at the bottom of the ladder

sorry I didn’t get update the job title! I am a PM/consultant and 4 years in the company. I don’t think any company would give sabbatical to an analyst lol

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