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Surviving Unemployment: Job Search Closed on December 25th.
When I was growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, my father’s family would gather December 25 to celebrate Christmas. My uncle who didn’t have children yet played Santa Claus for his eager nieces and nephews. While Santa was in the living room giving gifts, we were told Uncle Walter was not there […]
Surviving Unemployment: 3 Gifts Job Search Should Give Themselves
Serenity Courage Wisdom At this point in the holiday season, you have probably finished selecting and wrapping presents for others. Now is the time to think of yourself and what gifts you would like. I would like to recommend three things that job searchers should give themselves for Christmas. They are serenity, courage, and wisdom. […]
Surviving Unemployment: Job Loss Grief Part I
This weekend our nation will be remembering the events of 9/11. That is the day the United States no longer took safety for granted. However there are many such dates in the lives of the unemployed. For them the date is the one they no longer took the safety of their job for granted. They […]
Surviving Unemployment: Weathering the storm of unplanned change.
The other day my part of the country experienced the remnants of Hurricane Irene. The winds were strong and the rain was heavy. In the few days prior, the thoughts of many people had been on how to survive the hurricane and its’ aftermath. They had stocked up on water and non-perishable food. Anything unsecured […]
Surviving Unemployment: Write your way to happiness.
Remember the first days of the school year with your new notebooks and new pens? You couldn’t wait to start writing with them. And when bored, you doodled with those pens on the notebooks with curlicues, lines, arrows, hearts or anything that came to mind. Now is somewhat different. Instead of doodling we use the […]
