Tag Archives: surviving unemployment

How to Use the Law of Attraction in Your Job Search

“Our brains become magnetized with the dominating thoughts which we hold in our minds, and, by means with which no man is familiar, these “magnets” attract to us the forces, the people, the circumstances of life which harmonize with the nature of our dominating thoughts.” ~Napoleon Hill Our thoughts are magnets that attract the thoughts […]

Day Dreaming + Job Searching = New Job

Remember in grade school when you were daydreaming because you weren’t interested in what things a country imported or exported.  Or in high school when the teacher was talking about just about anything and your daydreams were on the cute boy/girl who was the focus of your attention that week.   In college, instead of listening […]

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: 5 Steps for Coping with Family Holiday Events

Unemployment + holidays + family = stressed to the max.  In a parody of seasonal favorite, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” one of The Twelve Pains of Christmas is facing the in-laws.  Well, it isn’t just the in-laws that can be a pain, but your own family as well.  Whether immediate or extended, your family has your […]

Surviving Unemployment: Twas The Night Before Christmas of the Job Searcher

Twas The Night Before Christmas of the Job Searcher Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was working, not even the mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes they wouldn’t show the wear and tear. The children were nestled all snug in their beds […]