5 Tips for Dealing with Rejection While Job Hunting

5 Tips for Dealing with Rejection While Job Hunting

1) Out with Bad Feelings If you hoped to get a job and you didn’t there are bound to be some bad feelings hanging out at your house, whether they are disappointment, anger, sadness or shock.  You need to acknowledge those feelings and then use your favorite methods for chasing them away.  Suggestions include: exercising venting to a friend screaming out loud (One person said she would drive all the way around the DC beltway screaming so as not to…

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My Opinion On: Unemployment Boot Camp by R.A. Long

My Opinion On: Unemployment Boot Camp by R.A. Long

I loved the first part of Unemployment Boot Camp: Tactics for Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century as Long described working for a company that was laying people off in waves. Her humor about a situation that “causes you to reach heights of paranoia the likes of which you haven’t experienced since junior high” made me laugh and her observations rang true to me. The second half of the book was more matter of fact. Here is what you…

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Unemployment Stories: Can You Recover from Months or Years of Unemployment?

Unemployment Stories: Can You Recover from Months or Years of Unemployment?

This post is the first of what I hope will become a series, checking back in on folks who once felt stuck in unemployment and despaired of ever getting out among the working again.  These stories are unlikely to consist of tales where everyone lived happily ever after.  Still I think there is a value to being able to fast forward from someone’s time being unemployed to see what happened.  It gives us a chance to see someone’s “future” when…

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What’s Wrong with Anne’s Face?

What’s Wrong with Anne’s Face?

What’s wrong with Anne’s face in this drawing? I was unemployed, that’s what. My eyes show that I’ve been left behind by the rest of the world and I’m pretty damn broken up about it. My mouth isn’t even able to find the center of my face. Because….  nothing in my life was lining up like it was supposed to. Not even the features on my face. I’ve got such a puny neck that it’s no wonder it was difficult…

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Unemploymentville Gossip: Where have I been hiding? And why am I back??

Unemploymentville Gossip: Where have I been hiding? And why am I back??

So you haven’t seen or heard much from me recently. Why is that? The truth is I have a job now and I was working a lot of extra hours.   Is that rude? When people who are working too many hours complain about it to someone who is unemployed? What do you think? It kind of feels like it’s rude to me, but yet… NOT talking about what is going on in your life because your friend has a…

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Things to See and Do in Unemploymentville: Listen to Music and Dance

Things to See and Do in Unemploymentville: Listen to Music and Dance

Music can change my mood faster than almost anything.  The music I choose depends on whether I am seeking a) a more peaceful feeling b) to brighten a sour mood c) to energize myself d) find my fighting spirit e) all of the above I still have a Playlist I created for “the final day”.  Since we were given advance notice of our impending layoff, there was the day we were to come in, collect any final belongings and have…

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