Question from a reader:”Kim, please help me find a job. I am out of work, I have children to feed and I am struggling to pay the bills. What can you suggest?”
My answer is that you need to keep trying, keep your sanity and your sense of self and don’t stop looking. I get a lot of these posts and emails and for whatever cold comfort it is, there is probably at least 20% of the United States (if not more) that has been laid off or is out of work and wants to work. More importantly, we all need to work be it for making money, feeling productive or doing something that will help society.
If you are sending out resumes, keep sending them out and as soul-numbing as it is to go through web portals, that is the way that most companies are accepting job applications these days. Keep sending them and posting them.
Call job recruiters if you have specialized skills and don’t mind relocating. A lot of people I know have moved or are temporarily commuting long distances to stay employed. Sometimes you need to do whatever it reasonably takes to stay employed and keep food on the table and a dry roof over your head.
Try and call any contacts in business you know, talk with relatives and take inventory of your life. I talk about a lot of this in my book, Practical Money Making. It was written before things got worse and a lot of my suggestions hold double today. You need to find something where you can stand out as the person that will be perfect for the job.
Try wherever possible to go face-to-face for job fairs or applications. Most human resource people are swamped with resumes and have to sift through stacks or volumes of electronic mail to find prospective candidates. If you can go to job fairs at least you can be seen face-to-face.
Keep yourself in good shape physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. You will need to stay strong because there is every indication that things will not be getting better for the rest of this year and possibly into the next.
That being said, start or continue budgeting and keep the momentum going looking for work or something – anything – that you can do to get an income stream flowing. If you are in debt, try to work out things with your creditors. You won’t be the first one that is approaching them.
My best to you and your family and you are in my thoughts and prayers!
April 20 2009
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Kim Isaac Greenblatt
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