| Are any of you unemployed at the moment? Well, | | | | adults and children.If you have a skill that others are |
| being unemployed can make you feel very | | | | looking for i.e. How to Live on a Budget, Who Needs |
| unproductive and frankly, depressed, and the longer it | | | | a Will and What Kind?, How to Macrame, Yoga for |
| drags on, it seems like it extracts every bit of | | | | Beginners, whatever it is, call and see if they have |
| creative energy out of you. The time you spend | | | | the need for another instructor. You can get a copy |
| between filling out job applications online (almost all | | | | of what classes they are now offering and more |
| have to be filled out online nowadays), checking your | | | | importantly, what they are not offering and see if |
| email for responses from those applications and | | | | they would add yours to their class list. Usually they |
| running to interviews (if you can get them) can | | | | pay a percentage on the class enrollment but each |
| waste hours and days of your time, when you could | | | | city/township will have their own criteria.This is |
| be finding something more productive to do. I am not | | | | another great way to meet new people in the |
| saying not to do those things because, of course, | | | | community (networking again) and to use your talent |
| you must if you are going to work for someone else, | | | | in a fun and productive way.You may have so much |
| but all that time in between does not have to be | | | | fun that you continue this even after you find a full |
| spent in front of the T.V. | | | | time position; extra income is always a good thing! |
| Everyone has a special skill to offer the world (even | | | | A third method of keeping your creative juices |
| if you do not know yours yet) and when you are in | | | | flowing and bring in an income could be to write an |
| between jobs it is important to find a way to stay | | | | eBook on your area of know-how and sell it |
| productive and keep your sense of worth at a higher | | | | online.This is something that you can do when you |
| level.The level of your self-worth shows through at | | | | are not working but the bonus of this technique is |
| the interviews you do land so it is important to keep | | | | that once the eBook is written it will keep income |
| it high so your prospective employers can see it.You | | | | flowing even after you find regular employment. |
| also will have more positive information to give | | | | EBooks are simply a way of solving a problem, you |
| employers when they inquire about what you have | | | | want to remember that when you are searching the |
| been doing while searching for a job. | | | | internet it is usually because you have a problem you |
| There are several ways to keep yourself in the | | | | want solved.It does not have to be a difficult |
| positive frame of mind when you are in the job | | | | problem; it just has to be a manual of sorts that puts |
| hunting phase such as volunteering some of your | | | | all the information together in one place for someone |
| free time to a cause close to your heart.In my case | | | | to follow.Now, you may be saying that you are not a |
| I volunteer to help at the dog adoptions for a local | | | | writer; well the great thing is that you do not have |
| humane society and pet store that work together | | | | to be!There are wonderful services out there in the |
| every weekend to find good homes for rescued | | | | world that if you send them the idea, they can |
| animals.You can volunteer at the Red Cross, your | | | | create the eBook for you.What that also means is |
| child's school, or anywhere else you feel you would | | | | that if you just identify a "problem" that people are |
| be helpful.Not only would you be helping out other | | | | looking to solve (even if it is not your specialty), you |
| people, it is a wonderful way to make new contacts | | | | can create an eBook with the solution to that |
| and maybe get leads for a future position.The people | | | | problem and sell it online. |
| you meet at the places you believe in enough to | | | | Speaking of writing, another way to stay in touch |
| volunteer have common interests or beliefs and you | | | | with your field of business is to write articles to post |
| may end up working somewhere you love that was | | | | on article sites, blogs and group sites or to send to |
| not on your original job prospecting list. | | | | your local community paper.Articles are a great way |
| Another way of using your talents between jobs | | | | to network within an occupational group and to keep |
| could be to work independently through community | | | | you connected, again you may grab the attention of |
| centers that offer evening and weekend | | | | someone to lead you to your new exciting position. |
| classes.Depending on your line of expertise, being an | | | | These are just a few ways of keeping your wheels |
| Accountant, a Seamstress, a Fitness Instructor, an | | | | turning between jobs and I'm sure that you may |
| Artist, whatever you do, local Community Centers | | | | even have some of your own ideas that may lead |
| usually have an Activities Guide published at least | | | | you to a whole new career. |
| twice (sometimes more) a year that list classes for | | | | |