Okay, so it’s a spankin’ New Year and I’ve been told to brighten up the blog…don’t be so negative and try to be more positive when I write. Come up with what’s good to share.
Where?
I’m trying, really! This story just posted today. Is the Media hiding the silver lining from us? Am I simply not looking hard enough, am I just not getting it? Am I searching improperly? Tell me!
This week I heard a locally popular speaker tell one of my groups that it’s still a pretty bleak picture and will continue to be for most of this year. There are some up-ticks and people are starting to get placed; there is a breath of fresh air on the horizon. Today is certainly better that last year at this time…unless you just got the axe, in which case life has left the building and you are feeling pooped on. I am actively involved in three job support groups and every week we go around hearing good news from “veterans” and getting introduced to the newbies. In today’s group we heard more positive stories and people landing offers than we’ve ever seen…and got introduced to more first-timers in quite awhile. So it’s really where you stand individually in this global epidemic we call unemployed.
Telling a person fresh on the street you’ll find something tomorrow ain’t gonna help their psyche, ‘cause you and I know it ain’t true. We must be real to each other; I can say if you lost your job this month, you might stand a better chance of getting your feet back on the ground than those that came before you, but the sheer fact of the matter is we all have to go through the same hoops to get a new job regardless of where we’ve been and there is no crystal ball. We’re all in the same boat; if your port of call is on the itinerary, grab a life vest and congrats! If not, grab a midnight buffet and try to enjoy the cruise, nausea abounds! Certainly losing a job as we speak might be a shorter term sentence, but then those folks will have to work and apply themselves that much harder and quicker because of the foreseen increase in hiring. If so many of us are supposedly riding a potential hiring wave, those that just got beached will have a lot of dog paddling to do to catch up.
So to be positive, just have a good attitude through it all at any level you find yourself being furloughed. Build your network, maintain it, go to as many outreach and support groups possible, join on-line professional job clubs…all the things I and others have suggested. As uplifting as things appear to be shaping, let’s hope it’s not some false sense of security. Those getting laid off now will feel the sting much stronger as the workerbee pool has overflowed and honey is a rarity. But, like I said, the picture is getting slightly clearer which is positive and good news. This is the message we must stress and lean upon. Now is not the time to give up and wait for it to show up just because the sun has risen in some small corner of the world. Our world is still a dark and murky one; we must continue our efforts just like this happened yesterday…if it did happen yesterday, rest assured the good news for you is that there are plenty of us to go around helping you in your grief and depression. The support you have now is overwhelming; one year ago, many of these organizations to which I and countless others belong were just starting or didn’t exist. You have dozens from which to choose aided by the knowledge and mistakes already made to give you the time-tested assistance you require.
Please let me know what it is I can do for you and I will pass along what information I have and by supporting others, you can support yourself. Today you have the company to share experiences that you might not have had last year, so take advantage of us and reach out for help.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
~Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan, 1893
As Always, Thanks For Surfing My Wave!
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