Finding Ways To Surpass The Unemployed Competition

January 25, 2010

Every workshop and job support group I attend, I am constantly reminded that it’s all about reinvention and differentiation.  The vast and desperate task of finding a job today is no longer keeping up with the next guy; it’s how to surpass him.  Looking for work has become an exhausting exercise in Track & Field [...]

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Welcome to The Unemployed World of Conan O’Brien

January 18, 2010

Will TMZ stalk Conan O’Brien to find out in which EDD office he attempts to file for unemployment insurance benefits?  Will Conan O’Brien jump over to FOX as David Letterman did to CBS when he was passed over for The Tonight Show prior to Mr. Leno?  Will Jimmy Kimmel and/or the Prime-Time Band still have [...]

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Reflecting on One Year of Unemployment: Hope for The Future

January 12, 2010

In a world that has evolved into an instantaneously accessible force, gaining speed by the second, people are getting used to that.  With the flip of a switch, a click of a mouse we can tap into anything and everything…right now, this instant.  We live in the immediacy.
So why is it, if we have the [...]

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The Network That Stays Together Works Together

January 6, 2010

Well, I’m here to report that the system does work…if you give it an enormous amount of time.  Hopefully by now we are fully ensconced and involved with working the system as broken as the job-search system is.  The critical factor here is to continue working it and never give up.  Put those feelers out, follow-up [...]

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Amen To 2010: Attaining Successes By Learning From Our Struggles

January 4, 2010

Happy New Year all!  Let’s, again, strive to emphasize the Happy & New part!
So, did any of you take some time during the holidays to reflect upon and take inventory on what has passed and what is in store for this New Year?  Sure, we all want to completely and quickly forget the past twelve [...]

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Gladly Saying Goodbye to an Unemployed 2009

December 21, 2009

Kiss this year goodbye and point me toward tomorrow.  I can honestly say there is no part of 2009 I want to remember…sayonara!
Having said that, I am convinced this time I will come out a better and brighter human being having gone through what was the worst year of my life.  I guess you can [...]

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Taking TheHireRoad To Eliminate Unemployment

December 9, 2009

Yesterday I attended a fabulous all-day workshop devoted to giving unemployed people key tools to improving their job search.
How many emails have we received to fine-tune, re-tool and ramp-up our resume?  Over 100 probably.  It’s our best marketing and sales tool, right?  A solid resume will rocket us to the top of the “A” pile!
Well, if [...]

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Unemployment, As Life, Is Only Temporary

December 2, 2009

It’s true…the older we get the more often we hear it…it goes by real quick, so enjoy it while you can ‘cause before you know it…
Such is life…and death.  And Unemployment.
Over the last 18 months I have lost my father-in-law after a long battle, and now my endearing, humble and devoted step-father just passed over [...]

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How Do We Give Unemployed Thanks?

November 25, 2009

Well, what can we do?  I guess we need to return to basics and bring it down a few notches to a level we can hopefully comprehend.  Saying it’s just a job and having one is one thing, when you don’t have one it gives it a whole new meaning.  So where on earth can [...]

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Unemployed Resumes: Is Yours Working For You?

November 23, 2009

How many versions of your resume do you have?  How much have you spent for them over the years?  Feel like you got a good deal and your interviews are smokin’?
Well, not me…I have 6-8 versions, I’ve spent hundreds and another seventy-five bucks this year and still not one interview.  What gives?  You’d think that [...]

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