How To Overcome Unemployment

In 2008 there were a record 2,650,000 unemployed in Japan. In the same year, Spain recorded 2,590,000 and in the United States a whopping 8,924,000.

As if being laid off isn't emotional enough, each person who joins the ranks of the unemployed faces the additional challenge of living on less. When you are earning the money, you never think to cut back, but when the same expenses come and you have no work, there is no choice but to simplify.

While searching for work, you need to cope with the mental and emotional anxiety caused by unemployment. You may also have to live on less. There are two practical steps you can take to deal with the emotional challenges.

The loss of your job inevitably creates anxiety. You may wonder how long you will be without work and how you can make ends meet in the meantime.

First, identify your fears. When your emotions are so intense, it is difficult to think about matters logically. But you have to. Exercising control is essential. The things you fear most likely won't happen. By focusing on the present and the problems at hand you remove the stress of unnecessarily worrying about tomorrow.

Ask yourself these pertinent questions :

-What do I fear the most?
-How likely is it that this fear will become a reality?
-How much energy do I expend worrying about what may or may not happen?

Secondly, cultivating contentment is crucial to your wellbeing. Your viewpoint can affect your emotions. Being content means limiting your wants and being satisfied when your daily needs are met. Living more simply may not be what you are accustomed to, but wishing for what you had previously will only intensify your distress. It's your viewpoint not your circumstances that make things seem unbearable.

Ask yourself these personal questions :

-Have my needs for today been cared for?
-If so, can I take one day at a time, confident that my needs will be taken of tomorrow as well?

The right viewpoint is the first step in facing up to the challenge of living on less.

Remaining positive and actively taking steps to find employment is rewarding. Persistence does pay off. You may spend weeks in fruitless job hunts and feel like the doors of opportunity have closed a bit like waiting for a train to arrive at the station but it never comes.

There is one thing you can take control of and that is your own actions. Following up on sending resumes or curriculum vitaes to countless companies who even remotely seem to need your skills, is vital. Following up on all responses and preparing thoroughly for each interview will give you the added advantage over other job seekers who are less efficient.

It is draining going to many interviews perhaps being grilled by top managers, but your persistence will pay off in the end. A savvy employer is bound to see your determination and diligent effort and will hire you.

Unemployment has generated millions of bitter victims who feel betrayed by their employers. Many employees have been laid off their jobs more than once by disloyal employers or companies who have been adversely affected by the global recession.

Have you considered an alternative to returning to work or hunting for a job working as an employee? Granted, there are many types of business opportunities and investment options available to savvy entrepreneurs all with varying associated costs. However if you have an entrepreneurial streak and have a vision of something greater than yourself, perhaps you should explore your options and do some due diligence.

Imagine firing your boss rather than him firing you? Wow wouldn't that be something? Consider your goals and ask yourself the following questions :

-Do I want to work for a disloyal boss who'll "let me go" the minute hard times strike?
-Do I want to spend gruelling hours working for a measly salary?
-Do I want to commute long, unproductive, tiring hours to and from the job every day?

-What do I want to do rather than have to do every day?
-What do I hope to achieve for my loved ones today and tomorrow?
-What future will a salary provide for me and my family?

Why put yourself through the daily motions of pain and suffering every day when you can choose to do things differently? It starts with having the right mindset. Why do you do what you do?

Some self-examination questions :

-Why am I doing what I am doing?
-Am I passionate about my job?
-Do I inspire others like my children, working as an employee?
-Am I satisfied working for a boss even though I am a highly paid corporate executive?
-Do I still want to be where I am in the next five, ten or fifteen years from now?

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