Downsized & Can’t Find Work - Earn Money While Looking for Your Next Job
Have you recently been downsized?
Have you discovered that it is very hard to find a new job in this recessionary economy?
Current Situation
If so, you have lots of company. Since December 2007, the official beginning of this recession, more than 5.7 million jobs disappeared during this recession. According to the Associated Press (AP), after the May 8th release of the April, 2009 unemployment numbers:
- 13.7 million people were out of work in April, 2009, and that was the largest number since 1948
- 539,000 jobs were lost in the month of April alone
- 8.9% unemployment (the highest since September, 1983), but if people who’ve been laid off and just given up or taken part-time work, are included, that number jumps to 15.9% unemployment - the highest since 1994
If you’ve been unemployed for over a month, you may be feeling frustrated, or maybe even a little overwhelmed as you see the pages of the calendar turn, with still no job on the horizon. I’m betting that you’re also worried about some long term issues (e.g., college education, retirement) as well as this immediate crisis.
There are basically three choices in this situation:
- Freak out
- Continue doing what you’ve always been doing (the same things that haven’t yet found you a new job), or
- Try something new
Option 1: Freak Out
The first option, panic, is entirely counter-productive, and should be avoided at all costs. A little fear is a good thing - it can help us focus and energize us for fight or flight. Panic, unlike fear, debilitates us and degrades our ability to respond to the crises we face.
Option 2: Keep Doing What You’ve Been Doing
If doing what you have been doing had been successful for you, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now. If you don’t change what you’re doing, you can only expect to get more of what you already have.
I don’t know about you and your industry, but people in my industry - good people - have been unemployed for more than six months, unable to find a comparable job to the one they left; or even, any job at all. Despite doing all the “right things” (e.g, answering help wanted ads and sending out resumes), what have they got to show for all that effort? Zero.
This economy is tough; my friends aren’t even getting preliminary callbacks about jobs.
Option 3: Try Something New
The third option - do something different - seems to be the only realistic solution. With so many choices on the table, it is very hard to know where to start?
Do something different: start a home business .
- Never worry about being laid off again.
- Let this be the last time that you have to forfeit quality time with your family by bringing work home, working weekends, or having to travel way more than you’d like.
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Home-based businesses account for approximately 7 billion annually and provides many tax benefits, more control over your time, your work, and your income. If you apply the Law of Large Numbers to your personal situation, like insurance companies do, you’d minimize the current recessionary risks. Insurers mitigate their risk of loss by spreading that risk across thousands, or even millions, of customers.
Starting an onlne business will help you mitigate the risks of this recession by spreading them across multiple customers, regions and even countries. Thus, you would also be increasing the stability of your new revenue streams and increasing the likelihood of ensuring your family’s financial security.while building a life of your dreams