Thinking Positive While Unemployed

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50 Famously Successful People Who Failed At First
Not everyone who's on top today got there with success after success. More often than not, those
who history best remembers were faced with numerous obstacles that forced them to work harder and
show more determination than others. Next time you're feeling down about your failures in college
or in a career, keep these fifty famous people in mind and remind yourself that sometimes failure
is just the first step towards success.
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Jobless for more than a year
This article is about three job seekers. How they have survived more than a year of pursuing
their next great role and how, in their case, an unexpected strength and perspective marks their
experience.
It includes hard won knowledge mixed with a string of ups and downs. It is combined with a
general frustration and a bewilderment that the search has taken this long. When just a few
years ago, someone was recruiting them away from their prior employer.
All three have passed the 365-day milestone. And all three believe they have become better
people as a result.
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A year after my Chicago Tribune layoff, the lessons I've
learned
I've learned a lot and I'm happy to report that a year after the bomb dropped, life isn't just
great: It's fabulous. Allow me to share some hard-won lessons that stemmed from getting laid off --
lessons I learned because I lived them.
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Suddenly Unemployed: A Pink Slip with Silver
Lining
While finding yourself unemployed can be devastating, there are some wonderful advantageous to
having some temporary time off from a regular work day.
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Losing Your Job-Reclaiming Your Soul : Stories of Resilience, Renewal, and Hope (Jossey-Bass
Business & Management Series) Even
job loss has a silver lining A truly wonderful book! Through stories, myths and metaphors, Mary
Lynn Pulley examines the factors which help people develop more meaning in their work and their
lives. This book is not only for those going through career transitions, but for all of us who
want to be more resilient in today's work world. - Betsy A. Collard, Career Action Center
Right-sizing. |
Suddenly Unemployed: How to Make Losing Your Job Turn Out in Your
Favor Have you just lost your job through no fault of your own? First, take
care of yourself. Than go after something even better! |
Laid Off? How to Turn Unexpected Unemployment into a Chance to Re-Invent
Yourself Have you just been laid-off? Cry, rant and rave. Then take charge
and make it turn out even better than before! |
Upside to Unemployment Unemployment can bring about positive
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Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to
Be Ever
since the story of his transformation from homeless, single and struggling father to millionaire
became known the world over, Chris Gardner --whose life story both inspired the movie The
Pursuit of Happyness and became a #1 New York Times bestseller by the same name--has
been inundated with two questions: “How Did You Do It” and “How Can I Do it Too?” Gardner’s
power-packed, transformational reply is the basis of this long-anticipated book. |
Job Loss and Unemployment Stress
It’s normal to feel hurt, vulnerable, or angry after losing a job. The good news is that despite the
stress of job loss and unemployment, there are many things you can do to take control of the situation
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Don't Let Downsizing Defeat You
Reductions in
workforce have become commonplace in our culture. But no matter how many tales we hear of
layoffs, reorganizations, mergers, and downsizing, we are never fully shielded from the
impact of an ax swinging in our direction...
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