[Jobs] Loss Of Job... Riding The Emotional Roller-coaster

[J. Michael Jones]

She is so right, very true, please get involved and get connected.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Seville Allen" <ceoallen at erols.com>
To: "'Jobs for the Blind'" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Loss Of Job... Riding The Emotional Roller-coaster


> About 30 years ago, I was unemployed for a year and a half.  I recall that
> time reading this note just as though it were yesterday.  During that 
> period
> I feared I would never work again; now on to the positive:
>
> I did some volunteer work in my community, a hotline and mostly joined the
> "other consumer group" and got heavily involved.  Through that contact I
> found an excellent job.  So my bottom line advice is get involved in
> something you truly enjoy and you will get an opportunity through those
> contacts now call networking, to find out where job openings are and 
> apply.
>
> I suspect you know people who know of your professional strengths, ask 
> them
> to let you know of job openings, and, these days, of course get on line 
> and
> then follow up with calls and personal visits to the offices where you
> apply.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Richard Wells
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 8:47 PM
> To: jobs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Jobs] Loss Of Job... Riding The Emotional Roller-coaster
>
> Hello List,
>
> For the first time since I was 18, I find myself looking for a job at
> almost 50. I have always considered myself to be a methodical, logical,
> self-starting, self-motivated type A personality who goes along
> supporting the family the way a man should. Now I spend my days
> alternating between almost cocky self-assurance, taking long dips in
> the self-pity pool, obsessing over Email, sitting around waiting for
> the phone to ring, pining like a love-sick school boy or girl,
> wondering why I haven't gotten at least 20 interviews from my brilliant
> resume... and it's only been a week and one day since I lost my job.
>
> Would some of you who have survived this provide your experiences
> either on the list or if it's not appropriate here, write me privately
> and show me how you got through this? Any books you can recommend on
> this subject will also help.
>
> Where am I going and what am I doing in this hand-basket?
>
> Thanks for reading this and please realize the almost tongue and cheek
> tone of what I am lamely attempting to describe about my situation.
>
> HELP!
>
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