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

[Bonnie Ainsworth]

That's the thing...volunteering was one thing that also got me through some 
of the depression I experienced.  Even getting out for an hour once a week 
really seemed to help tremendously.


Bonnie Ainsworth
Lincoln, NE USA

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. - Steven 
Wright

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Michael Jones" <blindmike at charter.net>
To: "Jobs for the Blind" <jobs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Jobs] Loss Of Job... Riding The Emotional Roller-coaster


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.