Downsized? Earn Money While You Do Your Job Search
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Have you recently been downsized?
Have you discovered that this recessionary economy is making it very difficult to find a new job?
Current State of Affairs
If so, you’re in good company. December 2007 marks the official beginning of this recession, and since then, more than 5.7 million jobs have been lost. According to the Associated Press (AP), after the May 8th release of the April, 2009 unemployment numbers:
- 13.7 million individuals 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 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 more than a month, you may be feeling frustrated, or maybe even a little panicky as you see the pages of the calendar turn, with still no work on the horizon. This is not just a short-term issue, there are long-term considerations as well (e.g., retirement, college for your kids).
There are essentially three options in this situation:
- Panic
- Continue doing what you’ve always been doing (the same things that haven’t yet found you a new job), or
- Try something different
Option 1: Freak Out
The first option, panic, is completely counter-productive, and should be avoided at all costs. A little fear is a good thing; it can even help us save our lives in dangerous situations, by engaging the fight or flight response. Panic, however, overloads our system, resulting in fuzzy thinking, confusion, fatigue, and gets us nowhere.
Option 2: Continue 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 keep doing what you’ve been doing, you can only expect to get more of the same.
Good people have been unemployed for six months or more in this economy. What results have they achieved - despite answering countless help wanted ads and sending out a ton of resume? Zilch, nothing.
In this recession, people aren’t even getting callbacks about jobs they’re qualified for.
Option 3: Try Something New
The third option - do something different - seems to be the only plausible solution. With so many possibilities, how do you even know where to begin?
Try something new: start an online business .
- Take control of your financial security; don’t let others determine whether you have an income or not.
- Let this be the last time that you exchange quality family time for long evenings or weekends at the office.
Take charge of your financial security; replace your old boss - with yourself! Invest in your financial security by starting your own home business!
A superb starting point for gathering all the necessary understanding about internet marketing that you will need is to enroll in the Online Success for Beginners course.
Home businesses account for approximately 7 billion annually while providing tax benefits, more control over your time, your work, and your financial security. If you apply the Law of Large Numbers to your personal situation, like insurance companies do, you’d minimize the current recessionary risks. They spread the risk of loss across thousands or millions of policyholders.
An internet business will reach thousands, and millions, of prospects allowing you to spread your recessionary risks across multiple people, regions and countries. To minimize your recessionary risks, do like the insurance companies do - apply the Law of Large Numbers.while building a luxury lifestyle