Job Loss Sucks! P.S. You’ll Do Just Fine

If you’re reading this, you’re likely an the job hunt. You and your family are worried. You’re dealing with difficult emotions – fear, anger and anxiety. It’s like your life’s on hold.

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which is opened for us.

(Note:  If you want to sound off, share your layoff/firing war story or write something else about your personal adventures, click here to see Career Jockey’s writing guidelines. You can use them to get your story published in Career Jockey’s Currently Lookin’ column. It’s reserved for folks like yourself wanting to tell it to us from their perspective.)

So what’s this e-course going to cover? How is it going to help you?

I’ve developed this five day course to get you the job hunt basics. It also gives you a sampling of the kinds of resources Career Jockey publishes to get you back to work and fast.

These aren’t necessarily basic. These are what I provide job hunters attending the Back on Track Network (BOT) nonprofit career support groups I help run. (Visit the Back on Track Network Web Site to learn more about the work we do.)

I call it “basic” not because they are simple or obvious, but because they are essential. There may be other things you need to know, but these are basics you can’t do without. And from my experience, they aren’t common knowledge. Most job hunters haven’t looked for work in a while so I’ve written this to get you kick started.

The information I’ll be sharing here works. I’ve organized it in one place from what I learned:

• During my job hunts
• Listening to a lot of job hunt experts (i.e., career coaches, resume writers, recruiters, etc.) who present at our BOT support meetings
• Serving as a speaker myself covering topics such as networking, use of social media and spiritual topics pertinent to job hunters and their spouses
• Working one-on-one with job hunters and helping them through their job hunts
• Via International Coaching Federation (ICF) career coach training (I actually got me some training)

Again, I can’t stress how important it is to learn the job hunt basics and prepare yourself emotionally and spiritually for what lies ahead of you. I’ve been through it and will tell you it’s no walk in the park. I will tell you, you’ll get through it. Many of us have with flying colors and even come out a stronger for having gone through it.

Hope this helps.

Next lesson – “The Worse Ways to Find Work.  The Best Ways to Find Work.”