Unemployment is a common phenomenom in today's economy.
There are three competing philosphies.
One focuses on personal contacts. According one expert I talked to, "everyone has 2,000 acquaintances." You contact them, get an appointmentfor 10 to 15 minutes and give them a sales pitch about yourself. THE PITCH can be no longer than three minutes.
Two focuses on the internet. Get on Facebook, write a blog, go to many job websites, find website of favorite companies, websites of headhunters (the human ones, not the meanies who dine on some of our closest friends). Get your name out in cyberspace.
The third, crawl in a hole and die (a Glen Beck favorite).
The truth is you are only as effective as that to which you are commited. If you're comfortable cold calling, jump in to number one. If you are an internet wizard and you have the hardware, assert yourself with the second option. Option number three is in this for "comic relief".
The biggest tools are dedication and patience. This economy is not producing new jobs. You're going to have to displace soneone who was retired, fired, or just got lazy. That takes time and luck. Find an opening at the exact right time, and impress the person in front of you asking questions you hadn't thought of. And take break each to watch "The Rifleman" play video games, play chess, etc. Eight hours a day will only make tired.
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