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Losing your job and getting a job.

You may be in the process of losing your job or you may have already lost it, perhaps you just didn’t have one to start with. Whichever it is, make sure that it is only your job that you might lose.

Our basic instincts are predatory, it is vitally important therefore that we retain a sense of accomplishment. So engaging in activities that drain you both emotionally and physically if you are not in a job is a way of staying on top of your game. Many many people seem to give up and lose sight of the things that are important – they lose their job - they lose the plot – they will find an excuse for not trying, they take the opportunity of sleeping-in late and eventually don’t even bother to get themselves out of bed in the morning to even try to find a job.

Guess what they end up doing, they join the ranks of the long- term unemployed and drown in their own sorrow. And the longer it becomes since they had a job then the more difficult it is to get a new job.

So we must keep this sense of accomplishment, no matter whether it is big or small because it helps to restore the lost pride that people feel when thrown out of work.

Have a go at trying this bedroom game, use it as a booster. Waking up to a new morning and looking at a new day is invigorating. Small milestones need to be established for the day so that one can get a sense of achievement even if it is apparently trivial. Every morning look in the mirror – see yourself as others may see you. In amongst the ‘others’ think about how a potential employer would see you

Use your hobbies to retain this sense of achievement, you have the time so if, for example, you like photography then get out there and use your camera, if you climb rocks then do some rock climbing.

Do what you like.

Only people can help other people, so keep connected with people close to you – friends, relatives, your office network and social network. People help people, and self help is the best help.

Losing a job does not necessarily mean losing an acquaintance. While, normal human tendency is to shun failures, these are unpredictable times and hence some sane mind and kind heart might reach out to help. All good salespeople know, businesses close deals and orders by asking for the deal and not sat quietly in a dark corner assuming that the deal will just happen. So reaching out and asking for help is the best option to find a new job, or to get a good reference from your old job.

For more information and help getting a job, take a look at Working and Employment in UK , it's a mine of information about getting a job and although it's aimed mainly at people coming into the UK to work and get a job, the principles are just the same and they work all over the world.

Try it .. you may be surprised.

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David