a paper without an article or two about unemployment and jobs.

People are either looking for work or are complaining about not

being able to find it.

discussions about there being so many unfilled jobs, the whole

thing makes you wonder. If there are jobs, and unemployment is

high, there are people to fill them, right? Why won’t they?

earnestly seeking work, this is for you. I’m going to help you with

your job hunt.

of jobs, and along the way I learned how to get one. I am going to

give you four pointers on how to get hired for the job you want,

not just need.

like a disaster, but after the initial shock, it is an opportunity.

You have a chance to start over, maybe to change careers, even go

into business for yourself. It is time to dream, and plan. It is

time to get moving.

date and presentable? If not, there are websites and services that

can help you write one. Do you have the education you need, or the

experience? If not, go get it. It may require working at what you

consider a menial job until you have what you need, but you are

providing, and working toward a goal. You are not desperate.

find one. Finding a job should be full-time work. Plan your day as

if you are employed; up early, organize, make phone calls, send or

drop off your resume, visit websites, call some more, for eight

hours a day, just like you were working, because you are. Keep a

log and follow up on every contact until they hire you or tell you

to go away. If you do, you will lose that destructive desperation

that we all feel when unemployed. You will feel better about

yourself and your situation.

have a job, get one. I know you’re screaming, “That’s what I’m

trying to do,” but let me explain. It is much easier to find a job

if you have one. It may not be the job you want, but a working

person makes a better impression at a job interview than one who is

not working. It has to do with the desperation.

negotiation, he, or she, who is the most desperate, loses … always.

Ask poker players if you don’t believe this. You can have a royal

flush, but if you are the most desperate player at the table, you

are going to lose. The others can sense it, almost smell it, and

they will fold so you can’t play your hand. Employers are the same

way.

work ethic, and is, if not skilled, teachable. A person not working

and desperate for a job shows none of these attributes even if they

have them. The employer may be the most compassionate person in the

world, but if he, or she, has a choice between you, desperately

needing a job, and another person who can contribute now without

problems, guess who will be chosen.

doing all they can to provide for their family, but are looking to

better themselves. The confidence radiates. They are the sunshine

to the desperate person’s cloud.

come out better than I was before. If you apply these points, you

will have your job hunt over in no time, but the bottom line is

this, do you want to work? If you do, it’s out there for you. Go

get it. That’s the American way.

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