Making the Best of a Double Job Loss

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I agree with Charles's comment. Thats a very good idea to avoid blank spaces in the resume. When the numbers are staggering like the number of households with both spouses out of work jumped by about 43 percent between 2006 and 2008 such ideas are beneficial.
Btw, there are website that are like virtual campfires for people who have been affected by job loss in the current recession could share their anxieties and problems with others having faced similar problems in the past. An interesting example is http://www.angstcorner.com

Vishlysr 6:31AM June 19, 2009

There is a job loss home remedy. An alternative to just getting tossed out of a job.
Computer workers facing layoff in this economy can tell their bosses: "You can hold the company's costs down by allowing me to work from home on an as-needed basis. There are numerous collaboration tools available, several free, to even allow me to work almost side by side with company staff."  
This will not only allow the company to use an employee's skills and experience when needed to continue conducting business, but will give the employee some income until they find full-time employment. It will also prevent blank spaces of unemployment on their resume.
If that is not possible, while searching for a job to replace the one you lost, give work at home TeleCommuting a try.
 More and more companies are employing work at home TeleCommuters as Economy Staffing because all the necessary skills and experience can be had with tremendous overhead savings compared to full-time on-site staff.
 One work at home job search website posting only screened, genuine TeleCommuting jobs -- no business opportunities or profit schemes -- is Telecommuting Jobs, http://www.tjobs.com/jobremedy.shtml
It is operated by a team of working TeleCommuters who have been developing TeleCommuter job-getting and hiring tools to make TeleCommuting a viable Work at Home Workforce alternative since 1996.

S. Charles of IL 3:58PM May 27, 2009

Job loss...Been there. Done that. Yep, still 'there'. We all know that times are tough...whether you're going it alone or you have someone's shoulder to cry on; it's not easy.
I think losing my job was one of those defining moments in life. I had a choice: I could choose to lose my way (my mind) or rise to the challenge and follow what my Spirit tells me to do, always remembering that I am more than a statistic on the news.
I'll share with you what I was told the day I got "set free" (laid off) from my job: "This is a new chapter in your life. WRITE ONE HELL OF A CHAPTER!" And I did just that! Will you?
If you need a break from the doom and gloom, then let me send you a FREE (no strings) book download. Sign up at: www.noexpertsneeded dot com
Times are tough, but it doesn't mean that we can't still 'give back'!
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Louise Lewis, author
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Louise Lewis, author of CA 7:53PM May 12, 2009