Yes, this week I was in crisis mode as I scrambled to adjust to the new normal and focus enough to make some critical decisions. As all of us should now be aware, federal unemployment benefits will expire the end of this month. This affects all of us who are now struggling to find work. Right now is the time that we all need to start thinking about what we have to do in order to survive in the coming year.
1) Contact all friends and family now....and let them know that you are in crisis mode. This means that there will be no money coming in and no money to spent for Christmas. Hopefully they will all understand and be willing to help if they can.
2) Continue and press even harder to pester (if you have to) local employers to hire you. It's going to get ugly out there...sigh.
3) Pray hard for Congress and Senators to pass legislation to re-instate emergency funds or find some way for the millions who are now unemployed to get jobs by the end of the year.
4)Time to set aside squeamish feelings about reaching out. You need a job now!
Yes, I know that employers will balk at this, but sometimes you have to scream in order to be heard above the crowd. So you have my permission to scream,
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