| As the holidays descend upon our familys and | | | | going right, regardless of the time of |
| loved one, those of us without employment, or | | | | year.Holidays are often seasoned with high |
| those who are underemployed yet motivated | | | | stress family interactions, celebratory |
| into a job change, feel the pang of the | | | | expectations, demanding personal schedules |
| failed job search more keenly than at other | | | | that conflict with job search duties, and |
| months of the year. Sometimes, if our job | | | | increasing financial pressures. But behind |
| search has been more intense or focused or | | | | all the fan-fare and decorations and the |
| spread over a long enough time-frame, we can | | | | distress they sometimes foster, there is a |
| begin to question our personal value, | | | | place of quiet determination and solid |
| especially if we've had a few job interviews | | | | knowledge that there is a good employment |
| that went well but then went away, or we had | | | | match out there for each of us -- really -- |
| little or no significant response to our | | | | maybe still just out of reach, but |
| resume or mail or telephone outreach to | | | | nonetheless just ahead and slowly coming into |
| prospective employers. Disappontment can | | | | focus. Sometimes we have to put out an extra |
| mount.The blues can set in, and if we're not | | | | effort to find our next comfortable career |
| careful, we can descend into an actual | | | | home. Strive to be patient and remind |
| depression, whereby all efforts to obtain | | | | yourself of your value to that new employer, |
| meanful employment seem empty, fruitless and | | | | and the confidence that employer will bestow |
| a waste of time. Of course, it's not true, | | | | upon you when you finally meet together will |
| your organized job search efforts are of | | | | make the effort worthwhile. It will happen, |
| value, just as your skills and talent are of | | | | if you stay focused and organized. Count on |
| value too. It's an illusion of failure that | | | | it. So when your emotions begin to tell you |
| we sometimes foster by concentrating on | | | | that your job search is getting tough, that's |
| negative results; when, in reality, our | | | | your reminder that you are closing in on your |
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