Introduction to Job search Part 2 |
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Life Your job situation may affect your social life. Co-workers often become friends. If you have worked at a particular place for a long time, you may have been through many stressful, difficult situations with these friends. Fellow employees are often close friends. After a job loss, that daily contact may be broken. And if they are still working, they may be feeling "guilty" about being employed while you struggle to find a new job. It is not a comfortable situation for anyone. So if you do contact them by phone or meet with them for lunch, you may sense some tension or a feeling that the relationship has changed; the reality is, it has. Income A job change may affect your ability to sustain a living. Your income determines your ability to pay bills, buy groceries, and pursue your hobbies or leisure time. Not having enough money to pay bills adds stress. If you don't deal with this stress, the pressure builds and builds until something just has to give! Identity What we do for a living often defines who we are. When meeting a person for the first time, the question usually asked is, "What do you do?" It is as if by knowing what job a person has, we then know who the person is! What a conversation stopper when you answer, "I'm between jobs right now" or "I'm unemployed!" |
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