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You Lost Your Job, Now What?

Date Published: 14th January 2006
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"You Lost Your Job! Now What!"

Join the club. It appears many, many people are looking
for work. In 2005 I've had four different jobs and only
work eight months out of the year.

Freelancing and Temporary jobs have kept me from being
on the street.

You can offer your talents/services to anyone who
can use you.

There is no more job security with companies folding,
downsizing, and thousands being laid off. What do you do?

Keep your resume up-to-date? Start A business? Get
another job? Work from home? Investigate all of them.

In starting a business, make sure you have the right
qualities to succeed in business. Be careful of

opportunities that set you up selling the same thing
you just bought into. In other words, everyone is
selling the same product/service. And everyone receives
the same marketing tools. That means you are in
competition with everyone else in the program. It
is difficult to make money, because membership
websites (opt-in lists, mailing lists) contain sellers
–NOT BUYERS. The names go round and round.

Your best bet is to find an opportunity that offers a
variety of products to sell. And use your own
initiative to find other resources to market to. And
make your own advertising materials.

If you are ready to start your own business, look to
your hobbies, your passions, and what you love to do. Set up a

business plan, stick with it, and get advice from
reputable sources, ex; SBA.

Working from home is a very alluring prospect. You
need to be very cautious here. Make sure you know
the difference between a work from home business and
a job (telecommuting). Advertisers are very clever
with their wording. Some Work From Home Opportunities
are deceiving. Here is the key. If you have to pay
for it, it is not a job. It is a business. You
don't pay employers. Employers pay you. If you are
looking for a job, be it telecommuting or at the
company, there are excellent places to search on the
web.

It can work, if you work it. You can succeed in all
your endeavors and dreams.

If you want to make more money from home, and start out

right, check the best on the net: http://tinyurl.com/9b99c
Kathy Thompson is a writer, speaker, coach, who
can help you reach your goals for wealth and success.
Contact her at; coaching4u@faceuptoit-youcan.com

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About the Author
Occupation: Writer, Speaker, Profiler
With 8 years of teaching and 15 years in Toastmasters, Kathy Thompson really enjoys writing and speaking. She has a B. S. in Business Communications and has taught her programs around the country at various businesses and Adult Education Centers. She writes and speaks about Health, Personal Communications (writing & speaking), and her unique specialty of "Face Reading" has brought her plenty of media attention. Kathy's goal is to help you be all you can be and reach your potential.
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