Monday, May 11, 2009

Lost your job? It might be the best thing that happened to you!

At present, with all the problems brought about global recession, a lot of people are getting worried about their jobs. Companies are downsizing, which means massive lay-offs for employees. Have you been one of them lately?

If you're answer is yes, don't sit in a corner and feel despair. I know it's difficult to accept the fact, specially by then you would be thinking how you're gonna settle those bills, how you're gonna send the kids to school, etc. etc.

Let me tell you this: Treat that as an opportunity. You must understand that it's not the end of the world if you lost your job. In fact, if you could try to visualize it, it gonna leave you with an open option to choose whatever money-making ventures that you can get your hands on. There's a lot of opportunities for home-based work and business ventures. You have time in your hands, you are in control as to how many hours you would want to work.

You don't have to be a geek or someone very savvy on computers in order to work on these. All you need in a computer with a fast internet connection (or at least some place you can work with that in hand), and a particular skill, like ability to type, to do online research, or good oral / writing skills. You can search on online jobs and home-based jobs using Google or Yahoo and presto: a whole list of work is up for grabs.

Some advice though: be careful on jobs that requires you to pay for something. Be sure you read all the terms and conditions. There are a lots of work opportunities that doesn't need any form upfront payment to start, so better try those first. Read and understand guidelines on how you're gonna get paid, so that you can prepare for those (I'll try to discuss different payment schemes on my next articles). There are many scams out there so always take precautions.

So who says loosing one's job is such a bad idea. In fact, it may be the best thing that can happen to you. :)

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