<p><strong data-redactor-tag="strong" data-verified="redactor">What to do when not getting job and been unemployed for long.</strong></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">It is downright ridiculous and a paradox - But</b> - when you are employed - the activities and work that you do would be much lessor - AND <b data-redactor-tag="b">if you are unemployed for longer than 4 months your workload would increase tremendously - to enable you to find employment faster</b>.</p><p>In this article - you will learn the following</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">How does it feel - when you have been unemployed for long PLUS 110+ Things You Should Do when you are Unemployed - under this - we will cover the following</b></p> <ul><li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">17 steps to create a disciplined schedule to fill you days with meaningful productive activities</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">Find temporary work use these 7 methods - any work - which does not make you feel demotivated</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">Volunteer for good causes - find the right type of organizations which do meaningful work - it has got following 7 unbeatable benefits</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">6 ways to Sharpen and fine-tune your employability skills - even if you have been out of work for long - if you manage to acquire cutting-edge skill and then get exposure of real-time work - you would have come back in the job market - beating most of the competition</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">28 preparation and ways on How to answer successfully - that is making this answer the tipping-point - to make you look more impressive - Why have you been out of work so long or any of its subtle, brash, crude and rude variants</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">18 tips for Re-Examining and Fine-tuning Your Employment Strategies and Tactics</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">8 Answers for questions like - How Long Have You Been Looking for a Job and Why You did not get job for so long with</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">10 ways to manage your finances - because being unemployed for long can dip your savings very fast and in no time you may find yourself without any money to even survive day to day</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">A gig - anyone can do</b></li> <li>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">9 ways to developing mental-emotional resilience - The longer you're out of work - the more anxious, insecure or depressed you can become - and this will be very much noticeable and will actually reduce your chances of landing a job</b></li></ul> <p>What to do when not getting job and been unemployed for long.<b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most people who lose their job feel embarrassed, humiliated, and ashamed</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Many of the people who lose their jobs get into devastating despair filled with sadness, anger, self-doubt, fear, isolation and even depression.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Job-search has become tougher for most of us - yet - the people who have the best chance of getting a job today are those</b> - who have wonderful combination of skills, talents, competencies, qualifications and are in the current in-demand job sectors.<b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">And at the bottom levels are those candidates - who regardless of their background are out of job for more than 9 months</b> - the more gap exists in between your last job and now - the more challenging your job-search going to be [<b data-redactor-tag="b">people over 50 within this scenario are the worst affected segment</b>].</p><p>To top it - <b data-redactor-tag="b">there could be genuine reasons why you are really unemployable</b> - because the issues of your having <b data-redactor-tag="b">out-of-date skills, out-of-date expertise and maybe outdated knowledge.</b></p><p>None of us can control - <b data-redactor-tag="b">how the job market is right now or when we will manage to get a job or the global and industry economic situation</b>. </p><p>In many cases - <b data-redactor-tag="b">we don't have any control being unemployed - but we can take charge of how we go about recreating the future</b>.</p><p>All of us can control <b data-redactor-tag="b">- what we do - when we are unemployed - without feeling overwhelmed and tormented and also making others crazy.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If we can persevere with determined and disciplined efforts in the right directions - we would be rewarded - when the opportunity meets our preparations, practice and efforts</b>.</p><p>In an ideal situation - <b data-redactor-tag="b">getting a job is 6 months+ affair - if we are starting from resume-creation to reporting for work on the first day of our job - and this happens for - the people who are</b> fully ready and geared-up for the job they are suited for.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Besides creating a niche and in-demand skill, qualification, expertise and exposure - we also need to work on ways to grow and remain hopeful without going insane</b>.</p><p>Have you lost your job recently in say last 1 to 3 months - <b data-redactor-tag="b">or have you been unemployed for long - or you could not get a job after your last qualifications - or you have been coming to the job market after say a decade of absence</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">110+ Things you should do when you are unemployed</b></p> <ul><li><b data-redactor-tag="b">1.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">17 steps to create a disciplined schedule to fill you days with meaningful productive activities </b></li> <li>I.Start your day early</li> <li>II.Exercise</li> <li>III.Have a to-do list ready - which is prepared the evening before - and should include all the following </li> <li>IV.Spending time learning about a new skill - which can give you the slight-edge to bet the competition</li> <li>V.Practicing your any new skill you have acquired which is very important</li> <li>VI.Enrolling and joining an online course</li> <li>VII.Spending time on studying</li> <li>VIII.Attending virtual seminars, workshops and training programs - which are in your interest areas - as well as those which can increase your chances of getting employment </li> <li>IX.Joining professional forums</li> <li>X.Participating on professional industry forums - creating presentations</li> <li>XI.Reading time for keeping yourself updated with the latest development and to identify - which skills would give you cutting-edge advantage </li> <li>XII.Online schedules time - only for professional advancement + networking + search for work </li> <li>XIII.Teaching what you know to others - it could be academic or any other things you are proficient in</li> <li>XIV.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Relaxing and being silent in your own company without distractions</b> - to introspects and getting in touch with your dreams and for searching for solutions to your challenges - <b data-redactor-tag="b">The key is to organize your daily schedule around activities that directly or indirectly boost your chances of finding a new job</b> and leaving enough room for relaxation and having fun.</li> <li>XV.Spending time for your hobbies, passions and other interests - these including relaxation are as important as your job search criteria</li> <li>XVI.Maintain healthy eating-habits and sleeping-schedule</li> <li>XVII.Get Organized - make your laptop, mobile, wardrobe, desk, bed and bookshelf, everything - neat - it is part of discipline regimen</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">2.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Find temporary work use these 7 methods - any work - which does not make you feel demotivated</b></li> <li>I.Search for Work Online - which matches with your skills and for which you can give regular time - ensure that the portal you have chosen have positive reviews </li> <li>II.Look at the options at sites such as Fiverr and Upwork etc.</li> <li>III.All these sites gives you very-very low remuneration - but it is always better to move forward slowly than not at all. Spend some time of sites like - eBay, Flipkart and Amazon </li> <li>IV.Find ways to connect manufactures-suppliers-vendors sell stuff - through using your social-media and online skills</li> <li>V.Find things which are not useful for you - but others need it - use garage sales</li> <li>VI.Give tuitions</li> <li>VII.Teach others - your artistic skills </li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">3.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Volunteer for good causes - find the right type of organizations which do meaningful work - it has got following 7 unbeatable benefits </b></li> <li>I.You can explain about what you did when not getting paid</li> <li>II.Instead of doing nothing and being depressed - you would feel the positive energy filling you with enthusiasm to remain positively cheerful and hopeful</li> <li>III.If you get noticed - you may also get absorbed by this organization</li> <li>IV.It will add to your experience</li> <li>V.You would be engaged meaningfully</li> <li>VI.You will be able to network in a different sector</li> <li>VII.You come in touch with a powerful center of influence of influence - who could mentor and change your life</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">4.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">6 ways to Sharpen and fine-tune your employability skills - even if you have been out of work for long - if you manage to acquire cutting-edge skill and then get exposure of real-time work - you would have come back in the job market - beating most of the competition</b></li> <li>I.Identify what skills, certificates, diplomas and qualifications - will add value to your existing profession and make you irresistibly attractive to the employers</li> <li>II.Also identify others skills - which are not related with your current profession - but - can open ways for meaningful revenue generation </li> <li>III.Identify the emerging trends - and - the new skill requirements </li> <li>IV.Identify certificates and courses - which will tell your prospective employers - that even though you did not get a job - you did the best way to upgrade yourself. </li> <li>V.<b data-redactor-tag="b">You can find these courses through online MOOC</b> [ mass open online courses] of globally best universities AND through portals like edX and Udemy and Linda etc. - many of these are free or low-cost and most of them could be done if you have access to decent internet connection and access to big screen - tabs, laptops or personal computers</li> <li>VI.Identify skills - acquiring which may make you start - some small venture of own by using your existing experience </li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">5.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">28 preparation and ways on How to answer successfully - that is making this answer the tipping-point - to make you look more impressive - Why have you been out of work so long or any of its subtle, brash, crude and rude variants</b></li> <li>I.This question is very important for you to answer yourself - because it has not only eaten away your resources – and you are still unemployed- plus it demolishes your credibility as a person who is capable enough.</li> <li>II.We will see how you can answer this - but - you need to polish on everyday basis - so that you can answer without becoming defensive or losing your confidence.</li> <li>III.It can be explained in any way - if you have been out of work up to maximum three to four months.</li> <li>IV.Beyond this - you must have an answer which is highly convincing and valid.</li> <li>V.Why the interviewers or the employers want to know this - What have you been doing all this time - why haven't you found a job yet - If other employers did not hire you, why should they</li> <li>VI.Have you been sitting around watching TV</li> <li>VII.Were you out there hunting for work </li> <li>VIII.Was your approach wrong or your search method is ineffective </li> <li>IX.Were your expectations not calibrated with the reality</li> <li>X.Are you a square peg trying to fit yourself into a round hole</li> <li>XI.Was it something other interviewers observed - which made them not to select you </li> <li>XII.Are your skills, knowledge and domain-grasp up to date - have you maintained and refined your competencies or just let them slide by being out of touch</li> <li>XIII.How desperate you are for a job</li> <li>XIV.Do you genuinely want to work for them or you may be using this chance to fill the gap till better opportunity comes</li> <li>XV.Fill the gaps - highlighting your professional, social and personal accomplishments - without giving the chronological dates - yes when you use this - ensure that you have upgraded your skills to the current in-demand </li> <li>XVI.Whatever accomplishment or qualities you mention in your resume - should be backed-up with a real-life incidents which brings out</li> <li>XVII.Never be defensive about being unemployed nor try to hide it - almost 70-80% of people have been out of job one time or another </li> <li>XVIII.If and when someone ask you - what you are doing as most of the people you meet would - mention about projects that you ae involved in - but also mention that you are looking for paid assignments in those areas </li> <li>XIX.Reasons you can give for your ever-growing gap between the last job and future job</li> <li>XX.Don't fall back on the lame excuse of volunteering, taking a break, travelling or taking care of someone - this is only useful if you have had very-very stressful job working 14-16 hours each day and your break is for maximum around 1-3 months</li> <li>XXI.Talk about and highlight personal accomplishments</li> <li>XXII.Know your industry and whether it is experiencing turbulence - if entire business-segment like hotel, aviation and travel Industry has taken big-hit - then this can be explained</li> <li>XXIII.Recovering from an illness or injury - only if that is backed up by genuine and that it's in the past and won't affect your performance.</li> <li>XXIV.If you worked with a career coach during that period</li> <li>XXV.Whichever way you reply, be credible and focus on the positive. For instance it's fine to state that you took a few months to sort things out and strategically look at your life.</li> <li>XXVI.You can mention your being clear about what specific type of job - you have been looking[you will have to do lot of research and create data to make this rationale credible] </li> <li>XXVII.If you have turned down any job offers - explain with solid[means with evidence], rational and logical reasons</li> <li>XXVIII.Show how your skills - actually helps the company's current and future challenges</li> <li>6.<b data-redactor-tag="b">18 tips for Re-Examining and Fine-tuning Your Employment Strategies and Tactics </b></li> <li>I.Too many interviewers believe that if you have no job - especially if you've not had one for a while - there must be something wrong with you. You have to show through a technique called SPIN - why not employing you - would be their loss</li> <li>II.One of the best way to get into good organization or landing that interview happens through being referred to a position by someone who is known and trusted by the employer - this is not easy as finding the people with influence would be comparatively easier said than making them refer with nice credential</li> <li>III.Make a list of all people who are centers of power and influence who you know directly or through a person close to you</li> <li>IV.Create Powerful resumes </li> <li>V.Make your LinkedIn profile stand out - qualitatively and shows your resourcefulness, creativity and skill-sets</li> <li>VI.Treat every interview as life and death situation - do massive research and preparations before Interviews</li> <li>VII.When you don't succeed - analyze and ensure that the same mistake is never repeated </li> <li>VIII.All the objections - that the interviewers may raise - prepare answers for that based on earlier guidelines</li> <li>IX.All the while never ever lose focus and neglect your self-care, grooming and dressings</li> <li>X.Polish your communication and social- and professional etiquettes </li> <li>XI.Reach out to a former employer - if did leave on good terms and you still make efforts to maintain relationships</li> <li>XII.Create ways to fast-start and boost your Enthusiasm</li> <li>XIII.Make new contacts and Broaden your search </li> <li>XIV.Address these interview-killers on war footing - out-of-date skills, out-of-date expertise, inability to work well with others</li> <li>XV.Research your own industry from the outside perspective - Get up-to-date on the job search market</li> <li>XVI.Identify opportunities on hot industries and job functions - Start your own business or look for a job temporary part-time or otherwise</li> <li>XVII.Use key words in your resumes</li> <li>XVIII.Create your unique story in such way that it inspires and motivates others</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">7.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">8 Answers for questions like - How Long Have You Been Looking for a Job and Why You did not get job for so long with </b></li> <li>I.I have been searching for a fair amount of time as I looking for great fit</li> <li>II.Never say I am open to any job - it sounds horrible and make you look desperate - which is the last thing you want to look and additionally it will make you look unfocused</li> <li>III.Be clear about your strengths, interests, qualifications, work personality and career goals </li> <li>IV.When you introduce yourself - tell I am X and I am a communication professional or a financial analyst</li> <li>V.First Impressions Count - ensure that you practice professional power-walk, professional hand-shake, profession body-posture</li> <li>VI.Ensure that you look in the eye and have a confident smile</li> <li>VII.Talk about your passions</li> <li>VIII.When people ask you what you do - you say I am in the market - do you know anyone who can refer me or know any good gigs for say an accountant</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">8.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">10 ways to manage your finances - because being unemployed for long can dip your savings very fast and in no time you may find yourself without any money to even survive day to day</b></li> <li>I.Review your budget to cut expenses as much as possible</li> <li>II.Don't spend - unless on essential</li> <li>III.But invest in updating your skills and certifications</li> <li>IV.<b data-redactor-tag="b">Know the difference between - wastage, essential-expenses, expenses</b> which can be postponed <b data-redactor-tag="b">and investment</b> which will bring the change in future</li> <li>V.Consolidate all your debt and create a debt management schedule based on new realities </li> <li>VI.Identify all the debts you need to pay - talk with the lenders to see if installment payment can be rescheduled</li> <li>VII.Find ways to make extra cash while you look for full-time employment - Pick up freelance work through </li> <li>VIII.Consider lending options that could provide cash, but be careful of frauds - and find out about all the ways the new loan increase your financial risk plus how much will this new loan cost you and when you ultimately pay</li> <li>IX.Can you do without this loan </li> <li>X.Avoid getting into debt-trap</li> <li><b data-redactor-tag="b">9.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b">A gig - anyone can do</b></li> <li>I.Start writing blogs on your experiences because of unemployment, financial-issues and interviews on Quora, Medium and other blog sites and also share these on Facebook and LinkedIn First - this will help you retain your sanity while productive as well as build credibility by creating online presence productively</li> <li>II.You are anyhow unemployed - but by writing - can show your knowledge and able to communicate that knowledge to others in order to help them</li> <li>III.Rediscover and rejuvenate your creative and artistic talents - find ways to monetize them</li> <li>10.<b data-redactor-tag="b">9 ways to developing mental-emotional resilience - The longer you're out of work - the more anxious, insecure or depressed you can become - and this will be very much noticeable and will actually reduce your chances of landing a job</b>. </li> <li>I.If anxiety or depression is significant - don't be afraid to seek counseling from qualified professional experts</li> <li>II.Otherwise find your own relaxation techniques</li> <li>III.Be useful - add value to others - help</li> <li>IV.Volunteer for local events and causes </li> <li>V.When you feel overwhelmed, focus on what you can control and take action to tackle the Problem</li> <li>VI.Practice healthy coping skills like - writing blogs, meditating, deep breathing, exercise and yoga </li> <li>VII.Have a genuinely caring and supportive support system</li> <li>VIII.Eliminate unhealthy coping skills like overdependence on alcohol drugs, smoking etc.</li> <li>IX.When you realize that you are getting into negativity-trap - if you find yourself thinking about how awful your life is -make yourself move get up and do anything physical to change your emotional state</li> </ul><p><span><br></span></p><p><span> #whattodowhenbeenunemployedforlong, #whenyouareemployedworkloadisless, #whenyouareunemployedworkloadwillbemuchmore, #howtoenableyourselffindjobfasterwhenunemployed, #whenunemployedmaintaindisciplinedschedule, #whenunemployedfillyourdayswithmeaningfulproductiveactivities, #Volunteerforgoodcausesandrightorganizations, #howtofindtemporaryworkonline, #howtosharpenandfinetuneyouremployabilityskills, #acquirecuttingedgeskillsandqualifications, #howtopolishyouranswerstocreategreatfirstimpressionininterview, #howtofinetuneyourjobsearchStrategiesandTactics, #managingyourfinanceduringunemployabilityphase, #developingmentalemotionalresiliencetomanagestress, #doyouhaveoutdatedskillsexpertiseknowledge, #thingsyoushoulddowhenyouareunemployed, #learnnetworkconnect, #teachotherswhatyouaregoodat, #findalternativerevenuegeneration, #identifyskillswhichcangiveyoucuttingedgeadvantage, #spendtimeonlineforprofessionaladvancementlearningnetworking, #takenewcoursesthroughmooc, #addvaluetoothershelpvolanteer, #prepareandpracticeansweringtoughquestions, #getconnectedwithcentersofinfluenceandpower, #showhowyourskillshelptheorganizationbeattheirchallenges, #eliminateunhealthystresscopingmethods, #avoidfallinginnegativitytrapbybeingengagementmeaningfully, #usehealthywaystochangeyouremotionalstate</span></p>