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Have you recently been “right-sized”?

Since you’ve been laid off, have you discovered how difficult it is to find a new job during this recession?

Present Conditions

If so, you’re in good company.  December 2007 marks the official beginning of this recession, and since then, more than 5.7 million jobs were lost during this recession.  According to the Associated Press (AP), after the May 8th release of the April, 2009 unemployment numbers:

• 13.7 million individuals were unemployed in April, 2009, and that was the biggest number since 1948
• 539,000 jobs were lost in April alone
• 8.9% unemployment (the highest since September, 1983), but if workers who’ve been laid off and just given up or taken part-time work, are included, that number jumps to 15.8% – the highest since 1994

If you’ve been unemployed for over a month, you may be feeling angry, or maybe even a little panicky as you see the pages of the calendar turn, with still no job on the horizon.  This is not just a short-term issue, there are long-term considerations as well (e.g., retirement, college for your kids).

There are essentially three choices in this situation:

1. Panic
2. Continue doing what you’ve always been doing (the same things that haven’t yet found you a new job), or
3. Try something new

Option 1:  Panic

The first option, panic, is entirely counter-productive, and should be avoided at all costs.  A little fear is a good thing; it can even help us save our lives in dangerous situations, by engaging the fight or flight response. Panic is negative and counterproductive – it only reduces our ability to think creatively and respond appropriately to life’s challenges.

Option 2:  Continue Doing What You’ve Been Doing

If doing what you have been doing had been successful for you, you wouldn’t be reading this article right now.  If you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you can only expect to get more of the same.

I don’t know about you and your industry, but people in my industry – good people – have been unemployed for more than six months, unable to find a comparable job to the one they left; or even, any job at all.  After diligently answering help wanted ads and sending out countless resumes, what results have they realized?  Nothing. nada.

My friends are not even getting preliminary callbacks – and that’s even when they can find jobs to apply for in the first place.

Option 3:  Try Something New

The third option – do something different – seems to be the only feasible solution.  With so many options on the table, it is hard to know where to begin?

Have you considered start your own business .

• Take control of your financial security; don’t let others determine whether you have an income or not.
• Let this be the last time that you exchange quality family time for long evenings or weekends at the office.

Take control of your life; become your own boss!  Start a home based business!

A excellent starting point for gathering all the necessary education about internet marketing that you will need is to enroll in the Online Success for Beginners program.

Home businesses account for approximately 7 billion annually while providing tax benefits, more control over your time, your work, and your financial security.  Essentially you’d apply the Law of Large Numbers to your individual situation, similar to the way that insurance companies apply that law to minimize their risks. Insurers reduce their loss ratios by sprading their risk across thousands or millions of policyholders.

Starting an online business will let you reach thousands, and millions, of prospects allowing you to spread your recessionary risks across multiple people, regions and countries.   If you were to spread you financial risk, like the insurance companies do, you’d have a greater likelihood of a stable income and financial security for your family.while building a luxury lifestyle

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