From The Comfort Of Your Home
March 15, 2009 by Darlene McDaniel
Filed under Jobs
From the comfort of your home you can search for jobs online. I could actually stop writing this post and publish it, however it would be of little value for you if you are a job seeker. That is my point – if all you do from the comfort of your home is search for jobs online, or hang out on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, there would be very few results from your job search.
From the comfort of your home, you can relax, develop your job search strategy, research organizations and update your resume and cover letter. Once that fun stuff is complete, you must get dressed and get out. There are people for you to meet and places for you to go.
What are your plans for tomorrow? For next week? From the comfort of your home, you can watch television. Watch CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. They have a lot of bad news about the current climate in our country. Or you could get up and out and make something happen that will move you forward in your life.
I love my home, it is comfortable, warm and cozy. But if I remain in the comfort of my home, I wouldn’t have a job for too long. And if you don’t have a job, but you need one, than get out of the comfort of your home so you will have a home to come back to.
From the comfort of your home life is happening. I talk to job seekers every single day. Most of them are struggling to find something in this difficult market. That is real. I understand how difficult it is. The problem is that most job seekers are looking for jobs from the comfort of their home rather than getting out there – in the field, and knocking on doors. Get your self in front of hiring managers. If you are not sure how to do it, get CREATIVE! You will not find hiring managers from the comfort of your home. It’s up to you! Enjoy the comfort of your home! But don’t use it as an excuse to for remaining unemployed. Get up and out there and make something happen. At the end of the day, go back to the comfort of your home and get your plan for tomorrow!
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