‘Surviving unemployment’ Archives
30 Truths I’ve Learned In 30 Years
Marc and Angel Hack Life Practical Tips for Productive Livin September 25th, 2011 @ 7:29 pm by: Marc Since today is my 30th birthday I thought it fitting to share 30 things I understand now that were complete mysteries to me just a few short [...]
How To Tell Your Family When You Are Being Laid Off
This post first appeared here in Aug 2009 Written By: Gilbert Goh Many people I know have difficulty telling their family members when they received news that they are going to be retrenched. The agony of losing their job and [...]
Participant at Third Singaporeans’ First! Event: Lessons I learned During My Joblessness
Hi Gilbert, From the event at Hong Lim Park today I see that you are still going on strong for transitioning.org. It's heartening to see someone doing so much for unemployed or job-distressed Singaporeans. Compared to the last time I saw you, [...]
50 Ways to Waste a Life
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never get it. If you don’t ask the right questions, you’ll always get the wrong answers. If you don’t take a step forward, you’re always going to be in the same place. Life is a journey [...]
30 Good Karma Things To Do With Your Free Time
by Barrie Davenport of Live Bold and Bloom. If you cut to the chase of the meaning of life, it’s the ‘meaning’ part that we all long for. Beyond all of the stuff, excitement, and happiness we chase on any given day, all of us want to feel [...]
54 Life Lessons 14 Years of World Travel Taught Me
This post was written by Caz, author of the y Travel Blog. Travel means so much more to me than simply seeing new destinations and learning about new cultures. Travel is a journey within myself. It is through my 14 years of living and [...]
75 Reminders for Tough Times
When life gets stressful, we often forget the things we should remember, and remember the things we should forget. Here are 75 reminders to help motivate you when you need it most. Tough times never last, but tough people do. - Robert H. [...]
50 of the worst and most common job interview mistakes
On Careers 50 Worst of the Worst (and Most Common) Job Interview Mistakes http://www.usnews.com By Karen Burns Posted: March 10, 2010 You may have heard the horror stories—job hunters who take phone calls or text during an [...]
Facing Joblessness With Confidence – Be Prepared
This article was reproduced here in Jan 09. Many who visited this blog site I believe will have been retrenched or preparing for retrenchment. However, it is not the end of the world yet. The unemployed need to prepare themselves well if [...]
The top 5 regrets people make on their deathbeds
The top 5 regrets people make on their deathbeds Posted: 31 May 2011 10:32 PM PDT Written by thenextweb When Ms. Bonnie Ware, a nurse who worked for years with the dying, posted her list of the top 5 regrets people say aloud on their [...]
12 Common Causes and Proven Cures for Unhappiness
For the average person happiness is a choice, yet numerous people are unhappy. There are many reasons, but it all boils down to one simple principle: They choose something else over happiness. Because it often takes less effort to be [...]
How to make good things happen
This guest post was written by Diggy, author of Upgrade Reality. When wild animals are first captured and put into zoo cages they try everything to get out of that cage. They bite it, run into it with their full weight, and claw at the cage. [...]
111 Lessons Life Taught Us
Sometimes thinking about your life and sorting out what you have learned is just as important as tackling a new venture. That’s what our new sister site, Everyday Life Lessons, is all about. It’s an online community where people share, rank [...]
88 Ways To Make A Stranger Smile
Marc and Angel Don’t wait for people to smile. Show them how. Let your guard down. Talk to someone you don’t know straight from your heart. Compliment them. Don’t anticipate awkwardness. Just be you in that beautiful way only [...]
Four Major Hurdles Faced By Our Jobless Matured PMETs
This article first appeared here in May 23, 2010 Four Major Hurdles Faced By Our Jobless Matured PMETs Written by: Gilbert Goh Introduction According to the latest statistical report on March 2010, our unemployment rate has [...]
