Menopause Ideas

Thats right, your job went away, but you still have lots of energy!

Get a piece of paper and jot down all your skills.

Then jot down all the skills you would like to have.

Don’t leave out anything, even if it was 25 or more years ago that you were a teacher’s aide or a waitress or a school bus driver.

Really, lots of jobs have criteria for some of your skills and you may forget about them.

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Now, look at the list and wait till tomorrow, and then add to the list again.

You are now ready to size up all you qualifications.

If you use to be a bus driver, maybe a senior center, or assisted living center may need a bus driver for activities, better yet they may need an activity aid/bus driver.

If you took a sign language class, chances are you still remember some of it, so put that down on your resume under languages.

Embellish your resume by adding sub titles to one side to expand on your skills.

A typical resume could have these sub titles:

Objective, Education, Professional, Languages, Computer Skills, Community Service, Employment History, Character, Reliability.

Empower your audience with all the stuff you know how to do, and want to do. Invent sum more subtitles to fit your broad experiences.

How about taking a vacation to “chill out” or “veg” so you don’t go into a job just because you need a job? If you can’t afford to go some place, just go to the library and get out a couple of thick books and plan on reading for a few days straight. This period of time will get you to stop thinking about what could of been and help you to relax and feel like you deserve to be happy again, and you will just turn your life around, always think positively.

How about taking a chance on starting out on your own?

Have you always wanted to make jewelry? Do it, and then see if schools need fundraisers, and if craft stores want to put your creations on consignment, or create your own website.

How about interior decorating? How about a secretarial service? How about opening a bakery or selling your home made goodies to a bakery?

What ever you do, don’t look back and mope. This is who you are, and you will network, be positive, have a good hair day and move on.

To interview at a company, let me refresh for you:

• Practicing your greeting the interviewer is a good idea.
• Do it on the way to grocery shopping or in front of a mirror.
• Ask questions about your prospective employer, go on their web site if necessary. Interviewers typically like to see if you can engage in a conversation about the company.
• Dress professionally.
• Shake hands and make sure you grip hard, use eye contact when you can.
• I want to say be enthusiastic, but sometimes this back fires and you can appear desperate, so use enthusiasm with a little less enthusiasm and that should be great.
• After the interview be sure and send a thank you note to the interviewer. Mail it 24 to 72 hours after the interview, so you don’t lose your motivation, and they keep you at the top of the pile.