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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Job Search: Taking matters into my own hands

by Regan McMahon (Observations from the On- and Off-Ramps at Mommy Tracked)

I knew I’d been out of work too long when friends at social gatherings stopped saying, “How’s the job hunting going?” and started asking. “What’s your backup plan?”

I didn’t intend to need a backup plan. When I took a buyout from the struggling newspaper where I’d been an editor, feature writer and book critic for many years, my plan was to get a job as an editor or writer. There wasn’t really a backup plan.

At my goodbye party I told people I wasn’t worried, because I’d done so many things, including being a supervisor, production editor, page designer and copy editor. But I added, “If worse comes to worst, I can always go back to being a high school French teacher,” which is what I was before I became a journalist.

Then partway through the summer, I started to think maybe it was time for a backup plan. I’d only done two kinds of work before becoming a journalist: waiting tables and teaching. I wasn’t about to go back to being a waitress, but maybe I could rekindle my love of teaching.

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Regan McMahon is the author of Revolution in the Bleachers: How Parents Can Take Back Family Life in a World Gone Crazy over Youth Sports.

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    Posted by Lai Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:46am PDT

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    Posted by sandraj6398 Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:48pm PDT

    Great article.Networking whether it is face to face, or looking for interesting opportunities on ning.com networks, has helped me tremendously.In fact I've just created my 4th network, http://tviangelgifts.ning.com. It centers around an amazing income generator Meet Plan B http://MeetPlanB.com/eng/angel. Always good to have a back up plan as you suggest. While we network for what we want to do, we can have fun and not sweat the checkbook too.

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    Posted by Mandy Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:46pm PDT

    Except for living, work makes life colorful and meaningful. The economy recession recovers slow, still lots of people can't get a job. Knowing more people is quite a good way. My neighbor, who had been expertised in fiance, lost his job for almost one year. But last week, she told me she found a quite good job. She said she joined _____MeetWealthy com_____ , she made friends there and knew a lot of successful business men there. Wow, such a smart way!!!!!!!!!!!

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