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Survival is the first priority. Forget about “cool jobs” right now. The job market is in the worst shape since 1930. Biggest lesson: you cannot give up. You keep going. I sent out 1,500 resumes before landing my last job. Have a plan. Execute it. There ARE jobs out there . . . but you’ve got to really dig them out. You really need to network, or talk to friends and relatives and associates. Forget job boards like Monster, etc. And forget job fairs. They are both tremendous wastes of time. Go to the Web sites of the companies you are interested in, and post resumes there. And network, network, network! Hope this helps.

P.S. I more than doubled my last salary . . . and I had been very discouraged, too!

What do you need right now to survive? What are your skills? You might fins that providing a service is the way to go. Be your own boss. My wife has developed a successful business for herself just handling book keeping and taxes for small businesses that want to focus on their work like hair stylists, plumbers, auto shops. They don’t want to mess with the books. When visits some weekely, some monthly. Don’t give up… think outside the box…

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Don’t hold out for the perfect job. Sometimes what motivates you to get up in the morning is knowing you are moving closer to achieving your goals. The “job” might not be perfect, but saving money and gainng independence might be VERY rewarding. One step at a time.

There are “enjoyable” jobs that pay next to nothing. There are super-paying jobs that make you miserable. You should try to find a balance . . . a livable salary where the “misery index” isn’t terribly high. I almost became a schoolteacher, but was put off by the poverty-level salaries paid in most states. I kind of wish I had done that, though, yeah . . . I wish more than kinda!

Mark–don’t turn down any more jobs, unless they are immoral, unethical or illegal, or would impair your health. The first priority is to get a job. NO job is going to be perfect. Wish I had been offered a job while I was there! Now I’m “on assignment” to the Middle East. Since I left, the job offers have been rolling in. It figures!

What you must realize, Mark, is that 90 percent of people find their fulfillment and reasons to keep going OUTSIDE of work. Jobs are simply not configured to be entertaining or satisfying, but to get certain specific tasks done. A survey done some years ago revealed that 80 percent of people hated their jobs. So we look for fulfillment and a sense of purpose elsewhere.

Just think about Einstein, Mark. He was a patent clerk before he was a physicist. He used to hide his notes on general relativity when his boss at the patent office walked by. He moved on and found his “niche,” which was in the world of science. He definitely wasn’t feeling fulfillment while working as a patent clerk.

So find some other activities to engage yourself in, and look at a job as a means to securing the things you really want to do. And . . . if you happen to find a job that you really enjoy doing, you will be one of the few who has truly found one of those “glamorous” jobs!