6. Donate your skills to a nonprofit.Finding a charity, professional organization, or community group that could use your help does three good things, Mattson says. First, "giving back" makes you feel good about yourself. Second, you might make contacts that could lead to a new job. And third, you'll be keeping your skills sharp and giving yourself a recent project to talk about when you do land a job interview.
投身公益事業。麥特森表示,找一家能夠發揮你能力的慈善團體、專業機構,或者社區組織,這會給你帶來三個好處。首先,“回報社會”會讓你心情愉快。其次,你所接觸到的人可能幫你找到新的工作。第三,有助于你保持技術的嫻熟,同時保證你獲得面試機會時有話可說。
7. Stick to a daily routine."People need structure," Mattson notes. "The more you keep to a set schedule every day, the more productive you'll be." Her firm provides offices that out-placed managers can use in their job searches and, she says, "it's no coincidence that the ones who choose to come in every day bright and early, just as if they were going to 'the office' for a job, are the ones who find new jobs the fastest."
保持日常生活規律。麥特森強調:“人的生活需要有條理性。越是嚴格遵守既定日程的人,每天的效率也越高。”她的公司為失業的經理人提供房間,用于職位搜索。她說:“有些人每天一大早就來到房間,好像他們是到‘辦公室’來工作一樣。這樣的人往往能最快找到新工作,這絕對不是巧合。”