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.
投身公益事业。麦特森表示,找一家能够发挥你能力的慈善团体、专业机构,或者社区组织,这会给你带来三个好处。首先,“回报社会”会让你心情愉快。其次,你所接触到的人可能帮你找到新的工作。第三,有助于你保持技术的娴熟,同时保证你获得面试机会时有话可说。
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."
保持日常生活规律。麦特森强调:“人的生活需要有条理性。越是严格遵守既定日程的人,每天的效率也越高。”她的公司为失业的经理人提供房间,用于职位搜索。她说:“有些人每天一大早就来到房间,好像他们是到‘办公室’来工作一样。这样的人往往能最快找到新工作,这绝对不是巧合。”