What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

APPENDIX B
A Guide to Dealing with
Your Feelings While Out of
Work
Unemployment can take a terrible toll upon the human spirit. In
a recent study of over 6,000 job-hunters, interviewed every week
for up to twenty-four weeks, it was found that
many workers become discouraged the longer they
are unemployed. In particular, the unemployed
express feeling more sad the longer they are
unemployed, and sadness rises more quickly with
unemployment duration during episodes of job search.
In addition, reported life satisfaction is lower for the
same individual following days in which
comparatively more time was devoted to job
search….These findings suggest that the
psychological cost of job search rises the longer
someone is unemployed….One reason why job search
assistance may have been found to consistently speed
individuals’ return to work in past studies is that it
may help the unemployed to overcome feelings of
anxiety and sadness that are associated with job
search. 1
I know the truth of this from my own experience. I have been
fired twice in my life. I remember how it felt each time I got the
lousy news. I walked out of the building dazed, as though I had
just emerged from a really bad train wreck. The sun was shining