Comments on: Losing Your Job

By: Funkkeejooce

Funkkeejooce — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:05:23 +0000

A sound advice for crucial times!

One of the things I have always done is have an emergency money to fall back on. I have, besides my normal savings, a bankbook wherein I put €50 a month. I call this my emergency fund. Putting that €50 is top priority and I have never missed since I was 25 years old. That emergency fund, thank God, have never been touched. It’s kind of like paying money into your insurance. I am holding my breath as to how long I can keep that emergency fund untouched. Fingers crossed!!

By: Dave DeWall

Dave DeWall — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:33:35 +0000

Hi Glenn, I’m glad you are here today. I came by the other day and someone named Joella,the “Smog Angel”,or something like that, was guest posting for you. I left a comment on her post since it seemed like she needed a morale booster,and she was your guest after all.

As usual,you are dispensing great advice. I was extremely fortunate to get 30 years in with AT&T, and retire at the age of 57. Of course, I had to move to the Philippines after I retired because it is cheap to live here and they have a lot of San Miguels, and I didn’t feel like working any more. My retirement fund guy is making money for me, 17,000 bucks in 3 months(hey,he’s not losing any for me!),the sun is shining, the women (including my wife) are beautiful. I have it made. But yes, you have to plan.I didn’t get where I am today on my looks!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:25:02 +0000

A great article and very good advice. Did I tell you I love your blog? I have awarded you The Best Blog Award. Please come by and pick it up!

By: jonyx

jonyx — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:43:13 +0000

I agree very much so. I’ve always been an advocate of preparing for the worst. Sometimes I get grief for preparing ages in advance in other aspects of life though, lol…but I deal with it as I won’t change.

It’s good to know and feel that in the event of losing a job, or anything similar, that you have a fallback plan that should keep you in the safe area for awhile. I couldn’t function without preparing for worst case scenarios, to be honest.

By: Buggys

Buggys — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:39:34 +0000

All very relevant advice. Being somewhat prepared is really the best strategy. One of the big problems in the job search currently is that there are volumes of people doing the same thing. My husband ran an ad for an entry level position in his office a few weeks ago and was flooded with resumes. These people were coming from all levels of the job market.

By: Bonehead

Bonehead — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:56:26 +0000

Great article – lots of practical advice. I can happily report that after my lay off – following similar steps to those outlined here has helped our situation greatly.

It doesn’t have to be the end of the world if you’re laid off – some well planned actions can make a difficult situation easier to bear.

By: Roschelle

Roschelle — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:15:49 +0000

This is an excellent article and unfortunately one that’s very necessary. My heart goes out to people in the job market now or in the near future. I’m so thankful that I went into nursing. That’s one line of work that’ll always be in demand.

By: Comedy Plus

Comedy Plus — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:48 +0000

Very good advice here. Often folks don’t think about some of these things until they happen. This is indeed happening way to often. I think it’s going to be a very long time before things turn around and things will never be the same again.

Have a terrific day Glenn. Big hug.

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