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Ten Ways to Keep Busy Between Jobs
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R. Marc Phillips currently works as a Tech Consultant in Information Security for MasterCard, handling architecture and planning of Internet-facing applications. A fourteen-year veteran of the IT industry, he’s deployed and managed large scale networks and datacenters; designed, implemented, and managed nationwide networks for several ISP’s and
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With resume gaps now the norm, workers should pay attention to how they use spent time between jobs.
The reason is simple: Employers want to know how job candidates spent their time when they were out of work. Learning? Traveling? Moping? Unless you project the image of a can-do job seeker, you’re likely to have a tough time bouncing back from periods of unemployment.
“What they are looking for is that you were productive with your time,” says Jenna Gausman, a career counselor with Kerwin and Associates, a California-based career counseling and consulting firm.
Career counselor Linsey Levine of CareerCounsel in New York concurs. She emphasizes the importance of demonstrating continued involvement with career-oriented activities. “It’s not only critically important to the employer, but it’s important to the candidate as well,” she says. “It takes away feelings of depression, discouragement and hopelessness.”
To project an active, engaged attitude during a job search, consider these tips for being productive when you’re out of work:
Volunteer Your Services
Volunteering provides “a double benefit,” Levine says. In addition to giving back to a cause or organization, you get to work with people who see you in action. “It becomes a great new networking environment,” she says.
Be a Leader
Join a professional organization, Gausman urges, but don’t just attend meetings. Instead, take your involvement to the next level by serving on a board or organizing events. “Through that, people often end up finding jobs,” she says.
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9 months ago
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9 months ago
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