http://ellen-brown.com/blog/2010/04/24/dealing-with-job-loss-volunteering-can-help-with-your-job-search-and-boost-self-confidence/ Ellen Brown | Certified Professional Coach Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:57:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ellen-brown.com/blog/2010/04/24/dealing-with-job-loss-volunteering-can-help-with-your-job-search-and-boost-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Ellen Brown Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:11:55 +0000 http://ellen-brown.com/blog/?p=493#comment-865 That's great that volunteering has been helpful to you, Miriam! I think the self esteem issue is huge. And I so agree that it is better to give rather than to receive, though it sure is nice to receive sometimes. Good luck with your job search! That’s great that volunteering has been helpful to you, Miriam! I think the self esteem issue is huge. And I so agree that it is better to give rather than to receive, though it sure is nice to receive sometimes. Good luck with your job search!

]]> http://ellen-brown.com/blog/2010/04/24/dealing-with-job-loss-volunteering-can-help-with-your-job-search-and-boost-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Miriam Cox Fri, 30 Apr 2010 01:47:52 +0000 http://ellen-brown.com/blog/?p=493#comment-850 I have been unemployed for over a year. I volunteer at two different places; a public library and my grandson's school library. Volunteering has given me a renewed sense of purpose in my life and something to look forward to doing two days a week. It has built my self-esteem at a time when I felt like, gee, maybe there is something wrong with me because I can't get a job. It helps to keep my skills and my mind sharp. I'm out of the house and interacting with other people, and who knows one of those people may know of someone who is looking for someone like me. I have always been told it is better to give then receive. In my experience, that is so true. If I get a job I will still want to volunteer. I have been unemployed for over a year. I volunteer at two different places; a public library and my grandson’s school library. Volunteering has given me a renewed sense of purpose in my life and something to look forward to doing two days a week. It has built my self-esteem at a time when I felt like, gee, maybe there is something wrong with me because I can’t get a job. It helps to keep my skills and my mind sharp. I’m out of the house and interacting with other people, and who knows one of those people may know of someone who is looking for someone like me. I have always been told it is better to give then receive. In my experience, that is so true. If I get a job I will still want to volunteer.

]]> http://ellen-brown.com/blog/2010/04/24/dealing-with-job-loss-volunteering-can-help-with-your-job-search-and-boost-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Ellen Brown Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:09:54 +0000 http://ellen-brown.com/blog/?p=493#comment-776 Thanks for your thoughts, Carolyn! I so agree that volunteering offers us a broader perspective and gives us a chance to see our connection to the greater good. Thanks for your thoughts, Carolyn! I so agree that volunteering offers us a broader perspective and gives us a chance to see our connection to the greater good.

]]> http://ellen-brown.com/blog/2010/04/24/dealing-with-job-loss-volunteering-can-help-with-your-job-search-and-boost-self-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-775 Carolyn from LiquidWholeFood.com Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:33 +0000 http://ellen-brown.com/blog/?p=493#comment-775 While I haven't dealt with the crises you cite, I find that when I am volunteering I discover all you listed and also I get out of myself more. Volunteering really brings home that the world is bigger than what I'm dealing with, and I can be a blessing even if I'm feeling really stressed about my own circumstances. That helps alleviate the intensity of the stress for me. While I haven’t dealt with the crises you cite, I find that when I am volunteering I discover all you listed and also I get out of myself more. Volunteering really brings home that the world is bigger than what I’m dealing with, and I can be a blessing even if I’m feeling really stressed about my own circumstances. That helps alleviate the intensity of the stress for me.

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