Tesar-Reynes

I was interviewing a very successful lady who had an outstanding resume but was out of work for five months. Her husband was just laid off three weeks ago. As we talked about the lack of potential jobs out there for either of them, she became increasingly agitated. At one point there was a tear in the corner of her eye.

I tried to lighten the conversation and get her on a more positive note. I flashed back and remembered the feeling when I was out of work and the checking account was getting dangerously close to zero. I remember the desperation, fear and isolation that set in.

From my point of view, the worst thing to deal with is the sense of helplessness and of being alone. When I started thinking about the sense of isolation, …

We’ve asked our good friend Dave Gordon, Internship Director for the Marketing Communication Department at Columbia College Chicago, to do a guest post for us.

Dave and I go way back, since his days of doing brand management. Dave also introduced me to Roland, who worked as Dave’s assistant at Columbia.

Six Tips to Reduce Stress in Job Hunting Families

A friend of mine talked to me a couple of years ago about looking for work, and actually being afraid to come home each night for dinner to await what he thought was the unspoken but inevitable question from his family – “Did you find a job …