Sunday, August 2, 2009

Driving out recession blues!

Hi,

Some extended thinking for job seekers, to search within (themselves) and explore new avatars:

1. Laid-off zoo-keepers - Circus shows, Forest rangers' aides, Expedition aides, Wildlife photographers' assistants, Blogging on wild-animals' behavior, Services to pet-owners having wild-animals as "pets", Writing columns recounting their peculiar experiences....

2. Content writers for websites - Copy-writing for ads, speech-writing, error-free sign-board writing, car-stickers, T-shirt themes, Teaching budding-writers on writing styles, Reading out at classrooms, Creating audio-books.....

3. Drivers - Pay-by-hour driving, Exploring night-shift jobs for drivers, Jobs at Driving-schools, Openings for drivers in remote / difficult terrains, Cleaners....

4. HR executives - Resume-preparation services, Career-graph plotting services, Capability-mapping services, Free-lance HR-talent for start-ups and unaffording companies....

5. Stock analysts - News analyst for lesser-kown news-based websites, Freelancing journalist, Part-time teaching of analysis for biz schools, "Staying analytical" primer-courses for college kids, Tutoring novices (homemakers, senior citizens, etc) on stock-picking basics, Guest columns in neighborhood magazines on stocks, Other jobs involving mining of numerical data....

6. Journalists - Columnists, Teaching jobs in Colleges coaching budding-Journalists, Managing the not-so-well-running local daily / mag....

Life isn't an impasse. It keeps flowing, and we play the main role in making it flow.

Explore your strengths and discover things we can do, in an extended mode.

Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful is an inspiration to this post.

Luv,

Vijay

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