Should you consider "Work at home" as an option?

The new unemployment numbers mean nothing if YOU do not have a job.

The news that jobless claims have dropped as noted in this Yahoo article should encourage you to work even harder to find that job that is right for you.

However, please be very cautious about "work at home" schemes that require you to put up money in advance. I am an advocate of entrepreneurial efforts and encourage you to consider starting your own business. However, you must face the economic, financial reality of your chances for success. If someone wants to "sell" you on their program to make you rich, you should ask yourself why? If they have the "secret" to making all that money, why don't they just do it themselves? Why do they want to sell the "secret". Believe me, I have been a sucker for lots of those schemes and hope that you will not fall victim to them, especially when you are out of work and most vulnerable to con artists.

Please see the article from the National Consumer's League Internet Fraud Watch.

Be encouraged by the new jobless numbers and let them give you hope to change your own situation. One year ago this week, I lost my job (see the November 20 post to this blog). I have been there. When that happened, I was in total shock. I did not tell my wife for three days. My stomach was tied in knots. I had trouble sleeping at night. Then, I took my own advice that I had begun to put into writing over five years earlier. Within a week, I had a job equal to the one I had just lost.

I believe in you! Believe in yourself and you will succeed. As we enter this last week before CHRISTmas, I pray that you will also believe in something greater than yourself. Whatever you conceive that to be, know that the universe was designed for each of us to succeed. Belief in that principle is the fundamental to making it happen. Acting on that belief is the key to opening the door to success.

Michael Britner
Job Finding Master