Out Of Work? Try These 10 Things

1.Get involved in volunteer work. Check out the local non profit organizations and help out at the one you like best. I’m involved in United Way and March of Dimes.

2. Go back to college. Community colleges are everywhere. They’re affordable and offer great careers. There may be one just for you.

3. Volunteer at your children’s school. They always need people to help out.

4. Work on your blog or start one. They’re fun and people do read them.

5. Update your website or start to put one together. Everybody needs a website.

6. Write a book. We all have a book in us. You have one in you right now. What has happened in your life that someone would like to read about?

7. Volunteer at the local Senior Center. They have tons of things you can do and you get a great deal of satisfaction doing it. I’m currently planning on putting together a Laugh Therapy Class at the Senior Center in my hometown.

8. Update your resume.

9. Check the local papers for job openings.

10. Change your appearance. If you have a beard, shave it off. If you dress in jeans, try a suit & tie. If you have the same hair-do you did last year, try something different.

Just because you’re not working for money, doesn’t mean you don’t have to work. When I’m not being paid to speak or do comedy shows, I speak for free to Rotary Clubs and Kiwanis Clubs and Civitans and Lions Clubs. And I sometimes get a paid engagement from it.

By doing volunteer work, someone, the right person, might just see you and offer you work. By doing volunteer work shows you’re willing to put forth the extra effort and it just may help you land that new job. You never know. Go ahead, challenge yourself to do it and see what happens.