All excellent, but the ones that resonated the most for me:

* Search for Companies Instead of Jobs – Such excellent advice. Picking that next employer before looking for a job there tends to mean that next job search is not going to be necessary as soon as the current one was.

* Learn a New Skill – fill in resume gaps or gaps in what you need for your long-term career goal. And keep your mind sharp, meeting new people and handling new situations. All good!

* Volunteer – more resume gap-filling activity PLUS network expansion, spirit-lifting FUN (or find another volunteer opportunity).

Great advice! Hope people take it.

What you prove here are there are many, MANY, many motions and movements toward adjusting and rearranging one’s job-search efforts to spawn ‘new’ results.

I love the idea of ‘inserting yourself as part of the chain’ and engaging and asking questions. People adore talking about themselves, and the more we reach out to sincerely get to know others in purposeful situations (particularly via volunteer roles), it seems, the more opportunities to build new, solid links in that chain.

GREAT post, as always, with lots of ideas to help discouraged job seekers feel more hopeful about the possibilities.