Having an extended period of free time in the prime of one's life can in fact be a unique opportunity to focus on volunteer service, professional education or personal growth.
Community Involvement
For Lisa Perez, the wakeup call was burned pork chops. An executive who previously hadn't been particularly interested in home and health had become obsessed with homemaking during a stint of unemployment.
She realized that cleaning and organizing her home wasn't helping her job search. Nevertheless, "I made lists of' 50 things to do every day," says Ms. Perez, a political and public-relations consultant in Scottsdale, Aliz. "My house was spotless, just so I'd have something to do."
One day, her boyfriend didn't arrive on time for dinner because he had to work late, and her pork chops were mined. She threw a fit. "I'd never been a person like that," she says. "So I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and go out and do something productive."
Ms. Perez, 35, resolved to become an active volunteer for the duration of her search. She gave her time to a health-care concern, a housing program and a political campaign.
The work bolstered her self-confidence. "Volunteering takes the focus off of you. One thing you have that's still valuable is your time. And, of course, you learn that there are thousands of people with a life that's much worse than yours, "she says.
Volunteer assignments are also great ways to meet powerful and well-connected people. Over a six-month period, her volunteering evolved into working as a paid consultant and then as a full-time employee, a job she still holds today. In all, she was unemployed for eight months.
Before her job loss, she thought she didn't have time to volunteer while working. "Now, even though I have a demanding job, I still volunteer, because of what I got out of it", says Ms. Perez.
Confirming Education
Gene Bellavance, a 36-year old information-technology project manager, took another route during his unemployment. When he was laid off from a steel company near Cleveland, he knew his immediate prospects were bleak. He expected his search to take a year. He faced a decision: take a job that would set back his career or hold out for an offer he really wanted. Mr. Bellavance cashed out his pension, sold his house, unloaded things he didn't need at garage sales, and rented an apartment with a roommate. Then he says, "I signed up for every benefit I could find."
But he wasn't just waiting out the year. He spent file rest of his search updating his skills, including becoming certified in new database and project-management software. "You have to invest in yourself," Mr. Bellavance says. "I estimated what technology was going to be the most beneficial and chose applications that were going to be pervasive, that were right for my market, and that were going to ensure top pay."
In addition to income from the occasional IT--consulting assignment, he relied on a combination of displaced-worker-retraining grants and unemployment benefits. "I went out and found the classes, submitted the paperwork, and dealt with the bureaucracy. You have to stay after them, keeping your benefits moving forward. It's up to you to make it work with your overall transition plan, "he says.
His job search was one month shy of the full year he'd expected. He looked for work 'during his training and says he would have
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第1题
B.上仰 25°,下俯 15°
C.形态 0-3 时为上仰 30°(低速时逐渐减小至 25°),全形态时为机头上仰 25°(低速时逐渐减小至 20°),机头下俯 15°
第2题
A.上仰30°,下俯15°
B. 上仰25°,下俯15°
C. 形态0---3时为上仰30°(低速时逐渐减小至25°),全形态时为机头上仰25°(低速时逐渐减小至20°),机头下俯15°
第3题
A.错误
B.正确
第5题
关于油舱的纵、横倾修正计算,叙述错误的是()
A.当油轮处于纵倾或横倾状态下,而油轮舱测量管又未设在油舱纵向和横向的中部,则须对舱内石油体积或油深一—空距进行修正计算
B.如船方具备了油舱容积或油深——空距的纵、横倾修正表,可据此修正
C.如船方不具备纵、横倾修正表,则应根据不同情况进行修正或处理
D.如船方无横倾修正表,应建议船方将船调平,给予修正
第7题
在六个基本视图中()宽相等。
A.俯、左、仰、右视图
B.俯、左、后、仰视图
C.俯、左、右、后视图
为了保护您的账号安全,请在“上学吧”公众号进行验证,点击“官网服务”-“账号验证”后输入验证码“”完成验证,验证成功后方可继续查看答案!