A dose of job search self-help and inspiration.

This is a guest post by Kate Baggott. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines.

I’m a freelance writer, I teach on a freelance basis and I consult as a freelancer. There are times when I have too much work and times when I have almost none. The insecurity of it all is worst when life’s disasters strike. I’ve recently been ill and unable to work consistently for almost three months.

I hope it won’t be a financial disaster in the long term.

The Practical Exercises

While I was in the hospital, I was in a hurry to get home.

Unfortunately, after days of improvement, the infection values in my blood work suddenly worsened. It looked like I would have to stay in hospital for several more days.

I was worried, but I did a few practical things…

--Jacob Share

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How do you comfort someone who has lost a job that was beneath them to start with?

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After over 2 months of attracting submissions and showing them on site, the 2008 JobMob Guest Blogging Contest is finally over. Time to announce the grand prize winner…

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A Canadian English teacher gives her German students more than new language skills. Here are her 3 unemployment survival lessons that you should take to heart.

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