Live Alone? 10 Things You Can Do While Job Hunting to Stay Connected with People
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter
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Job hunting is hard enough, but when you live alone it can be even worse. Here are 10 things you can do to connect with people, particularly now!
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If you’re someone who lives alone, maybe you’re single, divorced, widowed, whichever circumstance it is, job hunting can be that much harder because you’ve got no one to talk to in your immediate area. So I want to offer you a few suggestions for how to get connected with people while you’re job hunting, because job search under all circumstances is difficult, but when you’re alone it’s emotionally that much harder. I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter. People hire me for no BS job search coaching and career advice globally because I make the process of finding work and succeeding at it much easier. I’ve got a lot of great information to help you with JobSearch.Community. Some of it’s free. I critique resumes for a small fee. In addition, if you become an insider, I do coaching for you. It’s in, with the exception of at the lower level, all the other levels I do coaching with you as well as give you all my video content, books, and guides as part of the program. And if it’s at the less expensive level, you can ask me questions. I’ll respond very quickly.
So here are a number of things that you can do to get you engaged and stay connected with people so you’re not just sitting alone in your apartment, in your home, and not talking to anyone. Okay, so the first thing is when you’re out and about, just say hi. Say hello to people. Put a smile on your face and make eye contact. I know when I was divorced and moved to Greenwich Village into an apartment building, I would meet people in the elevator, at the waiting for the elevator. I’d say hi to them. It helped get me connected with my neighbors and you can do the same thing in all circumstances, whether you’re in a store, whether you’re waiting online somewhere, whatever it is. It’s a way that you can have small talk with people, and with time that’s going to add up for you.
You can also start a hobby at home, something that you’ve always wanted to do but just haven’t had the time yet, whatever it is. I don’t care if it’s painting, playing guitar, taking online classes, whatever it is, do something. You know, it’s not like you have to do major things. It can be a small project, like cleaning a closet. Maybe that’s a major project for you. Go back to school. Take a class. Local community colleges, trade schools, there are lots of different places where you can take classes. And if you’re older, some states offer free tuition for seniors. Maybe you like dancing, like some of my friends do. You can get out and go dancing. Pickleball is hot these days. Learn to play pickleball. There are lots of places around the country where you can do that. Take an online exercise class. I started doing that with my wife. It’s fun. I feel better having taken the class. People start to notice I’m a regular attendee and they say hi to me, and I respond, of course. It’s a fun experience for me.
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You can volunteer with different organizations. Someone out there is going to be willing to accept you as a volunteer. I know with a men’s group I was involved with many years ago, you know, every month we’d serve meals at a mission on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and we were able to connect with one another doing that and just as easily connect with the people who were coming in for meals. It felt good to help others.
Join a support group. Now it doesn’t have to be a job support group, although that’s a great place to do. But that’s great place to do things, but there are other types of support. Maybe you need to lose weight, and thus going to a support group around your weight will help. Maybe it’s about smoking cessation, whatever it is. Find a support group and take some action. Maybe you’re faith-based and you can attend worship services as part of this time of being connected, whether it’s, you know, a mosque, a synagogue, a church, a meditation center, wherever it is, get into the physical space with others rather than just staying home.
And then lastly, do something a little different. A wonderful metaphor I heard about in coach training was the idea of how people get out of a rut, and they use the example of a rut in the road where people keep driving over the same space and it keeps getting deeper and deeper, and their suggestion was really very simple: turn the wheels slightly. And in turning the wheels slightly, what you’re able to do is get out of the rut. It’s the same thing with you. You can get out of the rut by turning the wheels slightly and thus doing something a little different. Maybe it’s going out at a different time of the day so that you have time for that exercise class in the morning, whatever it is. Do something a little bit different so that this way you’re not alone, you’re not stuck, you’re not by yourself, you’re connecting with other people.
I hope you found this helpful. I’m Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter again. People hire me for no BS job search coaching and career advice globally because I make the process of finding work and succeeding at it much easier. If you go to JobSearch.Community, as I mentioned earlier, I’ve got free content there to help you. You can have me critique your resume inexpensively. There’s a lot of stuff to help you, and if you become an insider, you get access to all my video courses, books, and guides, and with the exception of the lower tier, you know, I do coaching to help you as well. Have a terrific day and most importantly, be great.
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