I'm home, lost my job...

These days it seems the bad news keep on rolling in. First you get laid off , in some company's effort to save money. The torrent of feelings range from confused, since your employer will never disclose how they came to choose you over others, to sheer anger - why you?

It doesn't stop there. The anxiety is compounded by a job market which has hundreds of people applying for admin assistant jobs. The competition is fierce and it is an employers market. This is not the 90's, that's for sure.

So you bunker down, send out resumes, put on the positive spin, positive attitude and redo your resume to stand out. Remember to take your address off your resume less people make up your mind for you that a job is too far away. Stir and wait for 5 months for two responses after sending out nearly a hundred resumes. Simmer, and stir again...

Screw this! If you got laid off, the time is now. You and your other unemployed friends need to take your little goodbye packages and DO SOMETHING. What exactly? Only you can answer that. But you need to understand some truths about yourself first:
1. Someone, for some period of time, made money from your efforts and brainpower.
2. Someone who hired you thought you were a good risk, and you benefited from that trust.
3. In this job market there is no king. Everyone is blind.

So, become your own King. You've had an idea? Go for it! You've nothing to lose. And looking for work, when there is simply little hiring is not a good use of time. Think outside the box. Yeah it's cliche but it works. Don't believe me? Try some of these ideas on for size:
1. If you provided a service in your company, do that same service on the outside as a consultant. It's easy to create an LLC so look up, or post or network to find people who may have used your prior companies services and offer to consult (i.e. work) for them. This is especially good if you have IT infrastructure skills.
2. Come up with an idea and try to sell it. Create a prototype, get a demo, create buzz attracted a few customers, sell to the highest bidder.
3. Services, services, services is where it is at. That is where money is made. Don't believe me? Ask an attorney. That is what they do and do well, provide professional services. It is a great way to make money.
4. Don't focus on a product, focus on the services that can be provided around a product. You will find there are may opportunities around established businesses in providing services to those businesses.
5. Keep your head up. And if you have a good idea, work it until it either works or fails.

Have faith in yourself. Others did, why shouldn't you?

Good luck!