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1 online resource (320 pages) |
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Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION -- Unemployed and Proud; PART ONE -- TAKING CONTROL; CHAPTER ONE -- Getting the Unpleasant Stuff Out of the Way; Unemployment Insurance: Are You a Candidate?; Negotiating and Collecting Severance Pay; Losing Your Job, Keeping Your Health Coverage; Housing Decisions: The Roof Over Your Jobless Head; An Unemployment Checklist Upon Getting the News; CHAPTER TWO -- Cashing In; Making Do With Less: It's Not Only Doable but Uplifting; There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch (Or Is There?). |
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Map Quest for the Unemployed: Bridges to SomewhereSwimming in the Rewarding Surf of eBay; How to Live on Less Than 2O a Day; CHAPTER THREE -- More Time Than You Ever Thought You'd Have!; Today Should Always Be the Day; Jobless Action Figure; Ten Ways to Make Certain You Get Out of the House Every Day; CHAPTER FOUR -- Your Next Job: So What's It Going to Be?; The Unemployment Inventory; The Career Love Connection; Off the Beaten Trail: A New Approach to the Job Hunt; Five Ways to Make Sure the Job Search Doesn't Take Over Your Life; PART TWO -- HAVING A BLAST. |
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CHAPTER FIVE -- Twenty Fun Activities You Can Do for Free1. Do the Daily Crossword Puzzle in the Newspaper; 2. Go on Neighborhood Walking Tours; 3. Sample Bizarre Foods; 4. Nurture Your Family Tree; 5. Go Hiking; 6. Take Free Courses; 7. Read a Good Book; 8. Go Bird-Watching; 9. Write a Novel; 10. Keep a Journal; 11. Become a Shutterbug; 12. Volunteer Your Time; 13. Go Dumpster Diving; 14. Write Letters to Famous People; 15. Make a Video for YouTube; 16. Play Some Card Games; 17. Hit the Road Running; 18. Creatively Craft from the Comforts of Home; 19. Make a Scrapbook; 20. Practice Some Yoga. |
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CHAPTER SIX -- Twenty Sites to Sample on the Internet1. Bored.com; 2. Classmates.com; 3. TheOnion.com; 4. EBizMBA.com; 5. Heavy.com; 6. CoolSiteOfTheDay.com; 7. HowStuffWorks.com; 8. JumpTheShark.com; 9. PointlessSites.com; 10. MySpace.com; 11. Facebook.com; 12. MetaFilter.com; 13. InternetSlang.com; 14. GoAskAlice. Columbia.edu; 15. MovieLink.com; 16. TheSmokingGun.com; 17. RoadsideAmerica.com; 18. BizRate.com; 19. ThinkExist.com; 20. FactCheck.org; CHAPTER SEVEN -- Twenty Things You've Been Meaning to Do All These Years; 1. Witness the Rising Sun; 2. Contact a Long Lost Friend. |
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3. Have Your Portrait Painted by a Street Artist4. Cook a Television Chef's Meal; 5. Sponsor a Needy Child; 6. Grant a Wish; 7. Go Green; 8. Fast For a Day; 9. Balance Your Checkbook; 10. Prepare Your Last Will and Testament; 11. Throw a Tupperware Party; 12. Plan a Camping Outing; 13. Rent Those Cinema Classics; 14. Join a Group; 15. Write a Personal Mission Statement; 16. Paint Your Living Quarters; 17. Wash Your Windows; 18. Go Skydiving; 19. Become a Street Performer; 20. Invent Something; CHAPTER EIGHT -- Twenty Ways to Avoid Becoming Antisocial; 1. Stay Clean; 2. Say Hello. |
| Note |
3. Tune in to the World. |
| Summary |
In No Job? No Prob!, business writer Nicholas Nigro shows readers how to convert unemployment lemons into refreshing lemonade. Offering advice that is at once motivational ("when unemployment comes calling, start walking and don't look back"), practical ("20 ways to make yourself leave the house at least once a day"), and fun ("20 things you can do with your retired briefcase"), No Job? No Prob! is the most well-rounded and optimistic unemployment guide available. It also includes useful quizzes that will help you take stock of what you have, decide what you want, and figure o. |
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Unemployed -- United States.
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Unemployed -- United States -- Finance, Personal.
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Unemployment insurance -- United States.
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Job hunting -- United States.
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Unemployment -- United States.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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Job hunting. (OCoLC)fst00983693
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Unemployed. (OCoLC)fst01161152
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Unemployed -- Finance, Personal.
(OCoLC)fst01161168
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Unemployment. (OCoLC)fst01161213
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Unemployment insurance. (OCoLC)fst01715915
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nigro, Nicholas. No Job? No Prob! : How to Pay Your Bills, Feed Your Mind, and Have a Blast When You're Out of Work. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., ©2008 9781602393509 |
| ISBN |
9781628732856 (electronic bk.) |
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1628732857 (electronic bk.) |
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