When you are looking for a job, it can get pretty frustrating when you know you have a good resume, yet no one seems interested. If you have made sure there aren’t any typos on your resume, you may wonder why no one is calling. Sometimes even those who have impressive qualifications can’t seem to catch a break. You can post your resume online if you want someone to find you, or you can try to take out a jobs wanted ad to see if anyone bites.
The problem with jobs wanted ads are that they are mostly ignored and seem a little unprofessional. That’s not comforting news for someone who wants to find a job and seems to keep coming up empty handed. I have seen a lot of ads for jobs wanted in my local paper. They are often listed right before the help wanted classifieds, and there are generally one or two there on any given day. Most of these that I have read have not been well written. There is no point in paying for this type of ad if you cannot represent yourself well this way.
If you are thinking of putting up an ad in the jobs wanted section, you should think about how you word your advertisement and what it is you do. If you are a freelance writer or are otherwise self-employed, this might work out for you. If you are a banker and taking out a jobs wanted ad, you may end up looking a little desperate. Yes, all job seekers are anxious to get to work, but they sell themselves smartly without seeming too desperate for work. Desperation is never a good look for anyone in any situation. Employers are looking for confident and stable.
Be choosy about placing a jobs wanted ad and be careful of how you word it. List your qualifications and other pertinent information, but don’t drone on and on. Have a contact number or email, and then leave it at that. If you find that you aren’t getting any response, you might want to consider posting your resume online instead of paying for jobs wanted ads. Many employers do look through online resumes for possible candidates and that seems to be the way to go. You will remain professional looking if you go this route and you may find it was the best move you ever made.
I have been meditating every single day for the past three years. I would say that out of everything in my life that is important, meditation is the one thing that I could not do without. I could survive without my family or my house, but I could not survive without employing the meditation techniques that I have learned. They let me reach a state of deep relaxation and recharge myself everyday. When I went on a meditation retreat, I was not expecting it to change my life. I figured that I knew everything about meditation already.
The meditation retreat did change my life. Every day, I get up early to meditate in the morning. It is relatively quiet, even in the city where I live. I felt that I did not need a meditation retreat to inspire calm. I create a calm space in my own house. But if you’ve never been on meditation retreats before, you have no way to know what a difference it makes. The meditation retreat took place in a beautiful, scenic outdoor location at the very beginning of fall. The leaves were changing colors, the air was crisp, but not too cold and everything about the site was peaceful. Best of all, there was nothing to do, but meditate all day. All of the daily obligations that one usually runs into were gone. It seems like I advanced three years in my meditation practice in only a couple of days.
Honestly, in the future, I do not think that I’ll go on a meditation retreat with an organized group. Although I liked the feeling of fellowship that the yoga meditation retreat provided, for me the key element to successful meditation is solitude. Simply put, you can get more solitude when you are by yourself. For many people, meditation retreats with others are inspiring and helpful because they provide them with the impetus to advance and deepen their meditation practice.
For me however, such support is completely unnecessary. I have everything that I need to meditate inside me. I do recommend that if you are going on your first meditation retreat, you go with a group. It makes things so much easier. Food is taken care of, lodging is taken care of and there are people to help you if you run into any troubles. Sometimes it is nice to have a teacher to ask for advice when doing your meditation practice. But other times, it is better to be alone.
