5 Things to do when you’re unemployed. Hint: It’s not job hunting

Good advice from Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist…

Let’s say you get fired, or laid off, or you quit because after two weeks you know you’re at the worst company on the planet. In all of those cases, you will face the interview question: What happened at your last job?

Here’s the answer you should always give: “I left to do x.” And you fill in for x.

Which brings me to what you should be really focusing on when you are unemployed: Learning and growing. Because this is what you are going to talk about in job interviews.

Check the rest out here: Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist.