Moving On

It is true that most people suffer from Emotional Impact at least once on their way to reemployment, but it doesn't necessarily mean that everyone has to suffer from prolonged job-loss grief.

• You never know, your phone might be ringing, meanwhile, as you read this and the caller might be prepared to offer you a golden career opportunity. Such opportunity may fall into your lap before your traversed all of the stages. If that is the case, accept it, by all means.
• It is not compulsory to suffer and go through all the stages to gain long term happiness at work, so, don't worry that you might miss something or sabotage your chances.
• Most of people do find it necessary to work through the various stages of Emotional Impact before they can successfully move on with their professional lives. They find that dealing with the trauma of unemployment from a position of knowledge and anticipation is the key to get their career back on track.

You should now have some knowledge of what to expect while you're experiencing the Emotional Impact of unemployment. In the section that follows, we will be looking at what your family members are likely to experience during your hard times. You'll learn how to help them work through their experiences and how the trauma of unemployment ultimately can bring your family even closer together.