Helping Friends Find Work During the Holidays

on December 13, 2011

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Ornate bicycle rickshaws and iPads and other fancy presents are all well and good, but for lots of people right now, what they really want is a job. Lenroy Jones of the Lexington Herald-Leader has some ideas on gifts to help job hunters stay inspired during the holidays, which can be a rough time if you’re out of work or just at the wrong place in the career.

As our own Allison Hemming puts it in the article, “even the smallest rejection or setback can knock the long- and even short-term unemployed off their game.”

Some of the ideas: gift cards for the salon or the all-important coffee shop, volunteering your time to help them fine-tune interview techniques or even helping pay for coaching to help your friends get their work life back on track.

[Photo: Gabriela Pinto/Flickr]

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