Being out of a job isn’t a picnic. In fact it’s worrying, upsetting and causes stress that most people don’t want to have to deal with. Being a good worker you naturally assumed that you’d be keeping your job over the course of your career, probably retiring from the same company for which you originally went to work.

You plan your goals and map out your career path, usually not planning for things like a layoff or a business closure to throw a monkey wrench into the works. When unemployment rears it’s head you’re not quite sure what to do to compensate for it.