Surviving Unemployment

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Here is a list of things you need to handle in addition to finding a JOB!

The list includes: (click on each item for its resources)

• Filing for Unemployment Benefits
• Arranging for Health insurance
• Arranging for Life insurance (if you have dependents)
• Deciding what to do with any SAVINGS PLANS such as a 401(k)
• Deciding what to do about any PENSION PLAN resources
• Managing your Credit - including credit cards and any mortgage or car loans or leases
• Developing a BUDGET (a Spending Plan)
• CUTTING EXPENSES for medicines, clothing, insurance, credit, your pet's meds, travel wherever possible
• Replace some Resources previously provided by your employer - examples include: a computer, publications like the Wall Street Journal
• Recognizing that your new full-time job is FINDING A JOB and treating it like the most critical thing you have to do on a daily basis