Thursday’s Thought: Laid Off? Start Your Own Business Immediately (If Not Sooner)

I have talked about discrimination in a previous post, but let's re-address one of those issues now... A lot of employers seem to think that the unemployed are not working for a valid reason, and in this economy, they feel that they have the "pick of the litter" and often choose to only contact and interview candidates that are currently employed. They even have a term for these candidates. They call them "Passive Candidates". The "other" ones are "Active Candidates".

To counter attack their flawed logic, you need to start your own "consulting" business as soon as you get laid off so that it looks like you do not have a gap in employment. It also looks like you are currently employed. Put a few bullet points under your new company listing some of the skills and accomplishments that you have gained thus far in your career, and you have most likely fooled the fools!