Dear Irrational (daughter out of the house) « Blog Archive « Dan Ariely
Here is a blog written by Dan Ariely, who's area of research deals with proving that people are not rational even when they claim they are. Since a nice number of people I know are currently in the a similar stage to that explained here, I wanted to share this blog.
In here, a lady write in asking how to help her daughter who can't make a decision about what job to go for. Advice given to the mother:
1) Be sympathetic, it's tough deciding what you want to do in life and closing all other doors
2) Systematically eliminate jobs she is not interested in
3) Get her to take a temp job she doesn't really enjoy: Why:
a) Keeps her on a work schedule and gives her motivation to look for a job she actually likes
b) Motivation to get out doing something she does not enjoy
c) Other potential jobs will seem tempting ( to avoid too high of an expectation)
some people tell me to get a minimum wage job, but that would mean I would lose money.
ReplyDeleteYea I don't think it's worth getting a money lower than what you would be getting. But even on EI it is possible to work some hours and not affect your EI payments. I think it helps to keep a person active and avoids making them house bound.
ReplyDeleteAlso, freelancing is always an option I guess.
I don't know how your job market is, but some temp job in a marketing firm which doesn't pay anything, like an internship is always an option while you are on EI perhaps?