Getting another job can take a while (took me a 6 months to start working again), hope this helps someone.
My mistakes:
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Looking for a job only in a same industry and with the same wage.
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Relying only on job applications via web (sending a bunch of them and then waiting for whatever happens).
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Looking only for a permanent full-time job.
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Skipping jobs in different areas (it was tough for my family as it was, didn’t wanna put them through that as well)
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Burning cash. From day 1, I should have started acting like I had nothing on my bank account. Regardless of how big your package and your savings are, you cannot now when will your job search agony end, so you need that money for essentials and in case of an emergency.
This is what worked for me:
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A temporary job (just few months, but it helped paying the bills, and it was a big morale boost)
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Headhunters and job agencies (I selected a few, talked in person and over the phone).
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I finally found a job in a smaller town. By that time my savings were almost gone, so if I wasn’t so desperate I probably wouldn’t even considered this. The job was similar to my previous but in a different industry. Starting salary wasn’t even near to what I was getting before, but after a while I got an increase. That put me a just a little below what I was earning, but more than enough to get by, given the costs of living in this area.
Found this text somewhere on the web. Whoever wrote it probably didn’t work for TR, but it could be useful