These Are Useful Tips to Survive Joblessness??

The Los Angeles Times touted all last week that its Sunday Business Section will provide tips on surviving joblessness. Since I expect to be laid off at the end of this year, I was eager to read this article for some useful tips I may be able to use. I was sorely disappointed.

The article doesn't even include basic information on how to file unemployment benefits. Instead, it provided generic tips like:

Be Frugal

Talk to Your Creditors

Try the Safety Nets (Public and Private Agencies)

Take Temporary Work

Ummm... Duh... I guess this article pretty much sums up the helplessness of being unemployed, which is a depressing thought in itself.

I guess I'm on my own to develop my own plan. So far, my plan includes:

Seek hardship forbearance on student loans

Update resume and draft generic cover letter

Prioritize debt/payment obligations

Look into acquiring credit card involuntary unemployment insurance while I'm still employed

Shore up emergency fund by selling company stocks. (As a follow-up to my prior post, I did sell 14 shares of my company stock. This will help me significantly towards this plan.)

I expect to hear word in the next couple of weeks or so. Until then, all I can do is plan, plan, plan....