Can Professional Resumes Reduce Suicides?

Thursday, 24. March 2011


A disturbing trend was reported out of Japan a month ago – and this was before the earthquake – that failed job searches  have been leading to increased suicides during the previous year.

Actually, there was good news in the suicide statistics: they decreased in 2010 by 3.5 percent from 2009.

But there was bad news in the suicide-after-failing-to-land-a-job statistics: they increased in 2010 by a whopping 20 percent from 2009.  Over 420 people in Japan committed suicide because they could not find a job.

We don’t mean to be disrespectful to those people who grew so desperate as to take their own lives, but there are things you can do to improve your chances of landing a job.  There are steps you can take to become more employable.  For instance.

  • Training for new skills
  • Volunteering to keep active
  • Downshifting expectations
  • Improving your resume
  • Honing your interview skills
  • Better grooming
  • Moving, if necessary

This blog is about making you more employable in the job market, and our services – resume writing – help you master the crucial step of getting your foot in the door.

A resume as a weapon in the battle against suicide?  Perhaps that is overstating it – but a professionally written resume can help you land a job before you reach a point of hopelessness.

This post was featured in the Carnival of Wealth #31.

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2 Responses to “Can Professional Resumes Reduce Suicides?”

  1. March 26th, 2011 at 7:34 am

    Peter L Masters MCIM Says:

    It’s amazing how serious some people are when it comes to business, it’s clearly a cultural thing. I can’t believe that some people hand in CV’s with spelling mistakes and bad grammar! These are the same guys thanks turn up for interviews chewing gum and unshaven, seems that standards are slipping in some parts of the world and not others! Interesting post! Thanks, Peter

  2. March 28th, 2011 at 2:16 am

    Doable Finance Says:

    Experts say it’s the pressure some feel that lead them to take such drastic step. MIT is considered THE world-class institutions. Almost every year a couple of students commit suicide there. It’s not Japan, it’s the United States.

 

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