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Here’s a job opportunity you won’t need to buy a new wardrobe for.

Hoping to take advantage of Rhode Island’s floundering economy, owners of the Foxy Lady strip club in Providence plan to hold a job fair on Saturday.

They say they’re looking to fill around 30 positions, from strippers and waitresses to disc jockeys and bartenders, at that club and two others in Massachusetts.

“I need more managers, I need more competent staff, and I need more attractive waitresses to go along with the ones I have right now,” said co-owner Tom Tsoumas.

The naked truth is that Rhode Island’s economy is among the worst in the nation, with an unemployment rate of 10.3 percent in January.

The Providence club isn’t immune from the recession but is still drawing customers willing to drink and pay for lap dances, said manager Bob Travisono.

“It’s taken a hit,” he said. “It’s not as bad as restaurants and stuff like that. In times like this, they seem to drink their sorrows away.”

Tsoumas said he hopes some who might shun strip clubs when the economy is good might consider shedding their clothes now — or at least working as a floor host or bartender.

“The Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ’s) for jobs at the Foxy Lady may not suit everyone, but many job seekers in this economy are finding “flexibility” is a quality they must possess”, said Attorney and Human Resources Trainer and Consultant, Heather Bolejack. Bolejack says job loss can present the opportunity to reinvent yourself and pursue lifelong dreams.

“If you are out of work and on the couch, there are some steps you can take now to transform your situation”, said Bolejack. She recommends the following 8 steps to transformation during a period of personal and/or professional loss:

1) List your passions in life, whether related to career or not; what makes you tick?;

2) Assess your skills and begin attending low cost seminars to develop marketable skills- employers value proactive people who fill their down time productively as lifelong learners;

3) Volunteer;

4) Meet people for coffee- it’s cheaper than lunch and you cannot network from the couch;

5) limit your time applying for jobs over the internet to 3 hours per day maximum and then get out of the house;

6) If you have school age children, embrace this time. Do all those things you used to feel guilty for not doing when you were going in to work every day- one day you will want this time back, so don’t waste it.;

7) Focus on thoughts. Thoughts are things. Focusing on the loss only magnifies the negative experience. Visualize, breathe and give attention to the outcome you want, daily.

What did you say you would do “if money didn’t matter?”- Now, whatever that is, go to your destiny. 

Bolejack encourages and coaches professionals around the country through training and consulting. “Life has a way of “stripping” is down to the essentials to free us up to go toward the life we always wanted, said Bolejack. “Those who are are daring enough to seize the opportunities that are borne of loss will not only survive in this difficult time, but thrive.”