Surviving a Layoff
Surviving a Layoff

Author: Lita Epstein

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1440501750

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Being laid off is a traumatic event. Downsized workers must face decisions about reorganizing their lives and their finances, while grappling with the emotional grief of losing a job. This book is a practical guide to dealing with the tough questions a layoff poses. Using a week-to-week timeline, the book offers advice on such topics as: coping with grief and anger after a downsizing; reorganizing life after a layoff; how to launch a job search; balancing the job search with family and personal time; explaining a layoff to family and friends; and more. This book will show downsized workers how to reorganize schedules, set financial and organizational priorities, and go for their next job with confidence and enthusiasm.

Surviving a Layoff
Surviving a Layoff

Author: Harry Dahlstrom

Publisher: Dahlstrom + Company

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780940712584

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Losing your job-it hits hard-emotionally and financially. Surviving a Layoff can help soften the blow. In 48 easy-to-read pages, it speaks directly and compassionately to you. It gives practical, tested advice on how to cope with the emotional roller-coaster you are surely feeling, how to ease your money worries, and how to rebuild your career during these uncertain times. Look what's included: It's not your fault- the difference between a layoff and a firing How to tell your family that you've lost your job Ten important tips to help you during the first seven days of your layoff How men and women handle layoffs differently How to pay your bills when you have no paycheck Where to find extra money to help make ends meet How to ask your creditors to reduce your bills until you find a new job Where to turn when you just can't do it alone Three things every hiring manager wants to know about you How to write a powerful resume 13 ways to get a job interview when no one seems to be hiring How to answer 50 tough interview questions with ease Four things you need to do after each interview Also, if you are thinking of switching to a new line of work, Surviving a Layoff shows you six ways to find the best new career for you. Included is a 10"x16" chart showing wages, demand, and training requirements for America's top 160 occupations. An industry best seller with over 6 million copies sold, it is the test of choice for thousands of career centers, outplacement services and major corporations."

Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job
Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job

Author: Robert Leahy

Publisher: Behler Publications, LLC

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1933016620

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A self-help book to help the unemployed and their families cope more effectively during a time when they feel helpless.

Pink Slipped
Pink Slipped

Author: Edie Milligan Driskill

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-08-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1101147687

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You didn't see it coming. Or maybe you saw it coming but couldn't do anything about it. Either way, your job is gone, your paycheck is gone, and your self-esteem has taken a serious hit. You've still you're your hopes and dreams...but you've also still got your bills. Now's your chance to turn a crisis into an opportunity. By maintaining both your financial and emotional well-being, you'll be able to navigate this period of unemployment. Learn what you must do right away, how much you should trim your budget, whether to roll over your pension and 401(k), where to find extra money right now, whether to get a part-time job while you look for work, and more. With worksheets and charts to help you work through key decisions, Pink Slipped will help you recover from the shock of losing you job, develop a financial strategy, and land your next position-wiser and better off than before!

Surviving a Layoff
Surviving a Layoff

Author: Harry Dahlstrom

Publisher: Dahlstrom + Company

Published: 2016-03-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780940712997

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How to cope with the emotional stress of losing your job. How to pay your bills when you have no paycheck. How to find a new job when no one seems to be hiring. Used by thousands of outplacement specialists to help millions of people find jobs. A national best seller. 6,000,000 copies sold.

Surviving Unemployment: Staying Centered While Your World Turns Upside Down
Surviving Unemployment: Staying Centered While Your World Turns Upside Down

Author: Valerie Pederson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-05

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 141163375X

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Surviving Unemployment will help you at every turn of your unemployment experience. The book begins by helping you recover from your initial job loss trauma, then it moves onto inspiring your day to day activities, including finding and getting a job. Finally it provides relaxations and affirmations that are specifically written for the job hunter. When you are unemployed it is not only your task to get a new job, but it is also your task to be content and confident during the time you are unemployed. This book is about not feeling alone and dreading the extra time that you are suddenly given, it is about feeling your best when you go on job interviews despite the fact that you really want the job and your inner negative voice is saying you're not qualified. In other words it is about living life mindfully, while you wait for your work life to start again.

Healing the Wounds
Healing the Wounds

Author: David M. Noer

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Published: 2009-07-28

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0470528591

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From the founder of "layoff survivor sickness" an updated edition of a book for today's downsized workforce Thoroughly revised and updated, David Noer's classic book about downsized organizations has never been more relevant. Reports of the most recent layoffs are making the front pages of our newspapers with frightening regularity. And massive downsizing continues to reshape the face of American business. But what about those who remain behind? Healing the Wounds provides an antidote to the widespread malaise on the American business scene left in the wake of workforce reductions. Drawing on case studies and original research, David M. Noer-an expert frequently quoted in major media such as The Wall Street Journal and Fortune on the topic of layoffs and layoff survivor sickness-provides executives, human resource professionals, managers, and consultants with an original model and clear guidelines for revitalizing downsized organizations and the employees left behind. Offers thoroughly revised edition of a book about layoffs and those who are left behind Filled with relevant case studies and recent research Written by David Noer an acclaimed expert on the topic Gives employers much-needed guidance for revitalizing downsized companies