Description
If you have suddenly lost your job, Finding Work without Losing Heart will provide invaluable help in dealing with the traumas of unemployment. It will prepare you for the inevitable disappointments and rejections, and pave the way for your successful return to the workplace.
This thoughtful, hopeful new approach emphasizes the importance of reflection and self- assessment, while encouraging you to take an aggressive, active approach in searching for new work.
Funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc., and based on a study of 150 managerial men and women in transition, it offers directions-with clear principles and thought- provoking reflections that will guide you towards your goals.
Finding Work without Losing Heart also reveals:
• How to focus your job search Why men and women react differently to losing their jobs
• How to weave a job-contact network
• Key principles that others have used successfully to return to work
• The importance of persistence on the road to reemployment
Finding Work without Losing Heart will help you understand the new realities of today's workplace. It explores how others have taken advantage of their core beliefs in their search for meaningful work. It also counsels those closest to the job seeker-spouses, friends, counselors, or pastors-on how best to provide support and assistance during the process. Managers who face difficult downsizing or reengineering decisions will find this insightful but pragmatic work invaluable.
ISBN:9781558504813
