Surviving a Layoff
Surviving a Layoff 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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Your Position Has Been Eliminated
Chapter 2 Week 1: Give Yourself Some Time
Chapter 3 Week 2: Lifestyles of the Temporarily Unemployed
Chapter 4 Week 3: There's Life After a Layoff
Chapter 5 Week 4-8: The Job Search
Chapter 6 Week 9: The Job Interview
Chapter 7 Week 10: You're Hired!
Chapter 8: Long-term Unemployment
Chapter 9: Do You Really Want To Go Back to the Rat Race?
Conclusion
Resources