Download or read book The Unemployment Survival Guide written by Jim Stringham and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take advantage of your free time and learn how to - Handle unemployment without flipping your lid - Escape video game overdose - Face Black Monday (and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, etc.) - Have fun for little or no money - Gain new perspectives - Keep loved ones sane while you are jobless - Rid yourself of resentment - Feel confident with a lower standard of living - Explain job loss to children - Set a financial plan
Download or read book The Unemployment Survival Handbook written by Nina Schuyler and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains : how to determine your eligibility, how much money you will receive, how to fill out the initial forms, how to win appeals, how to handle stress, and how to begin a job search.
Download or read book Try written by Karen Okulicz and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical survival guide to unemployment that offers a thoughtful, step-by-step process for getting organized and getting the work one needs for a satisfying, productive, and happy life. It does not teach the reader how to set up a resume or how to interview. It does teach how to find out what the reader wants to do, what he or she wants to be, and how to survive some basic aspects of unemployment pitfalls. It also gives tips on how to set up the work search process. Eleven chapters cover the following topics: fault and unemployment; how to spend one's free time; emotional release and remaining positive; listening patiently to other people's advice; deciding what one wants to do--a job, a career, or a life's work; making a personal wish list about oneself for employment hunting; trying different jobs, especially volunteer opportunities; organizing a grid that tracks activities on a weekly basis; saving as much money as possible; dealing with interviewing disasters; and being kind to oneself and using the time to learn about oneself. (YLB)
Download or read book The Unemployed College Graduate s Survival Guide written by Bonnie Kerrigan Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real-life advice for getting through the economic downturn. You've spent hundreds of hours searching and applying for jobs in your field, but you still haven't landed anything. What gives? Unfortunately, in today's market, it doesn't really matter how impressive your resume is or how well you interview--there simply aren't enough jobs for everyone. The Not-Yet-Employed College Graduate Survival Guide isn't just another career handbook. Inside, you'll find honest, real-life advice and strategies for dealing with the downturn in the job market. Since it'll be some time before the current economic climate changes, this book shows you how to switch your focus toward your immediate needs--such as paying off student loans and making rent each month--in order to alleviate the debt you've accumulated while in school. You'll also learn how to position yourself as a standout candidate when jobs arise with valuable exercises that sharpen your interview skills, professional online presence, and resume. With The Not-Yet-Employed College Graduate Survival Guide, you won't have to give up on your dream career to make ends meet today.
Download or read book Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job written by Robert Leahy and published by Behler Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A self-help book to help the unemployed and their families cope more effectively during a time when they feel helpless.
Download or read book Pink Slipped written by Edie Milligan Driskill and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Is There Life After Unemployment written by Les McCarroll and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mr and Mrs Smith s Employment Survival Guide Business Edition written by and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an economy where unemployment rates are at an all-time high, advice on how to survive in the working world can be extremely valuable. In their new book, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's Employment Survival Guide (Business Edition), co-authors Odie and Daval Smith offer readers practical insight into how to effectively navigate unemployment and how to better develop an existing career. Their book includes a broad spectrum of career-related advice, including tips on leaving your current job if necessary, how to get through unemployment with enriching activities, job-search tips, resume-building advice, unemployment benefits and information, essential skills to build or improve upon and interviewing pointers. With 18 years of experience with both the employment highs and unemployment lows, the Smiths impart their knowledge and professional guidance, assisting every reader in positioning themselves toward effective employment.
Download or read book A Survival Guide for the Unemployed written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by . This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most programs described in this handbook are legal entitlements to the residents of Pennsylvania. Covers: rental assistance, housing loans and grant, energy assistance, utilities, weatherization programs, unemployment compensation, welfare, food stamps, health care, food programs, emergency shelters, job placement, legal service, and much more. Illustrated.
Download or read book Landing on the Right Side of Your Ass written by Michael B. Laskoff and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Job hunting is a different ballgame when you're holding a pink slip instead of a brand-new college diploma. In Landing on the Right Side of Your Ass, Michael B. Laskoff--a Harvard M.B.A. who has flown high and flamed out more than once--offers essential advice for those of us who have recently been laid off, restructured, or plain ol' fired. A tell-it-like-it-is bible of "reemployment," it tackles both the practical and the emotional issues of job loss.Because he's not an academic, a recruiter, or a human resources professional, Laskoff has no ax to grind, no philosophy to peddle, and no corporate ideology to support. He's been through the job-loss/job-search drill more than once, and since he consistently has gone on to do better in terms of compensation, responsibility, and job satisfaction, he's the perfect ex-employee to share with you some hard-won wisdom, such as: -How long to wait before launching yourself into the job arena-How to channel anger, fear, and revenge fantasies into useful job-search tactics-How to snag recommendations (and compensation) from ex-bosses-How to determine your interviewers' hiring problems and then present yourself as the solutionWhether you're concerned about the emotional issues of unemployment (from denial and depression to anger and acceptance) or are looking for invaluable nuts-and-bolts advice (what to say about your ex-employer in an interview, how to handle financial issues, and what on earth you should do with all that free time between jobs), Landing on the Right Side of Your Ass is a straight-up, no-chaser survival guide for picking yourself up, getting back out there again, and winding up with a job that's better than the one you lost.
Download or read book Surviving Unemployment written by Cathy Beyer and published by Henry Holt. This book was released on 1993 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice on finances, food, clothing, school expenses, and housing payments, and discusses unemployment benefits, legal services, and ways to minimize stress
Download or read book The Broke Man s Survival Guide written by A. M. Harris and published by Amhar Publications. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broke Man’s Survival Guide offers 50 strategies in a frank, unvarnished, tell-it-like-it-is approach that teaches you how to keep the walls from crumbling down on you by giving you the strategies and actions you need to take when you feel you are out of options. This book is designed to help you become your own greatest fan by providing you with 50 hard-hitting strategies you can use to weather the storms of life raging around you. And help you discover ways to achieve victory for yourself. It doesn’t matter if you have been down on your luck for a while, you can get back up! Even if it seems there is no help in sight, with this book as your guide, you can make it and grow as a result of it.
Download or read book The Job Hunter s Survival Guide written by Richard N. Bolles and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared in Time (“10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” March 2009), U.S. News & World Report (deemed “savior of the nation’s unemployed,” October 2008), NBC’s Today Show (broadcast in April 2009), and many other publications and shows. His book was the #1 best-seller on BusinessWeek’s paperback list as recently as last November. Never has his advice been more sought than during these brutal economic times. He has responded by writing a completely new book: The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide, designed particularly for people who are hanging on the ropes, who haven’t time to do a lot of reading but need help desperately—and now. Early reviews have called this little Guide “brilliant” and “tremendously helpful.”
Download or read book The Wall Street Professional s Survival Guide written by Roy Cohen and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Professional’s Survival Guide: The Secrets of a Career Coach is the only complete, up-to-date, and practical guide for financial industry professionals seeking new or better jobs in today’s brutally competitive environment. Author Roy Cohen spent more than 10 years providing outplacement services to Goldman Sachs’ employees. In this book, he shares finance-specific job-hunting insights you simply won’t find anywhere else. Drawing on his immense experience helping financial industry professionals find and keep outstanding positions, Cohen tells you what to do when and if you’re fired (or ready to move), how to develop a “game plan” and search targets, how to build your “story”, how to move from the sell-side to the buy side, and much more. You’ll find industry-specific guidance on interview strategy, resumes, follow-up, references, and even negotiation with real examples drawn from Cohen’s own practice.
Download or read book The Healthcare Survival Guide written by Martin B. Rosen and published by Health Advocate Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a full range of resources and solutions to help consumers and employers find government and private healthcare coverage, affordable healthcare services, and wellness strategies.
Download or read book Working for Work written by Anne Maria Kennedy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book When the Paycheck Stops Or is Gone Before You Get it an AFL CIO Survival Guide to Unemployment written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
