Landing on the right side of your ass
Subtitle: a survival guide for the recently unemployed
By: Michael B. Laskoff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Job hunting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Unemployment -- Psychological aspects
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc
Description: Job hunting is a different ballgame when you're holding a pink slip instead of a brand-new college diploma. The author offers essential advice for those who have recently been laid off, restructured, or plain fired. A tell-it-like-it-is bible of reemployment, it tackles both the practical and the emotional issues of job loss 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 solution.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : should you be reading this?; title: Stage one : getting dumped. It's their fault ... admit it. It's your fault ... admit that too. Helping your friends and family to help you. Get a non-professional life; title: Stage two : getting ready. The basics-things to do before the resume. What the personal ads can teach about your resume. After the resume ... more marketing. The mechanics of networking. Who to network with; title: Stage three : getting back out there. What you need to know before the interview. Interviewers-what you need to know. Offers & negotiation. Conclusion : make your own luck.