Layoff Survival Guide

Layoff Survival Guide
Author: Ade Asefeso MCIPS MBA
Publisher: AA Global Sourcing Ltd
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2011-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1447524373

What do you do when you have that feeling of impending doom about your job? Is the writing on the wall? Are you about to be laid off or fired? Is the company going under? Or is it going to come out of the blue that you no longer have a job. If you have these feeling then now is the time to take action in order to soften the blow. You need to start today to get your affairs in order. If the axe falls you will be in a much better position than your co-workers. If you follow the steps in this book and nothing happens you will still be much better off than you are now.

Gray Matters

Gray Matters
Author: Bob Rosner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2004-04-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471484415

An illustrated guide to surviving today's turbulent and challenging workplace from the authors of The Wall Street Journal bestseller The Boss's Survival Guide Forget the Australian Outback or the Amazon jungle-today's toughest survival challenge is the minefield we call work. It's impossible to "do more with less," especially with the looming threat of another reorganization, layoff, or other dramatic change. The good news is that you've got a new power tool for what ails you at work: Gray Matters. This inventive new book combines lively visuals, engaging characters, and impudent humor. But Gray Matters also offers hope and proven strategies to show you how to succeed at work today: how to sell successfully how to survive a layoff how to overcome the stress and pressure of today's frenetic workplace. Think Dilbert with a solution. Your tour guides are the employees of GlobalGadget: Gray Blanderson, a frazzled employee seeking a promotion; Rick Newman, Gray's nemesis; S. P. Chan g, a Gen-Xer and a wise soul; and Virginia Edgarly, Gray's boss who will do whatever is required to be the next CEO. A follow-up to the bestseller, The Boss's Survival Guide, this new book is a must for all managers in this turbulent work environment. This funny guide will help managers navigate change, improve morale and develop business strategies. WARNING: Gray Matters is addictive; get ready to laugh and learn.

Pink Slipped

Pink Slipped
Author: Edie Milligan Driskill
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101147687

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!

Are You a Corporate Refugee?

Are You a Corporate Refugee?
Author: Ruth Luban
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780140296327

During the mid-1990s, 1 in 16 workers were displaced by downsizing, reorganization, or corporate mergers and acquisitions. Ruth Luban, a counselor who specializes in recovery from job loss, recognizes that leaving the workforce causes not only a loss of income, but also of identity, structure, and community. Her step-by-step program addresses these problems and explains how to work through them. Using case studies, exercises, and informative sidebars, she identifies the five emotional stages of job loss:* On the Brink * Letting Go * In the Wilderness * Seeing the Beacon * In the New Land Luban shows how to move through the emotional upheaval of job loss and return to the workforce with a sense of control and direction.

Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job

Keeping Your Head After Losing Your Job
Author: Robert Leahy
Publisher: Behler Publications, LLC
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1933016620

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

The No Asshole Rule

The No Asshole Rule
Author: Robert I. Sutton
Publisher: Business Plus
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2007-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0759518017

The definitive guide to working with -- and surviving -- bullies, creeps, jerks, tyrants, tormentors, despots, backstabbers, egomaniacs, and all the other assholes who do their best to destroy you at work. "What an asshole!" How many times have you said that about someone at work? You're not alone! In this groundbreaking book, Stanford University professor Robert I. Sutton builds on his acclaimed Harvard Business Review article to show you the best ways to deal with assholes...and why they can be so destructive to your company. Practical, compassionate, and in places downright funny, this guide offers: Strategies on how to pinpoint and eliminate negative influences for good Illuminating case histories from major organizations A self-diagnostic test and a program to identify and keep your own "inner jerk" from coming out The No Asshole Rule is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Business Week bestseller.

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters

Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters
Author: Jay Conrad Levinson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2005-09-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471761575

Ready! Aim! Hired! "This is an immensely helpful book, with the ancient wisdom of recruiters,?and the up-to-date?insights of two skilled Internet surfers. If you're job-hunting, you'll be grateful to learn the tips and tricks of these two seasoned veterans. I learned a lot myself." —Richard N. Bolles, author, What Color Is Your Parachute? "I have been an apprentice, a company president, and a CEO. No other single source provides a more contemporary and embracing job search bible. This book offers literally hundreds of little known insider tips, strategies, out-of-the-box success stories, hands-on exercises, and pearls of wisdom. Many readers will hear the words, 'You're Hired' due to David Perry and Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters." —Kelly Perdew, Executive Vice President, Trump Ice winner of The Apprentice 2 "Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters is an absolutely 'right on' book for today's job market. It not only has great job search tips but it takes you into the electronic job search system better than anything I've seen written to date." —William J. Morin, Chairman and CEO, WJM Associates, Inc. former CEO of DBM Using a typically unconventional Guerrilla approach, authors Levinson and Perry cover all the basics of a winning campaign. This book covers: Using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market" ahead of your competition (or other job hunters) Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters includes real-life war stories from successful job hunters and expert tips and tactics from over 100 prominent headhunters.

The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide

The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide
Author: David Borgenicht
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470588500

This book could save your business! Since 1999, the Worst-Case Scenario survival handbooks have provided readers with real answers for the most extreme situations. Now, in a time of economic crisis, the bestselling series returns with a new, real-world guide to avoiding the worst business cataclysms. Here, you'll find solutions for the most dangerous, deadly situations your business will ever encounter-whether those crises relate to finance, human resources, strategy, sales and marketing, or the executive suite. This book is no joke-and you won't find any buzzwords or fables about fictitious CEOs in here-just expert advice and step-by-step info on what to do when you're facing a true business nightmare. You'll learn how to Stay in business when you can't make payroll Fend off an employee coup Perform emergency surgery on your overhead Deal with nightmare customers And much, much more Until now, there's never been a clear, step-by-step guide to dealing with the sudden turns for the worst that can doom your business. The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide provides you the answers you need when disaster strikes-and what you must know to avoid the next one.

The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide

The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide
Author: Borgenicht David
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1459607139

Since 1999, the Worst-Case Scenario survival handbooks have provided readers with real answers for the most extreme situations. Now, in a time of economic crisis, the bestselling series returns with a new, real-world guide to avoiding the worst business cataclysms. Here, you'll find solutions for the most dangerous, deadly situations your business will ever encounter-whether those crises relate to finance, human resources, strategy, sales and marketing, or the executive suite. This book is no joke-and you won't find any buzzwords or fables about fictitious CEOs in here-just expert advice and step-by-step info on what to do when you're facing a true business nightmare. You'll learn how to Stay in business when you can't make payroll Fend off an employee coup Perform emergency surgery on your overhead Deal with nightmare customers And much, much more Until now, there's never been a clear, step-by-step guide to dealing with the sudden turns for the worst that can doom your business. The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide provides you the answers you need when disaster strikes-and what you must know to avoid the next one.