| Lost Your Job? New book helps unemployed move past the shock of being unemployed |
| Written by Administrator |
| Tuesday, 16 March 2010 18:03 |
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Blindsided: Surviving Career Meltdown by Roger E. Hawkins, Ph.D. offers methods designed to minimize destructive and non-productive behavior of unemployment and provides constructive exercises for those blindsided by a loss of employment. Hawkins compares the aftermath of termination to the physical pain of those needing emergency medical treatment, stating that employees learning of unexpected unemployment must deal with consequences more damaging than just the loss of income. "Whether you have suffered downsizing or are dissatisfied with your career choices, this book is designed to lead you through the pathways and toward the kind of long-range planning that results in understanding where you are and where you could be going," Hawkins states. "My workbook provides processes to help people deal with the psychological trauma of sudden unemployment, while guiding them through the steps of an intense career search in today's terrible economy." The book is divided into six parts, including sections on self-assessment, resume preparation, identifying career objectives for the next one and five years, how and where to search for jobs, the interview and the all important record keeping system. Blindsided: Surviving Career Meltdown is available for sale online at Amazon.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide. About the Author Roger E. Hawkins, Ph.D. is an industrial organizational psychologist with over 30 years of experience in executive development, career planning and organization and strategic planning. Hawkins assists CEOs, presidents and their staff in the identification of talent, creating career and human resource systems and reorganization of the corporation. Hawkins received his doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology in industrial organizational psychology. He has been chosen as a visiting and adjunct professor of undergraduate and graduate classes throughout his career. |