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Recover from Job Loss with Support of Other Women
"This is the first book that I know of that truly helps you learn from women from many professional sectors how to recover from big setbacks in our work lives. It’s a must read.” —Dr. Elena Pezzini, organizational psychologist
#1 New Release in Job Hunting
Successful women show how they reclaimed and rebuilt their personal power and careers after being fired from a job and being rendered powerless by their employers.
Practical job loss recovery tools for women. When women get fired, it is often devastating, traumatic, and isolating. We experience a sudden powerlessness that can destroy our confidence and feelings of self-worth. We grieve. We feel broken. It affects our self-esteem, our financial well-being, our professional identity, and our ability to look for other work―in short, it affects our entire way of life. How, then, does a woman navigate the emotional impact of this event? With other women.
You are not alone. In Betrayed by Work, authors Julia Erickson, MBA, and Suzanne Vosburg, PhD, bear witness to the stories of women just like you―and just like them. This book shows how women lost their jobs, describes what happened to them immediately and in the aftermath, validates women’s feelings about being fired, and offers a source of hope and companionship to those of us coping with either our own job loss or the sudden job loss of someone we know or love.
Discover:
- True stories from women who are honest about how they were fired and their feelings
- Key points to help process each story and apply its lesson to your own experience
- Practical takeaways and suggestions to help you cope with job loss
If you were encouraged by personal growth books about women in business like Invaluable by Maya Grossman, In the Company of Women by Grace Bonney, Presence by Amy Cuddy, or Power Moves by Lauren McGoodwin, then you’ll be inspired and empowered by Betrayed by Work.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. I’m What?!!
Chapter 2. Raka. Is this Legal?
Chapter 3: Chloe. Oh, you guys are firing me today?
Chapter 4. Birdie. Don’t worry honey. You’re a smart lady, you’ll find something
Chapter 5: Kayla. There is one less Black girl on Wall Street today
Chapter 6. Jill. COVID-19: I had never been fired so many times in one week
Chapter 7. Cynthia. How dare she?
Chapter 8: Jane. I thought I was helping
Chapter 9: Bridget. I’m what?!
Chapter 10: Lisette. Everything I ever did was taken away from me at that moment
Chapter 11: Carol: I was a pioneer who got left behind
Chapter 12: Umara. I got fired for not working miracles
Chapter 13: Joyce. I loved my job, and it broke my heart
Chapter 14: Priti: I asked HR for information
Chapter 15: Anne. I was not where I needed to be
Chapter 16: Margret: Laid Off Really Means “Fired”
Chapter 17: Barbara. I was powerless to keep my own job
Chapter 18: Nicole. I got my confidence back
Chapter 19: Elaine. My performance review kept being delayed
Chapter 20: Serena. I no longer feel like a victim
Chapter 21: Jennifer. I discovered my voice
Chapter 22: Isabel. It takes time and courage to transition
Chapter 23: Melanie. I moved from corporate constraints to freedom
Chapter 24. Jean. I was fired twice and am so much happier
Chapter 25: Minerva. A time-out led to my self-transformation
Chapter 26: Julie. I created something worth taking over
Chapter 27: Well, now what?
Chapter 28: Folks don’t know what to say
Chapter 29: What We Have Learned
Chapter 30: Radical Firing: What Do We Suggest?
Conclusion
Helpful Resources
Work: Employer-Employee Relations, Leadership, Job Search, Career and stuff we like
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