Description
"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.
Large Potential Market: The US Labor Department projects that by 2024, 51.4% of the US Labor Force will be women. With more women in the labor market, there will presumably be more firing. In 2017 there were 71,936,000 women in the civilian labor force. Women are employed to a greater extent in management, professional and related occupations than are men - 43.7% of women are employed in those occupations while 36.2% of men are. This is our target market. (https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2018/home.htm - Table 10) Undeserved Market: Research and conversations with professional women suggest that this is a vibrant, underdeveloped area of publication: diverse mid-career "women of a certain age" do not have a lot of resources devoted to them, while they do have financial resources to devote to themselves! Almost every woman we showed a draft to could relate to the stories. And every woman we spoke to told us about other women they knew who lost their jobs and struggled with the experience. No Similar Book in This Space: While there are lots of books that deal with job search and several that talk specifically about being fired, no book addresses the emotional trauma that women go through when they are fired. It's a gap in the market. Women need this book and will feel empowered after reading it. Ties into Emerging Workplace / Leadership Trend: The book ties into the growing field of emotional intelligence, especially in the workplace. We show that the termination process in most companies is extremely flawed, how it is flawed, the effects that these practices have on people, and suggest ways to improve job "endings."
About the Author
Julia Erickson is a career coach who helps people find their "right fit" work. A survivor of being fired, she has coached many people who have experienced job loss which led to this book. She wrote an ebook, Your Right Fit Job: Guide to Getting Work You Really Love, and has contributed essays to two other books, one of which is the best-selling Success from the Heart. She was Executive Director of two non-profit organizations in New York City over a twelve year period. Prior to that, Julia led public/private workforce development initiatives in NYC government. A graduate of Smith College, Julia has an MBA in Leadership. Among her awards are the James Beard Foundation's 2003 Humanitarian of the Year and Woman's Day Magazine's 2002 "Women Who Inspire Us". Suzanne Vosburg has a PhD in the psychology of creativity and is a scientific research consultant and writer for multiple companies. Suzanne's father owned and managed a medium-sized business; he emphasized how important it is to openly address conflict and respectfully acknowledge emotions for a company to be healthy. He thought this was an essential and often overlooked element in many companies. In her work in various academic and industry environments, Suzanne has thought a lot about her father's perspective. Her book Betrayed by Work pursues her deeply-held interest in how people work together.
Book Information
ISBN 9781642505641
Author Julia Erickson
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Mango Media
Publisher Mango Media
