Career Comeback: Eight Steps to Getting Back on Your Feet When You're Fired, Laid Off, or Your Business Ventures Has Failed--And Finding More Job Sati

By Bradley G. Richardson

Book Overview

Career Comeback helps you create a powerful plan to get back on top The author of the national bestseller JobSmarts for TwentySomethings , Bradley Richardson is one of America's top career experts. But he also knows what it is like to experience a career setback. When an entrepreneurial effort failed and he was forced to become a job seeker himself, Richardson discovered firsthand the emotional, social, and financial stress that comes with losing a job. In Career Comeback, Richardson shares his years of expertise along with the hard lessons he learned in the trenches to give readers a realistic action plan for taking control of their careers--and their lives. With empathy and humor, Richardson takes readers step by step through the challenging process of breathing life back into a languishing livelihood. Inside, readers will get indispensable, nuts-and-bolts advice on how to: *Find solid ground *Identify where things went wrong *Establish a support system and stay energized *Discover what matters most *Find a new job that's even better than the last *Get in stride and stay on track Job security is a thing of the past, but with Career Comeback readers learn how to rediscover their personal best.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0767915577
• ISBN13: 9780767915571
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Crown Currency
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Really liked this book!

This book is a wonderful and easy read! Mr. Richardson has some wonderful tools to help the go getter...go out and get a job. This book is geared towards the entrepreneur that needs that boost to start over. With today's tough economy it's hard to survive...but not impossible..this book will guide the self starter, to start back up again. Kelly Wibbeneyer, the author of Any Tom, Dick, or Harry Can Get a Job: A Sure Fire Way to Land a Job

Outstanding resource for anyone seeking a new position

Perhaps you were downsized out of your last job. Maybe your previous employer went belly up. Or it could be that you were in business for yourself and your company failed due to unanticipated market changes. Whatever the reason, you find yourself in the unenviable position of seeking a new way to earn a living. You may have been living paycheck to paycheck and need to find a new gig immediately. Or you may be fortunate enough to have saved a few bucks for a rainy day so you have a little time and space to work with here. Whatever your situation, Bradley Richardson has written a book that absolutely deserves your consideration. "Career Comeback" was really the end result of the author going through just such a crisis himself. I have read a few of these books over the years and let me assure you this is clearly the best of the bunch. This book is a cornucopia of ideas and useful advice. He points out many of the useful resources all around you (family, friends, church, agencies etc.) and encourages you to make use of them. I was particularly pleased with the dozens of websites that Richardson recommends that are sure to aid the diligent job seeker in his/her search for that elusive "ideal" situation. Whether you are looking for work in the manufacturing or retail sector or are a seasoned executive who was a victim of "downsizing" this book will prove invaluable in your job search. I will be integrating much of what I have learned here into my own job search. Highly recommended.

Absolutely on target!

Richardson's advice hits home for those impacted by the severe downturn in the economy. Not a sugar coated job search guide to writing a resume, etc., etc., but a roadmap to get on with your life and manage the emotional impact of putting your career back together successfully!

Career Comeback

This book is well worth reading whether you are looking for a new career or just looking to keep the job that you have. The stress that goes with any change can be overwhelming and the author addresses these changes with positive solutions. The book is like a self help outline for getting yourself back on tract and out of the black hole of despair.A must read for anyone who has been downsized or is looking to make a change in their career.

Someone finally understands how I feel !!!

I was laid off before the holidays and it has been so difficult since then. I've found plenty of information about "finding a job" but I heard about Career Comeback on the news and I have to tell you, it is the first thing I've found that really seemed to understand what I'm going through....and what my family is going through as well. Finally something that I can really use. I recommend to everyone...especially if you have been laid off.