The Job Loss Recovery Guide: A Proven Program for Getting Back to Work -- Fast! [Paperback]

Lynn Joseph (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

Now the unemployed can implement techniques used by Olympic athletes to overcome fear and doubt, gain confidence, and focus on and achieve desired career goals. Author Lynn Joseph, a Fortune 100 corporate consultant, and career transition coach and psychologist, shows readers how to use a powerfully quick and effective visualization program to bounce back after being laid off. Creative visualization, also called mental imagery, is the same method used by top athletes to increase confidence and achieve peak performance. Readers are taught to use this process to "meet their inner coach," and use mental rehearsal techniques that allow them to observe themselves in a job interview, which they can stop, rewind, and play back until they visualize having the perfect interview. Readers then learn specific ways to increase confidence, motivation, performance, and gain a positive attitude. This makes setting goals and gearing-up emotionally for a successful job search more possible. The ideas, strategies, and techniques contained in this guide grew out of the author's landmark research of successful career transition - a study that was subsequently published in the prestigious Consulting Psychology Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Psychological Association, and led to a profile in Fortune magazine.

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About the Author

Lynn Joseph, Ph.D., is a corporate consultant and career transition coach and a psychologist based in Riverside, California. Dr. Joseph worked for many years with Fortune 100 companies in sales management, training, and human resources, as well as executive search consulting. From there she developed and tested a career transition program using the mental imagery techniques that were to become the basis of this book. The resulting landmark study was subsequently published in the prestigious Consulting Psychology Journal, and Dr. Joseph profiled in Fortune Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572243538
• ISBN-13: 978-1572243538
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,334,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you really want a job - read this book, September 19, 2003

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Marjorie (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Job Loss Recovery Guide: A Proven Program for Getting Back to Work -- Fast! (Paperback)

Don't even think about it....if you are out of work, order this book now! The book is a great help, paired with the CD it is spectacular. If you have the opportunity to take a seminar with Dr. Joseph, drive all night if you have to, it is worth the time & effort to jump start your job search.

I give this system my highest recommendation, don't wait!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gift for job seekers, August 15, 2005

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Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D. "Speaker, Coach... (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Job Loss Recovery Guide: A Proven Program for Getting Back to Work -- Fast! (Paperback)

This small book is one that has power beyond its pages. I am so impressed at the sound research that Dr. Joseph has conducted to back up this program. Clients in my career coaching practice are reporting impressive results(such as acing interviews!) from using this book and the companion CD. Sports figures have been using these techniques with much success. The application of mental imagery as a way to speed up job "landing time" makes perfect sense and Dr. Lynn Joseph's book not only builds a case for using these practical techniques but also guides us gently through them. She has given countless job seekers a gift whose effects will be lasting. I recommend this to anyone who is open to stepping out of the box in order to reap impressive rewards.

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a lifesaver! A must read!, September 11, 2003

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steve "steve" (midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Job Loss Recovery Guide: A Proven Program for Getting Back to Work -- Fast! (Paperback)

A+++ This book is amazing for ANYONE who has EVER lost a job or wants to get a new job really fast.

Really helpful for getting you over the shock and anger and pain of losing a job and then moving on to something MUCH BETTER.

You must get Joseph's CD's, they are absolutely wonderful. My wife has been listening to them for a week and she has never even lost a job!