Surviving and Thriving After Losing Your Job: How This Could Be the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to You [Paperback]

David F Jones (Author)

Book Description

Series: First 30 Days | Publication Date: January 1, 2009

Little is more feared by the average consumer than becoming unemployed. It reduces ones standard of living and in many people creates a number of debilitating physical, emotional, and behavioral problems. In The First 30 Days after Losing Your Job David Jones draws from his own experience of losing his job, wrestling with the effects it had on both he and his family, how they eventually were able to begin moving forward.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: CPO Publishing (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591866006
• ISBN-13: 978-1591866008
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,427,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book will make a difference!, September 7, 2009

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John Duval (Brentwood, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving and Thriving After Losing Your Job: How This Could Be the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to You (Paperback)

David Jones has written one of the most insightful books on the market to help those who have lost their job or are looking at a career change. In these challenging times readers need a book of solutions and practical advice - you will find both in "Surviving and Thriving after Losing Your Job" by strategist David F. Jones. Truthfully, the book has made such an impact with groups I work with I have placed orders for two cases.

John Duval, Brentwood, TN

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read and apply, May 11, 2009

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Jim (Franklin, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Surviving and Thriving After Losing Your Job: How This Could Be the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to You (Paperback)

David Jones did a great job with this book. You can tell that he has experienced job loss and all the related emotions but has used that experience to help others.

5.0 out of 5 stars Personal Experience & Practical Advice into Forced Job Transition, May 1, 2009

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Michael H. Smith "michaelhsmith" (Franklin, TN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surviving and Thriving After Losing Your Job: How This Could Be the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to You (Paperback)

Little did David F. Jones realize when he was asked to share his experiences about his recent job transition that Americans would be facing the toughest job market in many decades. In the book Jones shares of being transitioned out of an upper management position; after almost 30 years in the same industry with the same company. Throughout the book we are invited into the personal journey that Jones was forced to take. We get a glimpse of the emotions that filled the days right after receiving the news and the intentional decision to let the `past be the past' and quickly move on.

There is much more to the book than just a personal story because most of it is filled with practical advice that could help anyone with a job search, whether you are recently unemployed or seeking a job for the first time. Included in this advice is: how to prepare a resume, building a network of business relationships, discovering you passions and purpose, and developing a game plan toward your next position.

Practical suggestions for a positive job future run throughout the pages. One that is not business related but repeated often is the author's dependence on God. It is very clear in this book that Jones understands and knows he has a personal relationship with God. So here is a business book that gives practical advice, yet doesn't sell the reader on the fact that it is an all up to `me' approach; but that there is a higher power we can place our trust.

I highly recommend this book.