Best Career Advice Books Archives | Welcome to Unemploymentville https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/category/career-book-reviews/ Useful Ideas for Unemployed or Unemployed Folks - Unemployment can be a beast. Don't go it alone. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:14:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 My Opinion On: Unemployment Boot Camp by R.A. Long https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/my-opinion-on-unemployment-boot-camp-by-r-a-long/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-opinion-on-unemployment-boot-camp-by-r-a-long https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/my-opinion-on-unemployment-boot-camp-by-r-a-long/#comments Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:31:06 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=1701 I loved the first part of Unemployment Boot Camp: Tactics for Surviving and Thriving in the 21st Century as Long described working for a company that was laying people off in waves. Her humor about a situation that “causes you to reach heights of paranoia the likes of which you haven’t experienced since junior high” made me laugh and her observations rang true to me. The second half of the book was more matter of fact. Here is what you...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/my-opinion-on-unemployment-boot-camp-by-r-a-long/feed/ 2 Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/feel-the-fear-and-do-it-anyway/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feel-the-fear-and-do-it-anyway https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/feel-the-fear-and-do-it-anyway/#respond Sat, 13 Jan 2024 12:13:44 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2072 Super short post to say that whenever you are feeling uncertain about the next path in your life, I highly recommend… Feel the Fear and DO It Anyway! The concepts can be applied to looking for a new job, making a career change, almost anything.

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/feel-the-fear-and-do-it-anyway/feed/ 0 Review of Comeback Careers: Rethink, Refresh, Reinvent Your Success–At 40, 50, and Beyond – by Mika Brzezinski and Ginny Brzezinski https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/review-of-comeback-careers-rethink-refresh-reinvent-your-success-at-40-50-and-beyond-by-mika-brzezinski-and-ginny-brzezinski/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=review-of-comeback-careers-rethink-refresh-reinvent-your-success-at-40-50-and-beyond-by-mika-brzezinski-and-ginny-brzezinski https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/review-of-comeback-careers-rethink-refresh-reinvent-your-success-at-40-50-and-beyond-by-mika-brzezinski-and-ginny-brzezinski/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 11:44:39 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=2592 A great new addition on the topic of career advice, this book is aimed at professional women who have been out of the workforce and want to get back in. I believe it will also help a somewhat wider audience. You will find Comeback Careers: Rethink, Refresh, Reinvent Your Success–At 40, 50, and Beyond helpful if one, or more, of the following describes you. 1) You have a recent employment gap. 2) You feel that your age is limiting your...

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]]> https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/review-of-comeback-careers-rethink-refresh-reinvent-your-success-at-40-50-and-beyond-by-mika-brzezinski-and-ginny-brzezinski/feed/ 0 My opinion on: The UP Side of Down by Megan McArdle https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/my-opinion-on-the-up-side-of-down-by-megan-mcardle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-opinion-on-the-up-side-of-down-by-megan-mcardle https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/my-opinion-on-the-up-side-of-down-by-megan-mcardle/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:51:59 +0000 http://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/?p=1632 One of the basic premises of The UP Side of Down is that we need to stop expecting things to always go smoothly and well. There are some great examples of success comes from those who are unafraid to jump in and make mistakes. This is an important point and something I agree with. I know as a parent I hated to see my children experience disappointment. But if you never experience the sting of disappointment as a child, what...

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