books about unemployment Archives | Welcome to Unemploymentville https://www.unemploymentville.com/blog/tag/books-about-unemployment/ Useful Ideas for Unemployed or Unemployed Folks - Unemployment can be a beast. Don't go it alone. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 04:08:26 +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 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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