Are You a Corporate Refugee? : A Survival Guide for Downsized， Disillusioned， and Displaced Workers

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From Publishers Weekly Last year alone， more than 750，000 Americans lost their jobs due to corporate downsizing， reorganization， mergers and acquisitions， maintaining a trend that's lasted about as long as our recent economic boom. For those who can answer "yes" to the question Are You a Corporate Refugee?， Ruth Laban， a counselor specializing in midlife transition and professional burnout issues， has written a practical and compassionate guide to recovery and renewal that knowingly addresses the larger issues of change and loss that accompany the experience of losing a job. Agent， Gail Ross. 8-city author tour; national radio interviews. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information， Inc. Book Description During the mid-1990s， 1 in 16 workers were displaced by downsizing， reorganization， or corporate mergers and acquisitions. Ruth Luban， a counselor who specializes in recovery from job loss， recognizes that leaving the workforce causes not only a loss of income， but also of identity， structure， and community. Her step-by-step program addresses these problems and explains how to work through them. Using case studies， exercises， and informative sidebars， she identifies the five emotional stages of job loss: • On the Brink• Letting Go • In the Wilderness• Seeing the Beacon• In the New LandLuban shows how to move through the emotional upheaval of job loss and return to the workforce with a sense of control and direction. See all Editorial Reviews