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So you've been made redundant? Join the crowd. Redundancy is now a common life experience, especially in a global recession! Almost a quarter of adults will be affected by redundancy during their lifetime. But you are not a victim. What matters now is how you react to the challenge. Overcoming redundancy will help you make the right decisions at this crucial time and it will help you choose the right future direction. Overcoming redundancy contains advice from survivors - from those who have been made redundant and have not only survived but turned it to their advantage. Many now look back on redundancy, with the benefit of hindsight, as the best thing that ever happened to them. Use this book to learn from their experience and advice. Redundancy is an intensely emotional experience. It can affect your self-esteem and motivation. You are only human if you feel a sense of anger, betrayal or loss when you are made redundant. Overcoming redundancy will help you cope with the social and emotional impacts of redundancy. It will also provide valuable tips on managing the financial effects of redundancy. And most importantly it will help you look forwards, not backwards. If you ve been made redundant, reading this book is the first step towards bouncing back. Good luck!
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Gordon Adams (Milton Keynes) is Managing Director of Alternative Futures, a research company which specialises in helping businesses and individuals to change. He has spent over 25 years working for leading organisations like Thomas Cook, the BBC and Reed International. He overcame redundancy himself in 2001 when he invested his redundancy payment to set up his own business. He has never looked back. The company which made him redundant is now his biggest client.
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'Overcoming Redundancy' is an unexpectedly good read. One suspects there are plenty of similar books on the market (goodness knows there must be enough redundant writers out there, myself included) but Adams turns in a very respectable piece. After a brief preamble detailing his own experiences with redundancy we move into the material proper, and it's comprehensive in terms of the angles considered. The book is divided into 52 sections, each dealing with a piece of post-redundancy advice ranging from the practical to the personal. It really does feel as though Adams has left no stone unturned and against my expectations I did pick up some new ideas. The praise has to be qualified. The section on setting up a business, for example, should not be viewed as exhaustive but should rather be considered a jumping-off point to further reading. In fairness the book does make that clear but I experienced a passing moment of trepidation. Also, there are one or two regrettable formatting issues. All in all, though, Adams has done a very thorough job here. You should read it and if you're in the same position as me, you'll have plenty of time on your hands to do so.
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I think this book is a fantastic alternative to the usual, 'how to survive redundancy'. It certainly does what it says on the tin. It gives the reader 52 inspiring ideas to help you bounce back from losing your job. I wasn't sure how it was going to stretch to 52 ideas without getting too repetitive but it seems to hit the nail on the head every time and it was a pleasure to read. Although this book is suitable for people who have been made redundant, it is equally relevant for those who have lost their job for any other reason. I found it to be a book which focused heavily on how redundancy can change your life for the better and it is great to use as a motivational tool. It is an uplifting and worthwhile read.
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21 Oct 2011
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Overcoming Redundancy is written by a UK author but I still found it very helpful for people in the States. If you have recently lost a job you may feel angry and bitter. This book helps you to refocus and encourages you to see this job loss as a new opportunity instead of a tragedy. Gordon Adams has written a lovely book that will help you reassess your situation. He advises you to make change work for you. There are a lot of good ideas in this book including encouragement to network, advice on how to feed your self-esteem, instructions of how to retrain for a new career, advice on how to register with a recruitment consultant or you could even write a book. If you received a large check when you were let go the author advises you not to spend it all and instead to invest some of it or even to use it to start your own business. I found this book to be a pleasing and enjoyable read. I like that the author tries to keep the reader positive and gives hope that you will again find a great job, maybe even your dream job.
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