10 Strategies for Reentering the Workforce: Career Advice for Anyone Who Needs a Good (or Better) Job Now

by Mary E. Ghilani

10 Strategies for Reentering the Career Advice for Anyone Who Needs a Good (or Better) Job Now is an easy-to-read guide for anyone who needs to reenter the workforce because of economic necessity, a plant closing, corporate downsizing, divorce, injury, or other life-changing circumstance―including the simple desire for a new challenge. Expert career counselor Mary E. Ghilani identifies each type of career changer and discusses the unique challenges each group faces, the options available to them, and strategies for finding a new job or successfully returning to school to upgrade skills. The book also offers numerous ways to overcome obstacles and defeat the common yes, buts that prevent people from achieving a satisfactory work life.

This book will directly help unemployed and mid-career workers who need to find a better job quickly to keep their heads above water. But it will also be of great service to those who can take some time to completely reassess where they are and where they are going. In her practice as director of a career center, Ghilani often hears common laments like, I wish I had a job that… or I always wanted to be a… These statements are usually followed up with, But now it's too late, or, I don't have the skills, or, It will take too long or cost too much. Her Do work that you enjoy for the remaining working years of your life, even if it means going back to school or starting at the bottom of the ladder. That, she explains, is a much better alternative to toiling unhappily while awaiting retirement. Besides great advice, the book also contains hands-on tools for figuring out what constitutes a great job, sample resumes and cover letters, and a list of Web sites catering to those eager to reenter the workforce or find a better job.

192 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Adrienna]

In beginning of the book, I really enjoyed the examples, insight, and knowledge shared when reentering the workforce but towards the end of the book dealt primarily with college/education opportunities for a likely candidate who is trying to get back into the workforce. I know one of my options is to revisit schooling, furthering my education but most of this stuff I know or remember when I went to college several years ago for 6 years straight. However, it helped about how to handle interview questions such as gaps in your resume, temp and short term jobs to be removed off your resume, and anything 15 years or more to also be eliminated. There were 8 key points on hireability that I wrote down as a reminder. I also never knew about Trade Readjustment Act or TAA (Trade Act Assistance) which I will look into this time since I have been laid off for nearly two years before obtaining this temp job for several months during 2010-2012.

Overall, this book gave me encouragement to "isolate my fears and brainstorm, also write an action plan and revise it when necessary."

3.5 stars

Adrienna Turner
Author of "God is in the Equation"
www.dream4more.webs.com
Leisure Read

[Cleokatra]

It was okay. Kind of cookie-cutter advice for job hunters. A lot of it was aimed at people who need to return to school.