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Betrayed by Work: Women tell the Truth About Being Fired, authors Julie Erickson and Suzanne Vosburg provide a realistic framework, based on real women¿s experiences, for processing the emotional trauma of losing your job.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. I’m What?!!
Chapter 2. Raka. Is this Legal?
Chapter 3: Chloe. Oh, you guys are firing me today?
Chapter 4. Birdie. Don’t worry honey. You’re a smart lady, you’ll find something
Chapter 5: Kayla. There is one less Black girl on Wall Street today
Chapter 6. Jill. COVID-19: I had never been fired so many times in one week
Chapter 7. Cynthia. How dare she?
Chapter 8: Jane. I thought I was helping
Chapter 9: Bridget. I’m what?!
Chapter 10: Lisette. Everything I ever did was taken away from me at that moment
Chapter 11: Carol: I was a pioneer who got left behind
Chapter 12: Umara. I got fired for not working miracles
Chapter 13: Joyce. I loved my job, and it broke my heart
Chapter 14: Priti: I asked HR for information
Chapter 15: Anne. I was not where I needed to be
Chapter 16: Margret: Laid Off Really Means “Fired”
Chapter 17: Barbara. I was powerless to keep my own job
Chapter 18: Nicole. I got my confidence back
Chapter 19: Elaine. My performance review kept being delayed
Chapter 20: Serena. I no longer feel like a victim
Chapter 21: Jennifer. I discovered my voice
Chapter 22: Isabel. It takes time and courage to transition
Chapter 23: Melanie. I moved from corporate constraints to freedom
Chapter 24. Jean. I was fired twice and am so much happier
Chapter 25: Minerva. A time-out led to my self-transformation
Chapter 26: Julie. I created something worth taking over
Chapter 27: Well, now what?
Chapter 28: Folks don’t know what to say
Chapter 29: What We Have Learned
Chapter 30: Radical Firing: What Do We Suggest?
Conclusion
Helpful Resources
Work: Employer-Employee Relations, Leadership, Job Search, Career and stuff we like
The Personal: Personal Development, Enrichment, Emotional Management and stuff we like
About the author
Julia Erickson is a career coach who helps people find their “right fit” work. A survivor of being fired, she has coached many people who have experienced job loss which led to this book. She wrote an ebook, Your Right Fit Job: Guide to Getting Work You Really Love, and has contributed essays to two other books, one of which is the best-selling Success from the Heart. She was Executive Director of two non-profit organizations in New York City over a twelve year period. Prior to that, Julia led public/private workforce development initiatives in NYC government. A graduate of Smith College, Julia has an MBA in Leadership. Among her awards are the James Beard Foundation’s 2003 Humanitarian of the Year and Woman’s Day Magazine’s 2002 “Women Who Inspire Us”.Suzanne Vosburg has a PhD in the psychology of creativity and is a scientific research consultant and writer for multiple companies. Suzanne’s father owned and managed a medium-sized business; he emphasized how important it is to openly address conflict and respectfully acknowledge emotions for a company to be healthy. He thought this was an essential and often overlooked element in many companies. In her work in various academic and industry environments, Suzanne has thought a lot about her father’s perspective. Her book Betrayed by Work pursues her deeply-held interest in how people work together.
Summary
In Betrayed by Work: Women tell the Truth About Being Fired, authors Julie Erickson and Suzanne Vosburg provide a realistic framework, based on real women’s experiences, for processing the emotional trauma of losing your job.
Foreword
- Large Potential Market: The US Labor Department projects that by 2024, 51.4% of the US Labor Force will be women. With more women in the labor market, there will presumably be more firing. In 2017 there were 71,936,000 women in the civilian labor force. Women are employed to a greater extent in management, professional and related occupations than are men - 43.7% of women are employed in those occupations while 36.2% of men are. This is our target market. (https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2018/home.htm - Table 10)
- Undeserved Market: Research and conversations with professional women suggest that this is a vibrant, underdeveloped area of publication: diverse mid-career “women of a certain age” do not have a lot of resources devoted to them, while they do have financial resources to devote to themselves! Almost every woman we showed a draft to could relate to the stories. And every woman we spoke to told us about other women they knew who lost their jobs and struggled with the experience.
- No Similar Book in This Space: While there are lots of books that deal with job search and several that talk specifically about being fired, no book addresses the emotional trauma that women go through when they are fired. It’s a gap in the market. Women need this book and will feel empowered after reading it.
- Ties into Emerging Workplace / Leadership Trend: The book ties into the growing field of emotional intelligence, especially in the workplace. We show that the termination process in most companies is extremely flawed, how it is flawed, the effects that these practices have on people, and suggest ways to improve job “endings.”
