What do you do when you have that feeling of impending doom about your job? Is the writing on the wall? Are you about to be laid off or fired? Is the company going under? Or is it going to come out of the blue that you no longer have a job. If you have these feeling then now is the time to take action in order to soften the blow. You need to start today to get your affairs in order. If the axe falls you will be in a much better position than your co-workers. If you follow the steps in this book and nothing happens you will still be much better off than you are now.

An illustrated guide to surviving today's turbulent and challenging workplace from the authors of The Wall Street Journal bestseller The Boss's Survival Guide Forget the Australian Outback or the Amazon jungle-today's toughest survival challenge is the minefield we call work. It's impossible to "do more with less," especially with the looming threat of another reorganization, layoff, or other dramatic change. The good news is that you've got a new power tool for what ails you at work: Gray Matters. This inventive new book combines lively visuals, engaging characters, and impudent humor. But Gray Matters also offers hope and proven strategies to show you how to succeed at work today: how to sell successfully how to survive a layoff how to overcome the stress and pressure of today's frenetic workplace. Think Dilbert with a solution. Your tour guides are the employees of GlobalGadget: Gray Blanderson, a frazzled employee seeking a promotion; Rick Newman, Gray's nemesis; S. P. Chan g, a Gen-Xer and a wise soul; and Virginia Edgarly, Gray's boss who will do whatever is required to be the next CEO. A follow-up to the bestseller, The Boss's Survival Guide, this new book is a must for all managers in this turbulent work environment. This funny guide will help managers navigate change, improve morale and develop business strategies. WARNING: Gray Matters is addictive; get ready to laugh and learn.

You didn't see it coming. Or maybe you saw it coming but couldn't do anything about it. Either way, your job is gone, your paycheck is gone, and your self-esteem has taken a serious hit. You've still you're your hopes and dreams...but you've also still got your bills. Now's your chance to turn a crisis into an opportunity. By maintaining both your financial and emotional well-being, you'll be able to navigate this period of unemployment. Learn what you must do right away, how much you should trim your budget, whether to roll over your pension and 401(k), where to find extra money right now, whether to get a part-time job while you look for work, and more. With worksheets and charts to help you work through key decisions, Pink Slipped will help you recover from the shock of losing you job, develop a financial strategy, and land your next position-wiser and better off than before!

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 Land Luban shows how to move through the emotional upheaval of job loss and return to the workforce with a sense of control and direction.

This book could save your business! Since 1999, the Worst-Case Scenario survival handbooks have provided readers with real answers for the most extreme situations. Now, in a time of economic crisis, the bestselling series returns with a new, real-world guide to avoiding the worst business cataclysms. Here, you'll find solutions for the most dangerous, deadly situations your business will ever encounter-whether those crises relate to finance, human resources, strategy, sales and marketing, or the executive suite. This book is no joke-and you won't find any buzzwords or fables about fictitious CEOs in here-just expert advice and step-by-step info on what to do when you're facing a true business nightmare. You'll learn how to Stay in business when you can't make payroll Fend off an employee coup Perform emergency surgery on your overhead Deal with nightmare customers And much, much more Until now, there's never been a clear, step-by-step guide to dealing with the sudden turns for the worst that can doom your business. The Worst-Case Scenario Business Survival Guide provides you the answers you need when disaster strikes-and what you must know to avoid the next one.

A self-help book to help the unemployed and their families cope more effectively during a time when they feel helpless.

In an economy where unemployment rates are at an all-time high, advice on how to survive in the working world can be extremely valuable. In their new book, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's Employment Survival Guide (Business Edition), co-authors Odie and Daval Smith offer readers practical insight into how to effectively navigate unemployment and how to better develop an existing career. Their book includes a broad spectrum of career-related advice, including tips on leaving your current job if necessary, how to get through unemployment with enriching activities, job-search tips, resume-building advice, unemployment benefits and information, essential skills to build or improve upon and interviewing pointers. With 18 years of experience with both the employment highs and unemployment lows, the Smiths impart their knowledge and professional guidance, assisting every reader in positioning themselves toward effective employment.