The alarming signs of business contraction — layoffs, mergers, downsizing – are everywhere these days. Almost every week brings a scary new headline. These serve as haunting reminders that our economy is not expanding right now, and that layoffs are not a relic of the past, but an all-too-present reality. Key questions in millions of ex-employees minds are:

” How do I find my next job?

” How many jobs are out there in my field?

” What are some free resources to help me find that next job?

Unfortunately, some simple, but very important areas are not being covered and those forgotten steps are necessary to get back to work in today’s job market. The approach here is to keep it simple: make it so that almost anyone can understand it the first time they read it. With having temporary career downturns, instead of suffering through these career surprises, you can actually prosper through them. How? By learning to have an excellent job-searching game plan, and an easy-to-follow strategy in which readers will get throughout their reading. It is possible for an unemployed person to learn simple, common-sense techniques for finding a job. Skills that will yield confidence, a positive attitude and an informed awareness that will propel them into their next position. Here is a sampling of subject areas that you will read about:

” OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS TWICE: Stress on the wallet

” PANNING FOR GOLD: What crucial information can you find in the library?

” FOR ALL THE MARBLES: Negotiating salaries–how much are you worth?

” RIGHT FROM WRONG: Reviewing legal/illegal questions on applications.

” DETECTIVE WORK: What does research have to do with it?

Plus many more real issues that every unemployed person deals with and should be covered in detail as to give the person a feeling of accomplishment, not worthlessness.

This search should also include things that are free – free classroom instructions, seminars, the library, research, and support groups. You have a choice – the cost can be either $100-$1,000 or $0. Now these forgotten, but simple, answers and ideas can be found in an easy to read book. It has a proven system used over the years, is universal to all industries, will be educational, not just readable, contains thirteen strategies in detail, not just five or six in general, and has no confusing algebraic equations or charts.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, thirty-seven million people were unemployed from 2000-2004 and forty million people from 2004-2008. In today’s topsy-turvy employment market, the need for a book like this is urgent–and ongoing.

Allen Giertz has over 30 years experience as a technical specialist, leader, and trainer experienced in aircraft, mobile, and industrial fluid power applications, earning various certificates in this field. An entrepreneurial spirit lead me to become an independent consultant and to implement in-house production techniques which saved fifty percent on labor costs.

In 1987, started in the personal finance area, obtaining licenses in insurance, mortgages, securities, and principle. Receiving a tremendous education in that field, it was discovered that there were many things out there that people had not been taught, told about, or discovered in books. Today I’m still helping people become debt free and financially secure.

Being laid-off, let-go, or downsized numerous times in my career, I learned a lot and realized that there were some very important areas of a job search that were not being covered, especially how it effects your personal finances. Other important areas were: support groups, unemployment benefits, budgeting, and how to keep high motivation.

Also to my credit I have had financial articles published in Personal Excellence magazine, served on a job placement center board plus completed a cable TV segment on career changes for a local college, and conducted financial seminars for both secular and Christian audiences.

This book has 13 strategies that will jump start a job search: goals, ideas and action plan that will pull it all together, create interest and have positive results. Visit these websites to see the book: http://www.virtualbookworm.com or Amazon.com or Barnesandnoble.com

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