New Book Helps a Person Not
Only in Finding a New Job, but Also in Dealing with the Associated Emotional
Ups and Downs
Stow, MA (PRWEB) October 29, 2005 -- Valerie Pederson, an individual with
both a technical writing and psychology background, was out of a job a
few years ago. She went looking for one book that not only covered the
practical aspects of being unemployed, such as how to get a new job, but
also the emotional ones, such as the anxiety that arises when going on
job interviews. When she couldn’t find such a book, Valerie decided
to lean on her knowledge as both a writer and long time meditator to create
this broad spectrum book, "Surviving Unemployment."
Valerie wrote this book with not only her own experience in mind but her
friends’ experience too. These friends worked long, hard hours and
then become jobless after a company merger or some other reason. At that
point, they questioned: “What do I do with all this time on my hands”
“Will I ever get past this shock of being without a job?”
“What do I do with my 401K?” “Where do I find a job?”
“How can I gain confidence when I go on job interviews?”
With these questions in mind, Valerie decided to take a break from her
career to produce this book. She says “researching and writing were
the easy part, keeping a commitment from a publisher was what was difficult.”
After being with one publisher for a year who then went out of business
and another whose main advocate left and then dropped her book after six
months, Valerie decided to self-publish with Lulu (www.lulu.com). Lulu
has provided not only publishing but also marketing support.
This is what some people had to say about her book:
Mark, who became unemployed after 10 years at a software high tech company
said: “I think this book was awesome. In one small book, I found
all the important information I needed to get me from one job to another,
including lots of job search web sites.”
Amy, who was let go from a job as a bank teller says: “The book
helped especially with being a little blue about staying home.”
Eva, who was a special education teacher, says: "Surviving Unemployment
helped to keep me focused on each day… and the affirmations and
relaxations gave me confidence when I went on job interviews.”
As Valerie was writing this book and talking with people about it, not
only were they enthused about the Surviving Unemployment topic, they would
come up with others, such as: Surviving the Death of a Loved One, Surviving
Retirement, Surviving Your Reflection in the Mirror and Surviving Being
Single Past 40. The last topic, fully titled Surviving Being Single Past
40: Living Life Fully With or Without a Partner is one she picked up on
and it will soon be published through Lulu. The others, as she says, are
in the queue.
Surviving Unemployment is available on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com
and Surviving-Life-Mindfully.com/SurvivingUnemployment.htm
For more information contact:
Valerie Pederson
PO Box 254
Stow, MA 01775
978-897-1843
Company Name: Mindful Documentation
Website: http://www.Surviving-Life-Mindfully.com