“Setbacks can be learning opportunities for future success.”

Ready to turn a pink slip into your greatest career pivot?

Overcoming a Layoff: Strategies for Professional Success* is the ultimate playbook for anyone facing job loss—or bracing for the next market shake-up. Written by a seasoned career-transition coach, HR strategist, and business writer, this step-by-step guide transforms uncertainty into a launchpad for higher pay, stronger skills, and long-term security.

What Makes This Book Different?

22 Deep-Dive Chapters

From rebuilding mindset and optimizing LinkedIn® to income diversification, entrepreneurship, and fractional leadership—every stage of the comeback is covered.

Action-Ready Toolkits & Templates

Copy-and-paste scripts, 30-day sprints, negotiation checklists, résumé bullet formulas, and a printable 90-day onboarding planner. No theory—just plug-and-play.

Data-Driven & Up-to-Date

Packed with 2024-25 labor stats, salary benchmarks, and remote-work trends, so you’re never strategizing on stale information.

Global, Inclusive Perspective

Real Comeback Stories

Five mini-case studies—from a displaced oil engineer pivoting to solar, to a late-career HR leader building a six-figure fractional portfolio—prove the tactics work.

You Will Learn How To…

* Reframe layoff stress into a confident, data-backed career reset

* Design a targeted job-search roadmap that cuts months off the hunt

* Master remote-work culture and build a home office that boosts focus

* Negotiate salaries, bonuses, and equity like a pro—without burning bridges

* Launch freelance side gigs, validate new ventures, and secure smart funding

* Diversify income so one paycheck never defines your future again

* Build a living 10-year career vision that flexes with every market twist

Perfect For …

* Laid-off professionals determined to rebound stronger

* Employees seeking “career insurance” before disruption hits

* Mid-lifers plotting pivots without starting from scratch

* Ambitious graduates hungry for recession-proof tactics

Don’t let a layoff write your story.

Pick up Overcoming a Layoff today and start scripting the most successful chapter of your career—on your terms.

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Overcoming a Layoff: Strategies for Professional Success