Life After Layoff can be a Blessing in Disguise: Take It From Someone Who's Been There and Done That Paperback - 2010

HARRY HART is the pen name of an eighty-four year old senior citizen in the Midwest who has truly seen it all when it comes to recession and layoff. His anticipated, life-long, profession-al career came to an abrupt and unexpected end with a recession back in the 70's. Yet, he still believes that life after layoff has been a blessing in disguise. In this book, Harry uses his own life as a living example of the good life after layoff. If you are one of the millions of Americans currently on layoff, you will be encouraged by the author's thirty year adventure after unem- ployment into what he calls, "The best years of my life." The reader will find this book is based on fact--not fiction or theory. From an aborted at- tempt at suicide at age fifty-four, when he received his layoff notice, Harry Hart takes you through the real life experiences of finding new employment and rebuilding an income for his family's survival. He also learns, along the way, that caring for others through public service activities is the foundation of self-worth and a basic ingredient in the good life after layoff. Harry noticed, as well, that the world of work is a climb up a career lattice, not a career ladder. He discovered that the skills he had acquired in his old jobs could never be taken away from him by anyone. The challenge, he decided, was to reapply those skills in new and different ways. This book shows you how he did it.