Little Victories

Book excerpt: Unemployment industry veteran Tom Brophy has helped thousands of professionals negotiate the emotional and financial trauma of unemployment. Little Victories will guide you in dealing with the rejection and depression that comes with unemployment. Brophy identifies the three major sources of rejection, and shares techniques to get you back in the workplace. Your guideposts through the maze and uneasiness of unemployment, Brophy's proven principles create "victories" that lead directly to feeling better about yourself and improving your chances of employment. These principles, distilled from over 40,000 one-on-one interviews with unemployed professionals, have resulted in 92% back-to-work in 5.2 months. (The average unemployed professional is out of work for 13.5 months.) By creating "victories" and avoiding rejection, you can build confidence, reclaim your self-esteem, and return to being the proud and successful human being that you deserve to be.