cover image Are You a Corporate Refugee? a Survival Guide for Downsized, Disillusioned, and Displaced Workers

Are You a Corporate Refugee? a Survival Guide for Downsized, Disillusioned, and Displaced Workers

Ruth Luban. Penguin Putnam, $15 (261pp) ISBN 978-0-14-029632-7

Last year alone, more than 750,000 Americans lost their jobs due to corporate downsizing, reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, maintaining a trend that's lasted about as long as our recent economic boom. For those who can answer ""yes"" to the question Are You a Corporate Refugee?, Ruth Laban, a counselor specializing in midlife transition and professional burnout issues, has written a practical and compassionate guide to recovery and renewal that knowingly addresses the larger issues of change and loss that accompany the experience of losing a job. Agent, Gail Ross. 8-city author tour; national radio interviews.