Recover from Job Loss with Support of Other Women "This is the first book that I know of that truly helps you learn from women from many professional sectors how to recover from big setbacks in our work lives. It’s a must read.” — Dr. Elena Pezzini , organizational psychologist #1 New Release in Job Hunting Successful women show how they reclaimed and rebuilt their personal power and careers after being fired from a job and being rendered powerless by their employers. Practical job loss recovery tools for women. When women get fired, it is often devastating, traumatic, and isolating. We experience a sudden powerlessness that can destroy our confidence and feelings of self-worth. We grieve. We feel broken. It affects our self-esteem, our financial well-being, our professional identity, and our ability to look for other work―in short, it affects our entire way of life. How, then, does a woman navigate the emotional impact of this event? With other women. You are not alone.  In Betrayed by Work , authors Julia Erickson, MBA, and Suzanne Vosburg, PhD, bear witness to the stories of women just like you―and just like them. This book shows how women lost their jobs, describes what happened to them immediately and in the aftermath, validates women’s feelings about being fired, and offers a source of hope and companionship to those of us coping with either our own job loss or the sudden job loss of someone we know or love. Discover: True stories from women who are honest about how they were fired and their feelings - Key points to help process each story and apply its lesson to your own experience - Practical takeaways and suggestions to help you cope with job loss If you were encouraged by personal growth books about women in business like Invaluable by Maya Grossman,  In the Company of Women  by Grace Bonney,  Presence by Amy Cuddy, or  Power Moves  by Lauren McGoodwin, then you’ll be inspired and empowered by  Betrayed by Work . “This groundbreaking book validates the experiences, and damage done, from being fired while living in a culture in which so much of our worth comes from ‘what we do’ and ‘where we work.’ Betrayed at Work has informed and inspired me about how to better protect myself as an employee, as well as how to be a more attuned, humanistic supervisor.” ―Gina DelJones, LSW, clinical research manager at The Center for Great Expectations “ Betrayed by Work lends humanity to the oft overlooked reality of women’s experiences and struggles in the workplace. It is truly an essential read and valuable toolkit for anyone at any stage of their career.” ―Kate Speir, senior vice president at Itinera Infrastructure & Concessions “ Betrayed by Work addresses a wide gap in our understanding of human and emotional values in the workplace and shows us how women have personally experienced being mistreated and undervalued. Their stories are moving and inspiring. Having been ‘on both sides of the desk’ in the process described in the book, I know that it often could have and should have been handled much differently. Now we have some urgently needed solutions. Kudos to the authors for sharing these powerful stories and insights!” ―G. Gregory Tobin, former general manager of A.A. World Services and author of The Good Pope “I wish this book had existed when I lost my own job, as it is exactly what I would have been looking for. Compassion, camaraderie, and understanding are the gifts within these pages. Losing my job was one of the most lonely and isolating experiences I ever went through, and this book would have been a bright light during a very dark time. This book would have made me feel understood and not so alone. It would have brought me solace. For anyone who has ever experienced the trauma of being torn from your livelihood and workday community, this book is for you.” ―Wendy Jessica “What we do for work identifies us and becomes the mission/vision/purpose and calling in our lives. This is the first book that I know of that truly helps you learn from women from many professional sectors how to recover from big setbacks in our work lives. It’s a must read.” ―Dr. Elena Pezzini, organizational psychologist “Emerging science proves our choices and decisions―including our engagement, commitment, and loyalty at work―are more often driven by feelings and emotions than by our minds. Betrayed By Work showcases the harm done when leaders ignore this truth. This important book contributes an essential voice to the ever growing call for more caring, supportive, and humane leadership.” ―Mark C. Crowley, author of Lead From the Heart: Transformational Leadership for the 21st Century “The aftermath of being fired is usually a professional and personal purgatory. Erickson and Vosburg bring this traumatic “life-event” to the fore in Betrayed by Work with intimate, firsthand accounts and instructive tips for replacing shame with personal enlightenment. It forces a reckoning with the callous treatment of w