Browsing the sea of self-help manuals and job-finding tomes leaves many of us wondering if help actually exists. It seems millions are making millions telling us to smile even if we are broken or dying and then, presto, our grief and cancers and divorces and mistakes will disappear.
Women facing complex transitions may be especially vulnerable, and those who are re-entering the workforce face unique challenges and obstacles to self-sufficiency. Heather Resnick can help. Her book Women Reworked explores the gamut of reasons women may face employment barriers and offers inspiration along with real solutions to help get you back on your feet and thriving.
Facing fear and too-real realities
Resnick has plenty of personal insight on the topic. Like many women, she was a homemaker for decades. She also survived cancer twice. She didn’t let circumstance stand in the way of her dream of getting a formal education or becoming a writer and motivational speaker—and you don’t have to let your unique circumstances stand in the way of achievement either.
“Fear can literally paralyze you from achieving success,” Resnick writes. “It was only when I found myself on the edge of life, with my two experiences of cancer, that I overcame my fear and began to tackle my dreams…”
Resnick acknowledges reality and knows women may be facing some tough issues. There’s illness, motherhood, abuse, addiction, prison, immigration, loss…and many others. Whatever the reason, Resnick backs you up by giving you some practical tools with which to face change. Her book is filled with inspiring stories from real-life people and encourages you to face the past honestly in order to carve a future. Failure is not about the past, but about staying stuck in it. No one has to.
A valuable resource
The book is loaded with usable tips on moving through fear, setting goals, networking, sourcing helpful programs, reducing stress, volunteering for experience and fulfillment, finding support and much, much more. The resource list at the back of the book is indispensable: there are associations, printed material, websites, support groups and help numbers for every possible need you could have, including where to buy a computer for technophobes, organizations that help you through learning disabilities, resources for the recently incarcerated, help with improving English, grief support and rehab groups of every sort. No matter what your story, Resnick has not forgotten you.
Some of the most helpful information Resnick offers is how to make weekly goals in your job search, overcoming shyness and other fears like technological apprehension, and advice from top employers.
Women facing dramatic changes in life, emerging from extremely difficult situations (or still in them), will find the start-at-the-beginning approach is truly made for them. With so many guides that assume you’ve had 12 jobs as a top executive, or assume you are re-entering the workforce because you took off some “me-time” and went gallivanting across the globe for an international shopping adventure, it’s a comfort to women facing fears and obstacles to know they haven’t been forgotten. There is help available as they face positive changes.
If you’ve been lost along the way, for any reason at all, this guide assumes only that you deserve a chance to find your way and lights the path.
About the Author
A second time cancer warrior and life-time learner, Heather Resnick has observed how the daunting obstacle of fear of career changes can propel or paralyze. Twenty years as a homemaker, community volunteer and mature university student has provided her with an uncanny insight to the human condition. Recognizing her own terror of change, she manifested her fear into her book Women Reworked. Her goal is simple: no matter where you are in your life, with help and a fervent belief in yourself and from the help of others who want to see you thrive, you can fulfill your dream career or follow your life's purpose. She has published articles in newspapers, magazines and online and has been interviewed by various media. Heather currently speaks and inspires groups on How to Turn Fear into Power. For more information, visit www.womenreworked.com.
Author: Heather Resnick
Number of pages: 200
Publisher: Creative Bound International Inc.
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