Job-Search Expert Revises His Advice for the Unemployed
| August 9, 2007 |  View for printing |
Veteran career counselor J. Damian Birkel often addresses Professionals in Transition, a nonprofit group in Winston-Salem, N.C., that he created 15 years ago. But his usual aplomb disappeared during his June 7 talk, which was called "Riding the Emotional Wave of Unemployment."
Close to tears, Mr. Birkel described his red-hot rage over his surprise layoff from an outplacement firm two weeks earlier. "I'm having a hard time dealing with it," he admitted sheepishly to the nearly 20 jobless individuals facing him. "I had forgotten how you feel." Mr. Birkel says he got no severance pay after his employer eliminated his position, which provided "a comfortable, five-digit income."
By Joann S. Lublin
From The Wall Street Journal Online
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