Publisher's Synopsis
In 2012, Adrian Warner was a familiar face on BBC television screens in London as an award-winning sports correspondent reporting on the Olympic Games. London 2012 marked his 13th Olympics as a journalist in a 25-year career during which he reported from 25 countries for Reuters news agency, the Evening Standard newspaper and the BBC. It was an unlucky 13th. Less than two years later he was made redundant by the BBC and, struggling to find a new job in his fifties, was forced to sign on at a Job Centre for unemployment benefit in a tough 12-month journey back to work. In Recovering from Redundancy, Adrian has used the experiences of his story to create an easy-to-read handbook to help people deal with the emotions and challenges of a layoff and begin a new chapter in their lives. Adrian was angry about being shown the door at the BBC but he soon realised that his redundancy was no different to the thousands happening across the world every day and that he had to learn to handle that anger and start again. In 12 chapters focusing on key issues, Adrian provides important advice on handling anger, dealing with former colleagues and seeing the bigger picture and timing of your life. The book also focuses on practical problems such as how to apply for a job, write a great CV or resume, network in your industry, work efficiently from home, manage your money and pick yourself up from rejection letters and emails. Adrian also reveals what he has learned from working as a part-time backing singer for pop stars such as Noel Gallagher and Ray Davies and how job hunters can learn from the world of rock music and sport.As a fluent French and German speaker who spent a decade of his life living and working as a foreign correspondent outside of his native UK, Adrian has written a guide with a global perspective. It is a must-read for anybody facing redundancy around the world and for their families and friends who are keen to understand the emotions involved. Adrian's redundancy in 2014 took place in London but his book deals with issues that will affect you in a similar way, whether you live in New York, San Francisco, Sydney, Wellington, Berlin, Paris or Toronto. It really does not matter much in which industry you work, either. The pain and the pressures are often the same.It is also a crucial guide for anybody just wanting to change direction in his or her career and to managers who are keen to understand more about the feelings felt by their employees during redundancy.Since his redundancy, Adrian has re-trained as a university lecturer and combines his teaching with running his own freelance business providing a wide range of services, from reporting major sports event to media training for National Health Service doctors, business executives and sports stars. Recovering from Redundancy is an unusual mix of a self-help book and the emotional story of a man in his fifties facing major changes in his life.
