Learn to Bounce; From a High-Tech Layoff to Your Ideal Work

What happens when the industry leaves you, as opposed to you leaving the industry? When the bottom dropped out of the high-tech industry globally in mid-2000, tens of thousands of highly skilled and experienced workers at all levels found themselves out of work. A swell of high-value talent and experience suddenly had no productive outlet in a market that offered few, if any, jobs. Yet, in the midst of one of the most devastating industry downturns of the modern age, in a job market that was fraught with frustration, some individuals did find work not just any job, but work that fit them well. They bounced back with great success and their stories offer encouragement, inspiration and solid advice to job hunters everywhere. They did it. You can do it. Learn to Bounce will inspire you. It will resurrect your creative juices. It will validate the emotional stages you go through, and will revive your innovative thinking. It will lead you to take the actions that will better serve you actions that will enable you to find your ideal work.

Anita Caputo conceived the idea behind Learn to Bounce as she found her ideal work after being laid off by her technology employer. Co-author Lee Wallace contributed sound strategies and sage advice, based on his 30 years of experience as a coach and counselor specializing in career transitions. Together, Anita and Lee talked to more than two dozen of these successful individuals to discover how they went from a layoff to their ideal work. This book is a synthesis of Lee s career counseling expertise, Anita s first-hand experience, and the stories of these individuals, who share their emotional ups and downs, their challenges and, ultimately, their triumphs.