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Bulletproof Your Job: 4 Simple Strategies to Ride Out the Rough Times and Come Out On Top at Work | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen Viscusi
Publisher: Collins Business
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 30127
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0061713600
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.1
EAN: 9780061713606
ASIN: 0061713600
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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Product Description
There's no doubt about it, today's workplace is an uncertain and treacherous territory. Newspaper headlines are proclaiming near record-high levels of unemployment, and, in these tough times, companies are making swift judgments about human capital. The bottom line: No job is safe. But there are tried and true ways to fight off sudden unemployment successfully, and the number one weapon in your arsenal is workplace expert and television and radio personality Stephen Viscusi's career manifesto, Bulletproof Your Job. Based on four simple strategies for dodging the layoff bullet and a long list of ways to implement these strategies, Bulletproof Your Job may save you from your worst enemy at work—which just so happens to be you. Quite simply, observe these imperative rules: Be visible. Be easy. Be useful. Be ready. With plenty of distinct action items, dozens of anecdotal illustrations and examples, and lists and tips for adapting bulletproof strategies to your own situation, Bulletproof Your Job will show you how to leverage the black-and-white stuff—your title, salary, and tenure—with the gray stuff—your relationship with coworkers, visibility in the workplace, and ability to make your boss look good—to ward off the pink stuff—the dreaded layoff notice. While you're at it, you'll be creating a long-term strategy for job security and career advancement that ensures you'll never feel this vulnerable again.
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 It works! November 2, 2008
Stephen puts together an awesome book. His simple strategies starting working right away. After a bad review from my boss that was unexpected and no raise then $5 Million dollars cut was announced for the next fiscal year, my wife was laid off from work the same week as my bad review... I knew I had to do something but just didn't know how. I saw Stephen on a TV interview and decided to check out the book. The first section to be more visible, he points out areas and steps you can do to improve your visibility, but may have just overlooked. Within 2 weeks I starting to get kudos for my work (that I deserved). I really didn't change when my work habits because they were strong, just no one was noticing the good stuff just the bad stuff. All of a sudden poof I'm a hero! I'm applying the next section right now and found that I wasn't being as easy as I should be, now I'm applying that too and it's starting to work.
** I do suggest to read through the book and apply the items that need immediate attention!!! Then read the book the second time and apply more and more of this book. Stephen has done a phenomenal job putting this book into a common sense read.
Secure your job TODAY! November 2, 2008
I first saw the title on a news show and thought it sounded interesting. I am a supervisor of a Production Service / Retail Sales company and always trying to sharpen my skills as well as help those under me. I looked it up in a book store, bought it and was pleasantly surprised as I read it. This book is fascinating for the person who wants to improve and be the one left standing, when others are cut in this present financial climate. Line by line you will read a practical assault of small behavioral actions you can take TOMORROW to save your job. Don't fool yourself, in this environment your job is on the line, whatever it is you do. I bought 8 copies on line at Amazon ($5 cheaper than Barnes and Noble per copy) and handed it out to every staff member. I also made it required reading, created and handed out a worksheet to go along with it and we are having 5 "Lunch and Learn" sessions with the book. It is an easy read - don't wait til it's too late to make yourself and your job secure. Read this book -yesterday! Atlanta, Georgia
Career Coaching at its BEST! September 10, 2008
For those people who feel they cannot control what's happening at work and wish and pray for some kind of magic to save them...your prayer has been answered!
Simply stated, Bulletproof Your Job provides people of all levels with the common sense they need to practice to keep their head in the game.
Viscusi is honest and direct with his readers and offers career coach-support (minus the $300 per hour bill).
Buy this book and keep it handy from your career's infancy and beyond!
 Good primer September 7, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Viscusi is the CEO of The Viscusi Group, a boutique executive search firm specializing in the interior products industry. He is also called upon as a frequent subject matter expert on national TV, radio and print.
The book is outlined with 4 basic principles supported by 50 tactics:
1) Be visible
2) Be easy
3) Be useful
4) Be ready
My assessment:
1) While it may be a good refresher for a few further up the totem pole, this book is best suited for readers in the early to early-middle stages of their career or for those in the individual contributor / new managers segment.
2) There is a lot of common sense among the 50 tactics (learn new skills; support your boss; have a firm handshake; work hard; leave your problems at home; find a mentor; look good / dress well; take initiative). This will be old news to many yet should be considered base fundamentals for all, and particularly relevant for new/early entrants into the work stream.
3) Author opens with a powerful introduction:
"If you care about your job, you can start protecting it right now. If all you care about is your paycheck, there's almost nothing that will protect you from eventually being deselected in favor of another employee who's truly committed to his job. That's survival of the fittest at work in the workplace.
"You must understand that your job is your most valuable asset, and your primary objective is to protect it."
"Bulletproofing your job requires that you quit crying about merit and fairness and start improving your chemistry with your boss. Work is war, and if someone is going to get fired, let it be the guy your boss doesn't like, not you. If you don't have the stomach for this approach, hand this book off to someone who does and watch him keep his job."
4) Among the 50 tactics, you'll have to pick from the menu as to what works for you and your company's culture and what will not. Some of the tactics are a throwback to the "face-time" work culture of "yesteryear" - for example in the very first tactic the author recommends to "Arrive Early and Stay Late":
"Arriving at work early show your commitment and industriousness. Of course, you need to get there only 5 minutes before your boss or coworkers every day to come off as the world's most committed employee...don't stay late, stay later. Leaving a mere 10 minutes after your boss has gone reinforces the impression that you're the world's most committed employee."
5) The book is easy to read and well organized. It is documented with good examples and summaries hit the key points. It can be finished in one sitting (166 pages).
Very Useful September 5, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
What a great tool for assessing and improving your job security. As important as any career book you could own, this is book is clear and persuasive, a total reality check that might make you uncomfortable, but as the author says, if you can't handle the truth about what it takes to keep your job, give this book to a coworker and watch him keep HIS job.
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