and what kind of work you are looking for， and what method
of job-hunting you use.
In any event， if you lose your job in 1988 you will find that
it does not matter whether you are the only one in your
neighborhood that is out of a job， or everyone is. It s still
\"the pits.\" You still feel the loneliness of the experience. The
loss of your job is like a death in the family: it colors the
whole way you look at the world. Particularly if it was a sudden
loss. You can t understand how the rest of the world can go
on with its business as usual， when you are in such deep
mournifig--and indignation--over what has happened to you.
I remember well how I felt the last time I was fired. Intellec-
tually you know that the majority of the world doesn t even
know you exist; but emotionally， we are all back in the Dark
Ages. When we are in pain， we can t understand why the whole
world doesn t stop spinning--out of sympathy for our plight.
If you are job-hunting or contemplating a career-change，
this book is designed to give you practical hope. Not merely a
pep-talk to bolster you up， but some practical steps. And so，
tiffs book has both some quick steps you can take--learned
from studying successful job-hunters--and also a more sys-
tematic approach to the job-hunt: through dealing with the
crucial questions of WHAT， WHERE and HOW.
As many of you know， this book is revised each year--
substantially. So， for those who have seen an earlier edition--
even last year s edition--I would like to say what is new this
year. The most obvious thing is that there is a new Appendix C
this year on the subject of \"The Brain and Job-Hunting，\" which
may be of interest to many of you， and especially to those of
you who feel you are handicapped. There is also a new
Appendix D on \"Religion and Job-Hunting: How to Find
Your Mission in Life，\" for those of you who believe in God
and want to know how to relate this faith to your job-hunt.
I am regularly using the Appendices for articles of special
interest to some of my readers， though I do have to change
them year by year for new articles. Thus， \"Women and the
World of Work\" appeared only in the 1986 edition， while two
articles I am presently working on， \"Personal Computers and
Job-Hunting\" and ~]ob-Hunting and the Handicapped，\" will
appear in next year s edition. By revolving the Appendices
year by year in this way， I achieve three purposes: I keep my
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