Dear Mr. Laskoff,

The purpose of my letter is to regale you with laughter by letting you know that your suggestions, tactics, and advice when put to work- REALLY works! I cannot thank you enough for putting your experiences, and suggestions into print.

After being pushed out of a position - in a not so very nice way - I slumped into my local bookseller. On the verge of loosing my last threads of sanity, knowing that I had been dumped on my ASS - the very name of your book excitingly brought a smile to my face.

With- tongue-in-cheek, I gleefully left the store with your book hidden - like lost treasure in my folio. Needing to make the leap into the work a day world again - I swallowed the content, came to terms with the situation, and put to action the thought processes, lifestyle adjustment, and work that you suggested into high gear. Within 2 weeks, in a very small community - I had two "Fortune XXX noted" companies offer me positions.

Such a far, far cry from where I had recently been "dumped from.

Thank you for sharing your experiences. What a great time in our culture for this book to hit the shelves. Undoubtedly, the cost of the book, is the best money that I have spent in a long time. I am giving a copy to a local personnel agency, a friend who has recently experienced job loss, will be keeping a copy for myself to use as a reference, and recommending the book to anyone that is looking for advice in regaining or bettering their employment situation.

Thank You so Much!

Warmest Regards -

This author is funny.So what? Losing your job isnt.There is one sample of a resume, one sample of a cover letter.You would be better served getting a copy of all the books in the Five O' Clock club series.The author admits he has no formal training -it is just his opinion(which he thinks very highly of).Better title would be "Jump Off The Bridge If You Think This Book Will Help You"

And you need to read it now. When I was a kid the only people who I knew who got fired were a couple of odd relatives by marriage who were generally thought of as the family nut cases. The very word "fired" was spoken the same way people used to say " cancer" or "prison." Obviously things have changed. You can be a great employee and still get the corporate shaft. The odds are a firing or whatever euphemism you want to use could be in your future so grab Mr. Laskoff's book and get ready.

The book is very funny, and is the only career book I've read so far that honestly describes how humiliating and frightning it is to be out of work but Laskoff doesn't just allow his readers to wallow in grief. As he states himself, this is not a pychobabble book. It's a pratical guide to getting back on the right side. Laskoff tells you the truth about resumes, how to really work an interview and how to negotiate when you get a job offer. It's a great book.

I'm employed, wasn't even looking for something on getting another job, but was passing the Career section when this book jumped out at me. (How often do you see word "Ass" in bold in the career section of a book store?) Flipping through, I came across a section called "Self-Sabotage," which talks about how employed people sometimes unconsciously bring about their
own professional demise. This struck a nerve - I've given some though to changing jobs - so I bought the book and gave it a quick read. And I'm shocked to say that I learned some actually helpful things. I found the advice on networking to be particularly good, as everyone says you should do this but no one tells you how to go about it. I also liked the last chapter
on negotiating an offer, because it gives real guidelines to help someone who's received an offer figure out just how much leverage he's got and what he can realistically do with it.

For better or worse, I've read or skimmed a bunch of career books in the past. Some were good - most were not - but I can't ever recall finding something that's so readable, thought provoking and actionable. I'd recommend this strongly to anyone who's looking for work, whether they're employed or not.

Refreshing. I've been dealing with employment related issues for the past two years, and I'd all but given up hope of ever finding something that was written by an adult and for an adult. But out of habit, I always check out the "Careers" section whenever I'm in the bookstore, and this time I found "Landing On The Right Side Of Your Ass." Then a strange thing happened, as I flipped through the introduction, I started to laugh because some of the author's vignettes reflect the same sort of screwy and tortuous mishaps that have beset my own career. And as I read more, I discovered that he'd actually written about subjects that I hadn't seen elsewhere, like how to deal with the anger of being unemployed and manage the impact that your joblessness has any on your family. But I found two chapters later in the book to be particularly helpful. In one, Laskoff compares resumes to the personal ads, which sounds crazy, until you read about why this actually makes sense. I learned enough from this to make some very good changes to my resume and people seem to be responding better to it. And finally, there's a great chapter that urges job seekers to approach interviews from the perspective of the person doing the interviewing. (Think about his problems and present yourself as a solution.) All in all, I found this book to be quite different from the usual career book; it's pragmatic, easy to read, and often funny. I strongly believe that it will be of great help to anyone struggling with unemployment.