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God is a God of change. Whenever he takes you to a place where there is darkness, he wants you to find a new path for yourself. He will lead and guide you like a gentle Shepherd on your road to Damascus. Job loss or an unemployed state is very hard for anyone to deal with. But you must have faith that God is not finished with you yet. He is at work and in hindsight you will realize the necessity of this hardship in life. Using biblical strategies and principles you can make life-altering changes and move towards a happier, blessed state. A career change can be frightening, but can ultimately turn out to be your true calling.
“Your Road to Damascus” by William Higgins has been one of the most inspiring and motivating books I have read off late and deserves five star rating. It is an eye opener that makes one think about what certain things are meant to be. It inspires you to use biblical strategies and teachings to to get out of the rut and find the true vocation you were meant to take up. God has plans for all of us and his creations are not futile. All of us have roles to play and he will make use of us to fulfill our destiny. Through the author’s personal experiences and by using interesting examples and references, William Higgins has come up with a book that can be called a masterpiece. – DR. OLIVA DSOUZA FOR READERS’ FAVORITE
Your Road to Damascus: 6 Biblical Secrets for an effective Job Search by William Y. Higgins is an not the typical step by step manual to getting the perfect job. There are plenty of resume guides and job search guide books on the market. What makes this book stand out is that it is not simply a job search guide but a hybrid volume combining a job search guide with devotional and self help elements.
The stories of notable heroes of the bible such as the account of Paul’s conversion and missionary work in the New Testament, and Joseph in Egypt in the old testament serves as a springboard to illustrate the biblical and spiritual parallels with a job search. Each chapter or secret focuses on a different element of job searching such as resumes, interviews, negotiation and skills assessment and relates it to a particular story or lesson in the bible. This book is the perfect solution for any believer who finds himself out of work. Nevertheless, this book isn’t just for Christians but for every frustrated job seeker. The calming spiritual references provide comfort and support as well as direction for those who feel as if they have exhausted their financial and emotional resources. Background of the biblical and its significance is provided right in the first chapter. The author uses anecdotes from his own experiences, and weaves them with biblical principles to provide guidance and motivation for a weary job seeker. In today’s economy, with the high rates of unemployment the job search is often discouraging. Higgins addresses this issue, providing spiritual as well as practical guidance.
This is not simply a self help book, or devotional book but a job seeking tool. This book is also a work book in that there are a number of self assessment tools and worksheets for the reader to fill in and complete. It is clear the author has a background in psychology because the author encourages the reader to access not only his skills but mental fitness as well. There is also a how to guide for the process of creating a resume and on going on interviews. Also contained are strategies and templates for email and thank you letters. This single volume contains everything that is needed for the entire job seeking process. This book is so extensive that it is a complete curriculum in of itself. It is like an introductory course to job searching with a biblical perspective. This isn’t a book you simply read. It is an interactive hands on book with actual assignments to lead the reader to a job. The author has created a new way to use and apply the bible. Rather than dread reading yet another job search, resume book, I found this book a pleasure to pick up and read. As a blogger I received this book published by Mindware for the purpose of writing this review. – PATRICIA DOMPIERI – THE LEMON BEE ACADEMY ONLINE: BOOK & BLOG
William Y. Higgins in his new book, “Your Road to Damascus” published by Mindware Publishing gives us 6 Biblical Secrets for an Effective Job Search.
From the back cover: The crisis of a job loss is the story of struggling souls hidden behind the walls of the Christian faith. They valiantly forge forward with little in the way of biblical or faith-based instruction. No one talks much about it. No pastor dedicates a sermon to it. Good luck finding a book about it written from the Christian perspective. For most it’s a difficult time, for many it’s a crisis of faith and life. With nearly 20 million people out of work that claim a Christian affiliation, this is a national crisis of faith.
Your Road to Damascus addresses this issue by presenting biblical strategies and principles, and practical guidelines, on how to conduct an effective job search. It examines in detail biblical strategies and provide pragmatic guidelines for all aspects of a job search. The message of Your Road to Damascus is one of hope, encouragement, renewal, and revival in the midst of the job loss. It boldly proclaims that God is at work and isn’t finished yet, and He wants to have a new encounter with the believer through their job search.
Your Road to Damascus will capture your imagination and transform the way you view a job loss. From identifying your GPS (God’s Positioning System), to weaving your resume, to seeing God’s hand in job opportunities and offers, it will revolutionize the way you see God’s involvement in this aspect of your life, as well as how He touches many other crisis points.
Some of us may think that God does not care about the job we have. And if we lose our job then, certainly, God must be mad at us. It is time for really new thinking in this area and William Y. Higgins is here to help us. Mr. Higgins feels that God wants to use the crisis of a job search to renew, revive and bring hope and encouragement to our spiritual lives. Considering that on the road to Damascus Saul, the persecutor of the Christians, became Paul the Apostle it is time for our own personal Damascus road. Six secrets: 1) God’s Vocational GPS Provides Discretion, 2) God’s Vocational Threads Weave Your Story, 3) God’s Vocational Roadmap Plots Your Path, 4) God’s Vocational Signposts Point The Way, 5) God’s Vocational Gold Nuggets Narrow Your Destination, 6) God’s Vocational Vision Paints Your Future. “Your Road to Damascus” is a great book. It will transform the way you look at your work and how you look at how God looks at your work. This is also a great book to give as gifts to family and friends. They will think of you every time they put it to use. I recommend it highly – VIC’S MEDIA ROOM
Endorsements:
“The Christian Job Search Manual is a book I will share with those in my church and community experiencing unemployment or under-employment. It is biblically based, profoundly practical, and resolutely encouraging. As a comprehensive resource it is sure to help those in the wilderness of job searching find the light of God’s truth and hope.” – JAMES AMADON, SENIOR PASTOR – HIGHLAND COVENANT CHURCH, BELLEVUE, WA
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“Trusting God and His Scriptures to guide our lives is always good. To use them to guide our search for employment is yet another way to honor God and to submit to His will, trusting always, He will lead us to the path of His choice, not ours. This book is an excellent guide to help make God’s directions clear and easy.” WARREN BERGER, LIFE LONG ELDER – FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF BELLEVUE, WA
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“Mr. Higgins has written a tour de force. The Christian Job Search Manual is destined to be a benchmark to help believers understand that God is at work guiding them on their career change journey as He wills for them. I know of no other scripturally based source that provides the Lord’s guidance through opportunities to grow in faith, and discover God’s direction in their career choice.” – DAVID W. COLE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (RETIRED) COINSTAR, INC.
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“This book is an indispensable resource–the only one I know of–to help people find biblically grounded, spiritually insightful, and practically useful answers to their questions. It will become an important resource I will use in my ministry to help people find answers to both their spiritual and vocational questions.” – DR. SCOTT DUDLEY, SENIOR PASTOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BELLEVUE, WA
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“Bill Higgins’ The Christian Job Search Manual is a seminal work for anyone looking for a job. He deftly guides the reader through the challenges of a modern day career evaluation and job search based on biblical principles that will make that search insightful and successful. If you are looking for a Christian-based book that will provide you with the inside track on how to get the job you are dreaming of, read this book.” – DRS. ROBERT AND JULIE FRANCIS VITREORETINAL ASSOCIATES AND EASTSIDE DERMATOLOGY
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“The Christian Job Search Manual presents the entire job search process as a journey where spiritual principles are the foundation for optimal results. This book shows great mastery of current issues and challenges facing job seekers. The many explanations, solutions, analyses, and illustrations are comprehensive to the extent that the book can serve as a valuable resource, not only for job seekers, but also for career counselors, recruiters, job trainers, and HR professionals.” – DR. GENE A. GETZ, PRESIDENT CENTER FOR CHURCH RENEWAL
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“When it comes to helping people search for a job only God knows more than Bill Higgins….and that’s why I love this book. When you read this book you’ll receive God’s guidance and Bill’s practical advice to find the job that is meant for you. A powerful and essential book for anyone looking for a job.” – JON GORDON, BEST SELLING AUTHOR OF THE ENERGY BUS AND THE SEED
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“The Christian Job Search Manual is a splendid, biblically grounded tool to help guide anyone through the difficult and sometimes demoralizing job search process. Bill Higgins has faithfully noted that God is in the process—guiding and shaping us into what we will become—and our career is a part of that process! This book provides inspiration and practical help to anyone who is searching, unhappy, or even contented in their job and just looking for a reality check. It will awaken an exhilarating new perspective on God who is at work in our lives.” – REV. CHRIS HOGSTAD, LIGHT OF THE CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) BOTHELL, WA
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“This book dynamically demonstrates how a Christian can make a job change and see God at work in the process. Powerful, practical, faith-based advice on how to search for a job with confidence.” – JOSH D. MCDOWELL AUTHOR AND SPEAKER
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“Bill Higgins has created an exciting new tool for the job seeker in The Christian Job Search Manual. In addition to clearly explained processes, he has added the essential element of hope. Now, along with the tools of preparation and experience, the seeker can add the encouragement of biblical guidance, and proceed with confidence. Well done!” – DR. NORMAN O’BANYON AUTHOR AND RETIRED CLERGY
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“Finding God while trying to maneuver through the pitfalls of a career change and job search is not an easy task. This book is a stimulating guide full of practical advice and tips. More importantly, it’s an invaluable resource for the reader to discover the will of God and hope along the way. Having the privilege to journey alongside Bill in my own time of transition, I can attest that the principles and strategies found in The Christian Job Search Manual are incredibly practical and challenging. Bill, thank you for caring enough to walk with me on my road to Damascus.” – STEVE QUINN, EXECUTIVE PASTOR LAKESIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, GRANBURY, TX
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“WOW! I am so impressed with The Christian Job Search Manual. This book isn’t only about how to find a job, but it’s a book on the journey a person takes on the road to finding purpose as it relates to a career. I believe this is the book that will help the reader discover what his or her God given purpose is.” – MARSHA RANDOLPH, NO WAYZ TIRED BOOK REVIEWS
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“What a great book! It really got me engaged! The Christian Job Search Manual is both an inspirational and practical book for career and job decision-making. People of faith will value the systematic tools for inviting God into the job search. This book is also a major resource for full-time and lay ministers who are called to help in times of job, and job loss, stress. This book is timely with so many individuals and family members unemployed. Read and be led…” – DR. DENNIS A. ROMIG, AUTHOR OF BEST SELLER SIDE BY SIDE LEADERSHIP
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“This is a book I readily identified with. Your message in the forward captivated me. I am so elated by what you say. The Scripture, the personal and practical experiences, and the heart. Having been in career crisis on occasion and becoming unemployed at 38 with two children, a mortgage, etc. this captured my attention. Others will find the author’s descriptive style and easy-to-read message inspiring and informative.” – MAJOR JACK L. SKIDMORE, UNITED STATES ARMY (RETIRED)
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“Want a better, more fulfilling, higher paying job? If so, then start here! This resource is a goldmine for anyone searching for a better opportunity. It not only shows you how to create a resume, find job openings, work with recruiters, but also interview with confidence and negotiate a better employment package. This book has it all. Get ready to take your career to the next level. You will benefit immensely and be very delighted with the result this manual will deliver for your future!” – PATRICK SNOW, INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING AUTHOR CREATING YOUR OWN DESTINY, THE AFFLUENT ENTREPRENEUR, AND BOY ENTREPRENEUR
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“This wonderful book gives you both the inspiration and the guidance you need to get the job you really want. When you trust in God, all things become possible.” – BRIAN TRACY, AUTHOR THE POWER OF SELF-CONFIDENCE
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“When I was introduced to The Christian Job Search Manual, I felt the author really nailed the subject! His emphasis of God being involved in every step of the process of finding a new job removed the feeling of hopelessness for me. If I am in the position of looking for work in the future, I will have confidence that by using this book and putting my trust in God I can’t fail. I would definitely encourage all those in search of a new job to use this book as a tool in finding employment.” – JERRY VERNON, SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE