ABOUT WILLIAM Y. HIGGINS
The
seed for this book was planted many years ago. Bill's journey down his
road to Damascus began as a senior in high school when he had his
personal encounter with the risen Lord. Immediately upon graduation from
high school he faced his first crossroad when contemplating what to do
vocationally. He joined the U.S. Air Force because he really wasn't sure
what he wanted to do. It was while in the service that he began to see
how his own internal GPS (God's Positioning System) was calibrated.
As
he began to follow the direction of his internal GPS, other crossroads
led him to Biola University and Talbot Seminary where he earned a B.S.
and M.A. respectively in Christian Education. Upon graduation, the next
three destinations on his journey led to local churches in the U.S. and
Canada where he served as a Minister of Christian Education for almost
10 years. These were opportunities to use his organizational, curriculum
development, instructional design and classroom facilitation skills.
These were delightful years.
Bill
faced another crossroad at the last church he served when he resigned
and then found himself in his prison years. For four years he traveled a
dusty, pothole filled road as he consulted his roadmap. During this
time he viewed the world from the prison cell of under-employment. His
perspective through the cell bars was as an owner/operator of a
commercial janitorial business. These were four tortuous years as he saw
one opportunity after another disintegrate. These years gave him the
ability to relate to others experiencing the same employment
imprisonment.
At
the conclusion of these four years, Bill faced another crossroad and
selected a new direction in his vocational travels; looking to apply his
skills and experience in the business community. He made stops along
the way as he worked for about six years in three industry leading
organizations as a Director of Training & Development, attaining the
position of Vice-President of Corporate Training at one stop.
It
was also during this time that he took a parallel road into the field
of Career Coaching. He has spent over 20 years working with individuals
and small groups as they struggle down their own roads to Damascus and
conduct their own job searches.
While
continuing as a career coach, where he has worked with over 5,000
clients, Bill also embarked down another path by starting his own
consulting business, MindWare Incorporated (www.mindwareincorporated.com).
MindWare pulled together the specialties of career coaching,
instructional design, and technical writing. IN this capacity, Bill has
worked with many Fortune 500 companies as well as numerous smaller
organizations of a for-profit and non-profit status.
Bill's
writing experience has been primarily in the area of technical and
curriculum writing of a proprietary nature. He has written literally
hundreds of technical documents and curriculum courseware. This stop,
writing Your Road to Damascus, is his first venture into writing for
public consumption.
ABOUT ROAD TO DAMASCUS
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.
