With the job market shrinking and employment becoming as competitive as ever, one person is trying to help people lose a job. Veteran comedian and corporate speaker Jeff Havens has recently created "How to Get Fired!," a comedic lecture designed to help college students succeed professionally by encouraging them to engage in the behaviors that most commonly cost workers their jobs. An accompanying book, "How to Get Fired!: The New Employee's Guide to Perpetual Unemployment," hits bookstores April 1.

"What's unique is that I'm approaching these very serious subjects in an entertaining way," says Havens, 31, who graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University. "College students don't want to be lectured to, even if they need it. That's why 'How to Get Fired!' is as much comedy show as lecture. It's comedy with a purpose."

The lecture is organized around the "Four Pillars of Poverty" -- fake your resume, establish your incompetence, destroy your work ethic, and alienate your co-workers. Replete with satire, "Fired!" exhorts students to treat their job like college, gossip about colleagues on Facebook, dress unprofessionally, and blame others for their own failings. Both lecture and book end with serious discussions on how to successfully transition into the working world by teaching how to get a job and also how to keep one.

"The working world does not function like college does," Havens says. "And for some students, the culture shock can be severe. 'How to Get Fired!' is designed to make that transition as easy as possible."

While the lecture is designed with students and young professionals in mind, the book has a broader appeal for working professionals of all ages. Bookreview.com called "How to Get Fired!" "a lot more than simple entertainment. It's a brash and refreshing approach to a market saturated with professed 'experts' in job relations. Jeff Havens might just be the best guru there is."

Havens, who still tours as a comedian and is scheduled to make his first Comedy Central appearance later in 2010, enjoys the dual nature of "How to Get Fired!"

"I went to college to be an English teacher. I love making people laugh, but I've always had a desire to do something meaningful. This gives me the opportunity to do both. It's perfect."

For more information or interview requests, contact:

Adam Havens | Public Relations Manager | 309.287.6380 | adam@jeffhavens.com

Jeff Havens Website:

http://www.JeffHavens.com

"How To Get Fired!" Book at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/How-Get-Fired-Employees-Unemployment/dp/0984302204/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267558701&sr=1-2

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