NEW YORK — Camden resident Thomas Dowd's book, Displacement Day: When My Job was Looking for a Job, was announced as receiving honorable mention at New York Book Festival in the business category. This is the author's second award in less than two months, according to a press release, as he received honorable mention in May at the Paris Book Festival in the general nonfiction category. The award ceremony is scheduled for June 20 at the Grolier Club in New York.

With more than 24 years of experience in the financial industry in management and leadership roles at the same organization, Dowd was laid off. The author found the inspiration to start the learning process all over again to land in a better place in just 59 days by using methods he teaches others from his coaching and training experience.

This book is the result of his own experience as a potentially lost professional who not only found a job, but used the time out of work to assess his direction, and reinforce his network.

Dowd is the author of The Transformation of a Doubting Thomas and From Fear to Success: A Practical Public-speaking Guide. A speaker with Toastmasters International, Thomas was selected as the 2010-2011 District 45 Toastmaster of the Year, representing more than 100 clubs in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the three most eastern provinces of Canada. Additionally, he is a member of the National Speakers Association and the Global Speakers Federation.