| What Color Is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters and Career-Changers | 
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Sales Rank: 9523
Category: Book
Author: Richard Nelson Bolles
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Label: Ten Speed Press
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 456
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1580088686
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9781580088688
ASIN: 1580088686
Publication Date: October 2007
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Book Description
WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? is still the best-selling job-hunting book in the world. A favorite of job hunters and career changers for more than three decades, it continues to be a mainstay on best-seller lists, from Amazon.com to Business Week to the New York Times, where it has spent more than six years, and has been translated into 12 languages. The 2008 edition is an even more useful book, with its updated, inspiring, and detailed plan for changing readers' lives. With new examples, instructions, and cautionary advice, PARACHUTE is, to quote Fortune magazine, "the gold standard of career guides."
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 Excellent starting place for info on job hunting or career changing July 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My husband was laid off when the company he had worked for was acquired. My husband has very little experience with job hunting. I work as a Staffing recruiter so none of the information in here was news to me, but after my husband went through a month of disheartening job hunting... I ordered him this book. Sometimes it's just better to hear what you need to do from something or someone other than your wife.
As a recruiter I love this book, it goes into the concept of job hunting, interviewing, and how to decided exactly what it is you want to do. If everyone behaved as instructed in here during their interviews, interviewing candidates would not be such a harrowing experience. Many will read the interviewing part and thing "Duh, of COURSE I shower before an interview" but you would be surprised at how many do not.
The foundation of the education you will get in this book is basic social skills... now we all have them, but many of us have let them lapse or become less formal. I was also glad that he pointed out just how important and unimportant the resume is. I personally rifle through a couple of hundred resumes in a stack looking for something very specific - if I find it, you go in the very small, "I'll think about calling them later" pile. That is really the most important job your resume has, is to get you into the "I might call them pile."
There are also many self awareness tests that this book contains to help you find out a little bit more about yourself and what it is that you are looking for. There is an entire chapter devoted to the 50+ worker who either wants to return to the work force or make a change in their career. The starting your own business section was also nice, but I felt should have contained a little more information showing both the good and bad aspects of this idea. Probably the most helpful aspect of this book is that it provides websites for additional research on every topic. Hopefully those that read the book will be inclined to look into several of these websites.
For job hunters, career changers, and those curious about what else might be out there, this book is an excellent starting place. It should cover most of you basic questions and give you valuable information both about yourself and about the job market. Then the author is courteous enough to show you where to continue your research. I highly recommend this book, and believe it should be mandatory for exiting high school and college students.
 Great Resource! June 23, 2008
A definate permanent addition to my library. It really helped me focus on where I want my professional and personal life to intersect.
The Job Hunt Classic June 21, 2008
I first read this book in the 80s, and it just keeps getting better. The one thing, is you must to the exercises in the book and not just read it. They really help. This copy is for my son who is in college right now.
A must read for anyone that wants a job they will love!
This Book Shaped My Life June 13, 2008
Not only does Bolles offer practical tools for getting jobs, but he leads readers who want it through exercises in self reflection that helped me find work that I now see as my life calling. I recommend this to anyone who's trying to figure out what direction to take in their next career step.
Great book for career discovery, growth or change June 8, 2008
This book is very logically organized and easy-to-use. Because of good highlighting throughout text, it is easy to thumb to the sections that you need at a particular time. Book is informative and entertaining so also makes a good read through from the front to back.
You will find a large section of the book devoted to helping you identify the best career options or career changes for you. Good exercises are included that really make you think about your unique gifts and talents and likes and dislikes. This book is the type that you will refer to over and over from time to time.
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