What Color Parachute
irst published in 1970, conceived step-by-step approach
What Color Is Your to developing resumes,
Parachute? is now in it's interviewing and job hunting,
35th printing. This book is a today's version of Parachute is
detailed guide for those who are an in depth and very practical
going through the agonizing look at the whole job search
process of job hunting or process. Richard Bolles has moved
changing careers. This book has the topic of changing jobs and/or
now sold over 9 million copies, careers into the realm of
and in 2006 Fortune magazine self-reflection, coupled with a
said: “Parachute remains the gold consideration of the difficult
standard of career guides.” It's and baffling factors of today's
author, Richard Nelson Bolles, job market.
has become a real guru in the job
search arena, having probably The book looks at the best and
advised more people through the worst ways to job hunt, to get
35 versions of his book than and succeed in an interview, and
almost anyone in the business. how to make the most of your
Unlike many reprints, the various network of friends, family and
iterations of Parachute aren't current or former colleagues.
just a re-issue of the same text More than that, Parachute helps
year after year. As our job you understand the nature of
market has evolved, Richard today's job market, and, if you
Bolles has refocused the book to haven't been in the “hunt” for a
address current issues of concern few years, this is an eye-opening
to job hunters, applying fresh view of the changes that have
insight and experience with each taken place over the years.
edition. Employment cycles run from too
many people seeking jobs to not
Initially a more traditionally nearly enough people to fill the
jobs available, and this book is along with the practical analysis
up-to-date on where things stand of potential career opportunities
in 2007. Because these cycles matched to your skills and those
have a dramatic impact on the things that you are
hiring behavior of employers, simultaneously good at and find
Parachute reflects what you are fulfilling. The book talks about
facing right now. (That's a good discerning your transferable
reason to make sure you are using skills, strongest traits and
the latest edition of this book.) fields of interest, or what
Bolles calls “fields of
The 2007 edition of Parachute fascination.” Bolles is trying to
helps the reader look at the help the reader go beyond
process of job search and career matching what they have always
change as a personal evolution, done to creating a whole realm of
moving beyond finding work to possibilities based on the things
looking at some of the deeper that are critically important to
drivers of each person's career them.The book provides numerous
motivation. This book seeks not models and methods to get to the
to stop with a list of things to heart of what kind of work in
do, but rather to continue past what kind of career field will
the “to do's” with guidance for not only pay the rent, but also
readers on taking a serious look make you happy.
at how what they love to do and
what they are good at doing can Probably one of the most unique
merge into a fulfilling career. aspects of What Color Is Your
Parachute? is the introspective
This version of Parachute is more focus, looking at a job and
interactive than ever, with many career search from the filter of
ways of analyzing where you are your values, the kind of people
in life and what motivates you, you want to associate with,
working conditions and even the that in every way is a career
geographical preferences ... all that will be lasting and
designed to help you find a job meaningful to you.
About the Author:
Greg Heslin is a best selling career advice and "street smart" tips author on how to survive in the 21st Century workplace.To learn more about FREE cutting edge career tips and techniques, you can visit his web site at http://www.My-New-Career.com
Published At: www.Isnare.com
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